In today's FT: Twitter valuation soars to $18bn, Shell moves to res...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Thursday November 07 2013     UK 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     Smartphone race wears on Qualcomm         Video   Vestas turnround   The turbine maker raised its free cash flow target from €200m to €500m-€700m for the full year and its operating profit margin from 1% to 2%, boosting its share price by 15%. Lex's Nikki Tait and Julia Grindell discuss Vestas's outlook.   US homepage   Dorsey's Square in talks over IPO   Decision on flotation of payments company led by Twitter co-founder Dorsey, will depend on continuation of stock market conditions favourable to tech groups       US seeks 'first step' Iranian nuclear deal     Asia bourses jittery ahead of China summit   Europe homepage   EM bond rebound brings record within reach   Developing world debt sales back strongly after summer of turmoil, leading to forecasts of a second bumper year of overall issuance       Spanish judge orders arrest of ex-bankers     De Blasio brings change of tone to New York   Asia homepage   University exam brings S Korea to standstill   Traffic was halted and offices delayed opening as 650,000 South Korean students took the critical University entrance exam – seen as key to career and marriage prospects in the education obsessed country       US to sell $15bn of floating rate debt     India reveals shake-up of foreign bank rules   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       Mexico to upgrade oil reforms     ECB considers options as prices fall     BAE move sparks Scottish jobs warning     Britain's spymasters step out of the shadows   Companies News   Brazil's Vale rises on Chinese demand   Brazilian iron ore producer posts first quarterly profits increase in two years aided by cost cuts and China steelmakers replenishing stocks       Twitter's IPO price: out of the nest     Experian acquires US data group for $850m     Dodd accuses Google over film piracy     Allen & Overy pressed witness, court told   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     Quant funds suffer dismal 'QE' losing run     Tumbling US oil price transforms trading     Coffee slides on strong Colombia supplies   Comment   China haunted by demographics   The country faces a gargantuan challenge requiring sweeping reforms that its leaders will struggle to carry out       The forex market encourages crime     Labour's switch can damage the coalition     Greece could become the next Weimar     A personal touch to election bribery   Management   Jordan's digital green shoots   The accelerator Oasis500 is nurturing a generation of start-ups to capitalise on the country's lively IT sector       Ryanair, Airbus and nightmare flights     'Hatching Twitter' by Nick Bilton     Design space: Ecoteller low-power ATM         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.