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To view this email as a webpage, click here     Thursday October 31 2013     US homepage   Sony issues profit warning   Japanese consumer giant slashes its full-year net profit forecast by 40% to Y30bn after latest quarter shows deepening loss       Google 'outraged' by latest NSA claims     Batista seeks OGX bankruptcy protection     SoftBank closes in on NTT for top spot     China's Craigslist to test US IPO waters         Video   Why Volkswagen is still cheap   Volkswagen shares are up 5 per cent after better than expected third-quarter numbers, but the German volume carmaker's shares remain cheap. Lex's Oliver Ralph and Nikki Tait explain why.   Markets   Less-dovish Fed weighs on stocks   Market weakness stemming from perceptions that the US Fed was less dovish than anticipated       Money mirage exposes emerging markets     EM investors shun state-controlled stocks     Earnings leave Europe stocks under pressure     CFTC backs contentious MF Global measure   World News   IMF warns of Africa financial shock risk   Twice yearly review of the region comes as African frontier markets like Nigeria and Kenya fret about the side-effects of tighter monetary policy in the US       BoJ holds steady on easing policy     Fed stays the course on bond buying     Serbia champions new pro-EU strongman     Taiwan growth stalls as exports falter   US news   US Treasury attacks Germany over surplus   Decision to call out Germany directly in the report highlights deep frustration with the eurozone's largest economy among international policy makers       Congress stands divided on NSA reform     Fiat profit scare puts focus on Chrysler     Obamacare critics given new line of attack     US bill rolls back Dodd-Frank on swaps   US & Canadian companies   BNP Paribas Q3 hit by weak debt trading   Subdued markets and a move towards central clearing have contributed to prompting many banks to rethink entirely how they run their debt trading       It's not all child's play for Facebook     BofA doubles legal cost estimates to $5bn     Intel eyes web TV disposal to Verizon     Facebook: mobile ad revolution         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.