Europe Morning Headlines: Outlook for Yanukovich more precarious, ECB set to a...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Thursday December 12 2013     Europe homepage   Outlook for Yanukovich more precarious   Demonstrators braced for more police action on Independence Square in Kiev as president's position weakens in the face of persistent pro-EU protests       ECB set to act on sovereign bond risks     Exxon forecasts natural gas shift by 2025     Hilton IPO prices near top of the range     Fischer in the frame as Fed number two         Markets   Asia markets soften on taper trepidation   Equities weaken with risk appetite limited as heightened prospect of support for US budget deal revives Fed taper talk       Cinda off to flying start in Hong Kong     Hedge funds attract billions in new money     Time to take the Bitcoin bubble seriously     European financial tax suffers backlash   World News   Tactics back Ukraine's president into corner   Viktor Yanukovich's control over Ukraine is under question as his past connections and ambivalent tactics conspire against him       Russian media reports anger Ukrainians     Kerry renews Mideast peace efforts     Italy shaken by 'Pitchforks' protests     France steps up internet surveillance   Europe News   Dual ECB role designed to drive lending recovery   Peter Praet outlines pros of appropriately treating sovereign debt risk as part of the health checks of the eurozone's large financial institutions       Riot police withdraw from central Kiev     Letta outlines 18-month reform programme     Czech parties strike coalition deal     Ukraine vindicates Ashton's diplomacy   European Companies News   EADS rises 8% on buoyant profits outlook   Europe's biggest aerospace and defence company predicts that new A350 wide-bodied passenger jet will dent margins less than first thought       Dongfeng and Peugeot poised for partnership     J&J and Novartis eye fighting EU fines     Zara bags profit growth for Inditex         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.