Europe Morning Headlines: Twitter valuation soars to $18bn, Shell moves to res...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Thursday November 07 2013     Europe homepage   Twitter valuation soars to $18bn   Despite a last-minute warning from a top US that technology companies with many users do not always convert them into large profits, the issue was priced near the top of the range       Shell moves to resume Arctic drilling     EM bond rebound brings record within reach     Smartphone race wears on Qualcomm     Asia bourses jittery ahead of China summit         Markets   Stocks firm as bullish tone revives   Equities are mostly firmer ahead of the European Central Bank's interest rate decision on Thursday and Friday's US jobs report       Regulators urge rewrite for derivative contracts     US to sell $15bn of floating rate debt     Quant funds suffer dismal 'QE' losing run     Tumbling US oil price transforms trading   World News   Abe adviser threatens to quit over reforms   One of Japan's leading entrepreneurs questions Shinzo Abe's appetite for reform as an early initiative – deregulation of online drug sales – seems to be foundering       De Blasio brings change of tone to New York     Mexico to upgrade oil reforms     ECB considers options as prices fall     BAE move sparks Scottish jobs warning   Europe News   Mosley wins sex images case against Google   The former Formula One chief has prevailed in a court battle to force the serach engine to block pictures deemed to be in breach of his privacy rights       Israeli gas watched from across the Med     Public sector strikes in Athens over cuts     Georgia wary of Russia's 'borderisation'     Crédit Agricole rejects deal with Brussels   European Companies News   Brussels probes state aid for Lot airline   The airline last year posted a loss of 400m zlotys (€96m), its fifth year of losses in a row, and needed an immediate injection of aid to keep flying       Greece could become the next Weimar     Hermès raises full-year revenue forecast     Vestas: second wind?     Spanish judge orders arrest of ex-bankers         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.