World news: French football clubs strike over 75% tax, Carney bu...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Thursday October 24 2013     World News   French football clubs strike over 75% tax   All league matches scheduled for the last weekend of November have been cancelled in protest against President François Hollande's policy       Carney buries his predecessor's policies     Merkel wants US privacy deal on spying     Fed proposes new bank liquidity rules     Old Grangemouth wound threatens to reopen     China paper calls for reporter's release     Lisbon court threatens country's bailout     Tunisia political crisis continues amid violence     Liquidity shrinks as China renews tightening     Ireland moves softly, softly on tax         The World   Merkel's mobile habit   Merkel's love for her mobile began early on (JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images) Gaining access to the personal communications of the leader of any country would be a highly valued prize for an intelligence agency. But accessing chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone, as Germany strongly suspects the US has done, was a coup indeed. Continue reading »           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.