UK Morning Headlines: China reverses first-half slowdown, China growth pic...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Friday October 18 2013     UK Homepage   China reverses first-half slowdown   Reversal of China's first-half slowdown will bring optimism to investors and exporters such as Australia, Germany and Brazil       China growth pickup cheers Asia     BoE's Tucker warns on shadow banking risk     Fed could taper as early as December     Google shares hit record on smartphone shift         Markets   Refocus on earnings as Washington smoke clears   For bonds and the dollar, expectations that a slower economy will forestall any reduction in the Fed's bond buying until next year was the main message sent by investors on Thursday       No alternative to dollar except chaos     Periphery bank debt makes a comeback     Gold in biggest one-day gain in a month     US crude falls close to $100   World News   Postmortem focuses on Tea Party power   In the aftermath of the debt ceiling debacle there is evidence that many prominent figures are speaking out against hardline elements of party       Republicans call for new Iran sanctions     Renzi plots path to Rome from Florence     Troika sees €2bn fiscal gap in Greek budget     Hunger over Eid in rebel-held Damascus   UK News   Doubts grow over procurement plan   Opposition has grown for plans to privatise defence procurement as two consortiums have begun to negotiate their initial proposals with the MoD       Channel Islands exchange suspends listings     Cable names Business Bank chairman     Ministers set to cut funding for free school     Alexander favours Highlands in tax giveaway   UK Companies   Dr Martens boots brand to be acquired by Permira   Under the terms of the potential £300m deal, the PE firm will buy out the Griggs family and acquire the licence to use the brand in perpetuity       Cairn plans to return $300m in buyback     Just Retirement launch needs growth tale     Green energy costs to be 'stress tested'     Barclays in appeal over Libor allegations         Manage email    Forward this email   Feedback    Manage portfolio Subscribe to the FT Follow the FT   Unsubscribe | My Account | RSS | Privacy Policy | About Us | Help   © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2013 You have received this email because you have signed up from the NBE preference page. This email was sent by a company owned by Pearson plc, registered office at 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL. Registered in England and Wales with company number 53723.