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To view this email as a webpage, click here     Wednesday October 02 2013     US homepage   US shutdown   Lawmakers fail to bridge differences over budget       US takes 'extraordinary' measures to pay bills     Europe softer as US fiscal worries linger     BP had tools to end spill sooner, court told     Facebook expands mobile ad options         Video   A $1.9tn opportunity   Peter Sondergaard, head of research at Gartner, speaks to Paul Taylor, Connected Business editor, about technological trends that will be essential for most companies and add up to $1.9tn to the economy   Markets   Letta survival hopes boost Italian stocks   Stock market had a volatile morning, but hit a two-year high on rising speculation that the prime minister will survive a confidence vote       Dollar-based system inherently unstable     Hong Kong battles to liven up IPO market     Retailers weigh on European stock indices     Gold steadies after steep sell-off   World News   Letta fights for support amid turmoil   Prime minister Enrico Letta, battling to save his fragile coalition government, calls for a confidence vote in a speech before the Italian parliament       ECB deputy says Europe's banks undervalued     Iraq violence fuels fears of civil war     Netanyahu brands Rouhani 'wolf in sheep's clothing'     Osborne follows in the footsteps of FDR   US news   Obama cancels Malaysia trip amid crisis   A visit to Malaysia by Barack Obama has become the first political casualty of the US government shutdown with questions marks remaining over other parts of his Asian tour       Americans flock to health exchanges     US business struggles to make voice heard     Tourists upset as national parks close     America flirts with self-destruction   US & Canadian companies   Flash storage: data mining   A chasm has formed among the start-ups in the sector as some sell out to larger technology companies and the others choose the single life via a public listing       Alrosa set for public offering in Moscow     Merck to cut 8,500 additional jobs     Icahn steps up push for Apple buyback     GM sales down as US car growth falters         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.