UK Morning Headlines: US rating put on negative watch on default fears, In...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Wednesday October 16 2013     UK Homepage   US rating put on negative watch on default fears   Top House Republicans scrap a proposed bill to raise the debt ceiling until February and reopen the government until mid-December       Intel downbeat over seasonal PC pick-up     Twitter losses widen ahead of IPO     Yahoo to keep more than half Alibaba stake     Asia subdued with US debt deal elusive         Markets   Hot chocolate demand sends cocoa soaring   After two years of sluggish prices, when the eurozone crisis saw people buying fewer luxury chocolates, analysts believe sentiment has switched       Regulators warn on rise of boom-era debt     US Treasury bill demand slumps at auction     Credit default swaps run out of road     Japan balancing act grows more precarious   World News   Party foes bury the hatchet to chase deal   Senate leaders took over the negotiations on the budget when talks between the White House and the Republican leadership in the House broke down       Dublin moves to close Apple tax loophole     Iran nuclear talks signal progress hopes     BMW family gave €690,000 to Merkel party     Supreme Court to hear emissions case   UK News   Forecast dispels PM's fracking jobs figure   An figure of about a third of level quoted by Cameron has been put forward by AMEC, the engineering consultancy that is advising the energy department       Woodford quits Invesco Perpetual     US bankers attack Osborne's 'lovefest'     MPs to grill Lazard on Royal Mail pricing     UK drives jump in Eurostar revenues   UK Companies   Ahrendts checks out of Burberry for a slice of Apple   Outgoing chief was quick to realise the power of the internet and has been at the forefront of integrating physical stores with an online presence       Seeing the Woodford for the trees     Financial watchdog to warn on wrongdoing     Belgian police raid HSBC clients' homes     Barclays' Sants takes 'stress' leave         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.