In today's FT: Textbooks struggle to bridge Asian history, Osborne ...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Thursday November 21 2013     UK Homepage   Textbooks struggle to bridge Asian history   Difficulty of agreeing on a shared northeast Asian history syllabus reflects strained relations between Beijing, Tokyo and Seoul       Osborne leaned on EU to ease Co-op rules     Fed eyes options to offset end of QE3         Video   Emerging Greece?   Greece is being relegated from a developed to an emerging stock market. Lex's Oliver Ralph and Joseph Cotterill discuss whether Greek stocks are worthy of being treated as emerging with the country's poor expected growth outlook.   US homepage   US and Afghanistan clear way for pact   The bilateral security deal could clear the way for US troops to train and assist Afghan forces after the NATO combat mission ends in 2014       World powers gather for Iran talks     Colombia's Santos to seek re-election   Europe homepage   French police arrest man over shootings   Suspect held in connection with shootings on Monday has been identified as a man convicted in 1998 as an accomplice in multiple killing in Paris       Retailers bank on new game consoles     Students embrace the age of sobriety   Asia homepage   China bad loans bound to rise, says ICBC   Head of China's biggest bank tells the FT current bad-loan ratio is 'excessively good' and will inevitably rise as riskier lending picks up       Investment banks warned over 'inefficiency'     White House snubs Fannie-Freddie plan   World News   Inequality at front line of US politics   Sluggish post-crisis recovery has underlined the difficulties in reversing a trend that is sapping generational hopes of upward mobility       Hollande pledges tax reform, not cuts     Key Republican backs Yellen for Fed     Slovenia struggles to avoid EU bailout     Russia central bank warns on household debt   Companies News   Ex-SAC manager 'broke law', court told   US prosecutors told a jury that Michael Steinberg 'got an illegal edge over ordinary investors' by trading on secret business information       Tribune plans 700 newspaper job cuts     Blackstone set for landmark Hilton IPO     Bumi revamp misses funding deadline     KKR takes over steel abrasives maker   Markets   Asian bourses weaken after Fed minutes   Asian emerging markets decline amid concerns that the US central bank could start 'tapering' asset purchases sooner rather than later       US crude rallies from near five-month low     Yahoo spurs US convertible bond sales     Allied Irish sells post-bailout bond     France in Fed taper line of fire   Comment   China will keep its leaders busy   In setting out 'the Decision', the country's leaders have set themselves a formidable task that will have far-reaching consequences       Russia cannot replace US in the Mideast     Accurate forecasts suit Osborne for once     Outlawing high pay will cost Swiss dear     Snatching away the glittering prizes   Management   Old hands steered by the young   The CEO of Tesco is among the veterans using reverse mentors to bridge a generation gap with younger, more digital savvy employees       Why are US visa questions so weird?     'Creative Confidence' by T and D Kelley     Design space: The anti-theft wheelchair         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.