In today's FT: Aircraft carriers’ cost to rise to £6.2bn, US public...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Monday November 04 2013     UK Homepage   Aircraft carriers' cost to rise to £6.2bn   Philip Hammond, defence secretary, is expected to say fresh demands – including the need for a new aircraft landing system – have added to the cost       US public investment at lowest since 1947     Berlin pushes data rules into EU-US talks         Video   RBS: the good and the bad   Royal Bank of Scotland has announced the creation of an internal 'bad bank'. Lex's Nikki Tait and Oliver Ralph discuss what this means for investors.   US homepage   Versace family stake goes to beauty parade   Interested parties in a stake of up to a third in the fashion house were asked to give an indicative price as well as how they viewed governance with the founding family       US bank securities portfolios back in black     Asia equities edge up on China data   Europe homepage   European banks cut corporate lending   Europe's 16 largest banks have increased their risk exposure to sovereign debt by 26%, or €550bn, in 2011 and 2012, finds Fitch Ratings       New bonds spawned by US foreclosures     SAC to plead guilty to insider trading   Asia homepage   Top 10 law firm partners take home £1m   Firms immediately below the elite group have not enjoyed proportionate spoils, to the extent that their medium-term survival may be at risk       Commander removed after Beijing attack     Twitter poised to hit acquisition trail   World News   Kerry plays down tensions on Egypt visit   The US's John Kerry says in Cairo there are 'indications' Egypt is moving back to democracy as it braces itself for possible unrest before Morsi's trial       €1bn of art looted by the Nazis found in Munich     Spain's car industry at heart of recovery     Bank disclosure sought on Puerto Rico debt     US push for online retail tax hits snag   Companies News   Asian hedge funds show signs of maturity   The Asian hedge fund industry is beginning to grow up. Some funds and management approaches are maturing, as are investors' attitudes toward them       Brazil's oil groups fail to live up to hype     Casualties of ebook and discount pressure     Foreign groups prepare Myanmar oil bids   Markets   Economic Outlook: Time to weigh damage from federal shutdown   The health of the US economy will be in the spotlight this week, with the release of the first estimate of GDP for the third quarter       Oil majors weigh benefits of return to Iran     Goldman plans $250m 'social impact' fund     First new port for decades opens on Thames   Comment   Snowden has done us all a favour   For a whole generation, America is coming to stand for Big Brother. The damage to US soft power should not be overlooked       Worry about the euro, not the EU     Russian foreign policy is a failure     Big finance is a big problem     What UK business wants from Europe   Management   Moe Myint: Myanmar's go-to tycoon   The former pilot who once worked for the dictatorship that stifled Myanmar's economy is now a key figure in the country's energy sector       The bike test shows what I'm like at work     The job: Packaging development manager     Accidental eavesdropping at work         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.