Asia Morning Headlines: Japan and Europe dash hopes for global growth, Iran ...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Friday November 15 2013     Asia homepage   Japan and Europe dash hopes for global growth   Second half of this year had been widely tipped as the period when growth in the main advanced economies would begin to gather pace       Iran has slowed nuclear expansion, says IAEA     Moody's cuts ratings of three big US banks     Yellen mounts staunch defence of easing     Buffett takes $3.7bn stake in ExxonMobil     Residents of Guiuan try to rebuild lives     Google defeats challenge to book scanning     Walmart predicts tough holiday season     IBM opens Watson AI technology to rivals     Falling growth adds to Abenomics doubts         World News   People can keep health plans, says Obama   Barack Obama agrees to a big change to his increasingly troubled healthcare law with unusual show of contrition over fumbled rollout       Seven highlights from the Yellen hearing     Egypt and Russia hail military ties     Canary Wharf set for 74-floor skyscraper     Sino-US stand-off threatens trade talks   Markets   Stocks climb after Yellen remarks   Equities, government bonds and gold move higher as Federal Reserve chair nominee Janet Yellen delivers dovish comments at her confirmation hearing       Peer-to-peer lender eyes credit rating     Treasury ownership marks wealth divide     Hedge funds prepare for higher rates     Gold demand falls to four-year low   Asia & Pacific News   Typhoon Haiyan knocks Aquino's reputation   Aquino's long streak of political good fortune appears to have been cut short by the exposure of authorities as unprepared for a major disaster       US aircraft carrier arrives in Philippines     Tata chairman warns over India roadblocks     Cameron says Commonwealth 'imperfect'     Japanese growth halves in third quarter   Asia-Pacific Companies News   Singapore moves to secure African LNG   African-focused FTSE 250 explorer sells half its remaining interest in three offshore licences to Pavilion Energy, a subsidiary of Singapore's Temasek       Ophir Energy: Dar es gas     Japanese banks lift profit forecasts     Japanese banks: lending a hand     India's retail brokers miss the party         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.