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To view this email as a webpage, click here     Wednesday December 18 2013     UK Homepage   Galeries Lafayette in House of Fraser talks   Negotiations come as retailer prepares for IPO that could value UK department store at £350m       Eurozone agrees 'backstop' for failing banks     JPMorgan sues FDIC for more than $1bn         Video   Bob Diamond is back   Former Barclays boss Bob Diamond makes a return to the markets, creating a $325m cash shell to invest in Africa's financial sector. Lex writers Joseph Cotterill and Oliver Ralph discuss the venture.   US homepage   Asia stocks bet on no December Fed taper   Regional equities gain ahead of Federal Reserve decision, trading as if chances of US central bank paring its monthly asset purchases are small to nil       HP's Whitman gets pay hike     Russia cuts deal to finance Ukraine   Europe homepage   Google app sales catching up with Apple   iPhone and iPad owners are still the biggest spenders on apps but people with smartphones running Android are starting to pay more for digital content       Facebook introduces video adverts     World markets braced for 'Dectaper'   Asia homepage   China property prices: nearly rising by double-digits   Fastest pace of gains this year despite efforts to cool market       GSK China probe flags up wider concerns     Bloomberg to allow more control of chat   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   Companies News   BP accuses US lawyer of 'brazen fraud'   Oil group says in a filing that Mikal Watts, a fundraiser for President Obama, had made 'misrepresentations' about the number of clients he represented       Sprint teams up with Dish for wireless service     China arrest threat for US patent group     US lawmakers criticise action on insurers     Tesco to test India's retail waters   Markets   Big rise in subordinated debt sales   Banks have issued $90.7bn of subordinated debt for the year to date, a 41% increase compared to the same period in 2012       Euro's resilience gives ECB a headache     CMBS deals show binary divide of US malls     Can Yellen's Fed evade lurking monsters?     3M to lift payout after $22bn buyback   Comment   Why Abenomics will disappoint   A year in, the signs are that deflation can be beaten but hopes for faster trend economic growth are optimistic and structural obstacles remain       Pisa tests lean in the right direction     A deserved win for a tough woman     Cameron's losing proposition in Europe     Don't give up on mutuals quite yet   Management   A good hair day in half an hour   The traditional beauty spa model is outdated, so a new kind of salon aims to make a visit to the stylist both sleek and speedy       Patience is key to negotiation     I feel like a loser for quitting         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.