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To view this email as a webpage, click here     Friday December 13 2013     UK Homepage   Hedge funds bet against Man United   Odey reveals short position worth £5m in football club, as investors bet the club's shares will perform as badly as the team currently is       EU watchdog aims to cool Bitcoin fever     Gold price probe extended to Deutsche Bank         Video   EADS flies higher   EADS, which had sales of €56bn last year, has turned its focus to the bottom line after the collapse of its merger with BAE Systems a year ago. Investors love the results. Lex's Joseph Cotterill and Joseph Cotterill discuss developments at the aerospace and defence group.   US homepage   US budget passes House by large majority   The vote of 322 to 94 heralds the end of the divisiveness that has defined US fiscal negotiations over the past three years       US agencies debate use of phones in flight     Weak emerging markets weigh on Cisco   Europe homepage   Madoff victims to recover 74% of losses   US bank is close to agreeing a settlement of about $2.5bn over its alleged role in failing to alert US authorities of its suspicions       EADS calls for EU drone budget     N Korea executes Kim uncle for treason   Asia homepage   BoJ vows to stick with easy money policy   Kuroda confirms Japan's highly expansionary plan is to stay in place and says strategy 'almost half way' to bringing an end to 15 years of deflation       Google to charge only for viewed ads     US intensifies pressure on Yanukovich   World News   SPD eyes solidarity with troubled EU states   Social Democrat officials say they support a 'fiscal union in the long run', envisaging a different kind of Germany at the negotiating table       Assassination campaign blights Libya     Date set for Catalan independence vote     Putin threatens crackdown on offshoring     Osborne vows to cut billions from welfare   Companies News   Coke shakes up Americas business   The company is splitting the Coca-Cola Americas group, which Steve Cahillane, a potential successor to the chief executive, had led under a previous global reorganisation       PAG buys stake in Universal Studios Japan     Foxconn staff still do too much overtime     GM dumps stake in Peugeot     Warm reception for Hilton debut   Markets   Asia bourses mixed after US budget bill   Strong US retail sales data and news that the US House passed a budget bill increases likelihood of Fed reeling in stimulus programme       Hedge funds cut fees to win big investors     Forget the Fed, prepare for Tokyo 'taper'     Gold tumbles on Fed taper speculation     Facebook gains on move to S&P 500   Comment   Europe's biggest threat   The continent suffers from an excess of caution in response to globalisation, and a chronic aversion to risk stunts its decision-making       This is no time for a UK stimulus     Uruguay is right on the war on drugs     When did the Irish become acquiescent?     Time to take Chinese creativity seriously   Management   The $600-an-hour private tutor   Matt Bardin says he was shocked to discover that the children of Manhattan's elite, despite being expensively educated, often need help with reading       The ads making Farc guerrillas lonely     New view of home with a personal drone         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.