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To view this email as a webpage, click here     Friday November 22 2013     US homepage   Beijing's top tipple heads down market   Ultra-luxury spirit baijiu, favoured by the Chinese Communist party, heads to supermarket shelves as it joins the casualties of Beijing's austerity drive       S Korea agrees Lockheed fighter jets deal     WTO on verge of global trade pact     Phone chatter likely to hit new heights     China's love affair with Bitcoin         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.   Markets   Upbeat US data lifts global equities   Equity markets climb, led by Japan where exporter stocks continue to benefit from a softening yen       Asset price 'security alerts' mask real risks     Doubts over Aberdeen's acquisition drive     Money funds at risk of big drop in assets     Europe deal will cap 'dark pools' trading   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       Death toll rises in Latvia store collapse     Democrats overturn filibuster rule     Yellen wins Senate committee backing     Hong Kong holds its first rare tea auction   US news   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       America should share its shale gas bounty     US woos Russian support at Syrian talks     US frets over Tokyo-Seoul dispute   US & Canadian companies   Little reassurance as Intel flexes muscle   An investor-day display of self-confidence from chief executive Brian Krzanich left unanswered an increasingly impatient question: where's the growth?       Samsung to pay Apple $290m in patent case     Loeb builds $1bn-plus SoftBank stake     Goldman defends currency trading loss     Hilton doubles planned IPO to $2.25bn         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.