Europe Morning Headlines: Communist top tipple heads down market, Ukraine free...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Friday November 22 2013     Europe 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       Ukraine freezes trade talks with EU     Samsung to pay Apple $290m in patent case     Phone chatter likely to hit new heights     Bhutan aims high with electric car plan         Markets   Fresh Wall Street momentum spurs Asia   Equity markets climb, led by Japan where exporter stocks continue to benefit from a softening yen       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   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   Europe News   Italy seeks €12bn from privatisations   Plan to privatise small stakes in eight state-controlled companies include 3% of ENI, and comes as Italy faces EU pressure to cut debt       Splits threaten Erdogan presidential push     Paris suspect linked to 1994 gun battle     Judges justify Berlusconi conviction     Eurozone eyes second bailout for Portugal   European Companies News   Spotify tunes in to $4bn valuation   Fundraising led by Technology Crossover Ventures makes digital music service the latest private tech company to hit a multibillion-dollar valuation       America should share its shale gas bounty     Private equity groups told to alter focus     Belarus to extradite Uralkali chief     Investec: unusual, to say the least         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.