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To view this email as a webpage, click here     Friday November 29 2013     UK Homepage   BoE signals shift back to normality   Treasury and Bank of England believe problems with mortgage lending are mended, largely, and decide to concentrate bank subsidies on loans to companies       Japanese inflation data offer boost to Abe     EU leaders scramble to save Ukraine deal         Video   Plain packaging for cigarettes?   The UK government is considering whether to follow Australia's lead and demand that cigarettes are sold in unbranded packets. Lex's Vincent Boland and Oliver Ralph analyse the impact this could have on both smokers and tobacco companies.   US homepage   China sends jets into disputed air space   China flies military jets into disputed air zone as Japan and South Korea flout its demand to be informed of all flights through the area       Nervous White House eyes website relaunch     Australian equities fall on GrainCorp move   Europe homepage   Hollande boosted by fall in unemployment   France's first monthly decline in unemployment for almost two and a half years provides boost for President Hollande, whose fortunes have been waning       Australia blocks ADM's GrainCorp takeover     Shops hope for early Thanksgiving feast   Asia homepage   Questions raised on Mersey 'China fever'   As David Cameron heads for Beijing this weekend in search of Chinese business investment, one of the projects he is hailing is causing concern       Sony's high hopes for smartphones at risk     Bali to showcase WTO's changing dynamics   World News   Communist era claims haunt Czech politics   Efforts by billionaire's party to form government stymied amid allegations that Babis was an informant for Czechoslovakia's secret police in the 1980s       EU workers linked to rise in net migration     Iran deal offers opportunities to Turkey     China's modern take on an ancient system     Libya struggles against people smugglers   Companies News   Barclays eyes shares plan for chief   UK lender is considering a different form of mostly share-based allowances for the top two executives, two people familiar with the plan say       Lloyds Bank close to appointing chairman     Senators warn over non-banks regulation     Apple fades in race to conquer TV     Aurelius sells stake in Co-op Bank   Markets   E-gold founder backs new Bitcoin rival   The founder of one of the earliest virtual currencies has re-emerged with a gold-backed virtual currency that is hoped will rival Bitcoin       Bitcoin must learn from past failures     Asset managers told to 'be more visible'     King Coal leaps to life as prices rally     Surge in risk assets held by US banks   Comment   China has thrown down a gauntlet   Beijing has turned control of the air space around the Senkaku Islands into a litmus test of the US security commitment to east Asia       Do not compromise cricket     Tories and the cult of home ownership     Putin in denial about Russia's enemy within     Merkel's coalition is not for the future   Management   The man French expats would love to know   The headmaster of the lycée in Kensington is a crucial figure in France's cross-Channel diaspora as parents seek a place for their children       A best bytes guide to the holiday season     Mission to boost concrete's brutal image         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.