In today's FT: Communist top tipple heads down market, Phone chatte...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Friday November 22 2013     UK 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       Phone chatter likely to hit new heights     WTO on verge of global trade pact         Video   Should a company's founder ever return?   Stan Shih, the founder of Acer, is set to return as chairman after a series of problems at the computer maker. Lex's Oliver Ralph and Nikki Tait analyse whether a struggling company's founder is the right person to turn it around.   US homepage   Democrats take 'nuclear option' on filibusters   Fears of one day being back in minority are set aside as senators change rules of the game to ensure Barack Obama's nominees win approval for office       Cinda poised to raise up to $2.5bn in IPO     Samsung to pay Apple $290m in patent case   Europe homepage   Ukraine freezes trade talks with EU   Kiev freezes trade talks with the EU and calls for three-way negotiations with Russia, in the latest blow for Brussels' plans for closer relations       Spotify tunes in to $4bn valuation     Banks ban traders from group chat rooms   Asia homepage   Loeb builds $1bn-plus SoftBank stake   Japanese group's stakes in US telecom company Sprint and Chinese ecommerce site Alibaba are particular attractions to the activist investor       Bhutan aims high with electric car plan     Tube plans to make London a 24-hour city   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   Companies News   Goldman defends currency trading loss   Bank says source for statistic had been misinterpreted in SEC filing and that it had lost $1.3bn in currencies but gained $1.5bn in interest rates       US retailers lack Christmas cheer     US could suffer $10bn loss on GM stake     Hilton doubles planned IPO to $2.25bn   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   Comment   Trade trumps missiles in power plays   China is waking up to realisation that it is being left behind in a series of negotiations in which the west is striving to hold on to economic power       Independent Scotland's fiscal hole     Peace in Myanmar can transform Asia     America should share its shale gas bounty     Life is hard but a degree is worth having   Management   Kings of the lavish kids' party   The school friends who founded Sharky & George, which organises birthday bashes costing up to £50,000, retain the air of mischievous older brothers       How the Xbox One squares up to arch rival PS4     Taboo-busting adverts challenge India         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.