Asia Morning Headlines: Communist top tipple heads down market, Loeb builds ...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Friday November 22 2013     Asia homepage   Communist top tipple heads down market   Ultra-luxury baijiu, favoured by the Chinese Communist party, is heading downmarket to supermarket shelves as it joins the casualty list from Beijing's austerity drive       Loeb builds $1bn-plus SoftBank stake     WTO on verge of global trade pact     Bhutan aims high with electric car plan     Second Acer chief in a month resigns     HK$1m China cuppa goes on the block     Samsung to pay Apple $290m in patent case     Phone chatter likely to hit new heights     US frets over Tokyo-Seoul dispute     Goldman defends currency trading loss         World News   Ukraine foreign policy triumph for Putin   Russian leader's victory after Ukraine rowed back from deal with EU could be short-lived, with observers fearing Moscow could lose credibility with west       Democrats overturn filibuster rule     Yellen wins Senate committee backing     Iran talks resume as differences remain     Dublin warned on deficit target risk   Markets   Wall St puts taper worries to one side   US stocks rebound as encouraging economic data releases help offset renewed worries about an early move by the Federal Reserve to scale back stimulus       Money funds at risk of big drop in assets     Europe deal will cap 'dark pools' trading     Turks bet on a falling lira     Plan to limit 'dark pool' trading in US   Asia & Pacific News   Korea customs checks strain US trade deal   US exporters complain of increasingly rigorous audits by South Korean customs authorities, throwing into doubt the right to benefit from lower tariffs       Ex-banker heads Australia financial probe     China and EU in investment treaty talks     US and Afghanistan clear way for pact   Asia-Pacific Companies News   Japanese carmakers rue lost lead in China   Toyota, Honda and Nissan – Japan's 'big three' – get back on track after market share crash following the financial crisis and Sino-Japanese tensions       Threat of currency probes steps up pace     Samsung and LG flex their muscles     HK-led consortium buys M&S offices     Taiwan's Acer struggles to find its niche         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.