| * China to rejoin talks to cut IT tariffs * Cut price of deal, Apollo tells Cooper * Singapore wrestles China over rig deals * Carmakers target southeast Asian markets * South African auto employees end strike * Fernández told to rest after head trauma * Singapore wrestles China over rig deals * France investigates suspicious assets * World Bank cuts East Asia growth forecast * China deal hailed a 'game changer' * The rupee: the Cinderella of EM currencies? * Markets: down (bar Americas) China to rejoin talks to cut IT tariffs
US hails breakthrough as China also submits bid to join separate negotiations to form agreement on regulating trade in services
http://on.ft.com/17eAV4F Cut price of deal, Apollo tells Cooper
Indian tyremaker faces says it faces 'significant and unanticipated costs' relating to labour relations and accusing the US company of 'misrepresenting' China JV
http://on.ft.com/17eATts Singapore wrestles China over rig deals
Singapore's oil and gas rig makers are facing a challenge from South Korean and Chinese rivals in the battle to supply explorers around the globe
http://on.ft.com/16sTHtc Carmakers target southeast Asian markets
Global marques with excess capacity are retooling their strategy in southeast Asia and taking bold steps into previously overlooked markets
http://on.ft.com/17eAV4H South African auto employees end strike
National Union of Metalworkers reaches agreement on a three-year wages deal with manufacturers after four weeks of industrial action
http://on.ft.com/17eAVkU Fernández told to rest after head trauma
If Argentina's president follows the advice of doctors she will not be able to campaign for her allies ahead of key congressional midterm elections
http://on.ft.com/17eATtt Singapore wrestles China over rig deals
Singapore's oil and gas rig makers are facing a challenge from South Korean and Chinese rivals in the battle to supply explorers around the globe
http://on.ft.com/16sTHtc France investigates suspicious assets
Assets held by rulers of Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Congo-Brazzaville examined as well as those held by former leaders of Egypt, Tunisia and Libya
http://on.ft.com/17eAVkW World Bank cuts East Asia growth forecast
The World Bank has cut its 2013 growth forecast for developing East Asia, citing weak commodity prices, slowing consumer demand, and China's efforts to restructure its economy away from exports.
http://on.ft.com/15gphJM China deal hailed a 'game changer'
Chinese and Hong Kong regulators are poised to grant international fund groups access to domestic investors via a landmark agreement
http://on.ft.com/17eAVl0 The rupee: the Cinderella of EM currencies?
Some investors believe the worst of the currency turmoil is now finally behind them
http://on.ft.com/17eATtB Emerging Markets
MSCI Emerging Market Index down -0.43% at 1,004 Europe
FTSE down -0.87% at 6,398
RTS down -0.74% at 1,433
Warsaw Wig down -0.89% at 50,153
FTSE 300 Eurotop down -0.75% at 1,234 Americas
DJIA up +0.51% at 15,073
S&P 500 up +0.71% at 1,691
Bovespa up +0.68% at 52,849 Asia
Nikkei 225 down -1.22% at 13,853
Topix down -1.40% at 1,148
Hang Seng down -0.71% at 22,974
Shanghai Composite up +0.68% at 2,175
MSCI Asia ex-Japan down -0.41% at 467.08
CNX Nifty down -0.02% at 5,906 Currencies
€/$ 1.36 (1.36)
$/¥ 96.93 (97.46) Commodities
Brent Crude (ICE) down -1.24 at 108.22
Light Crude (Nymex) down -1.16 at 102.68
100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +2.10 at 1,312 | 
