Europe Morning Headlines: Eurozone agrees ‘backstop’ for failing banks, Galeri...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Wednesday December 18 2013     Europe homepage   Eurozone agrees 'backstop' for failing banks   Late night deal opens way to creating overall blueprint for handling failing lenders       Galeries Lafayette in House of Fraser talks     Google app sales catching up with Apple     Facebook introduces video adverts     Asia stocks bet on no December Fed taper         Markets   End of QE will test diversification faith   The monetary stimulus tide will not last forever, and when it dwindles, bonds or equities may no longer be an effective diversifier of portfolio risk       Big rise in subordinated debt sales     Euro's resilience gives ECB a headache     CMBS deals show binary divide of US malls     Can Yellen's Fed evade lurking monsters?   World News   Bailout moves Ukraine closer to Moscow   Viktor Yanukovich's deal on a large Kremlin bailout package for Ukraine risks further provoking sceptical pro-European protesters camped out in Kiev       Boris airport dream left in holding pattern     'Fragile five' countries face taper crunch     EU ministers set to define banking union     French seek permanent EU defence fund   Europe News   EU to start membership talks with Serbia   EU agreed to open Serbia accession talks earlier this year but decision to launch first inter-governmental conference is a significant step by Brussels       German region strikes coalition pact     Russia cuts deal to finance Ukraine     Business figures held in Turkish probe     EU auditor rotation reform moves forward   European Companies News   Azerbaijan to supply gas to Europe   A BP-led consortium has signed a multibillion-dollar deal to bring natural gas from a huge field in the Caspian to the heart of Europe       Madrid could lose €9bn on NCG Banco sale     Airport operators: plane crazy     Roland Berger set to go it alone         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.