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To view this email as a webpage, click here     Thursday December 12 2013     UK 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         Video   FirstGroup urged to sell Greyhound   Sandell Asset Management, an activist investor with a stake of about 3 per cent, has written to the FirstGroup board to urge it to consider the sale of Greyhound, the trans-American bus service. Lex's Oliver Ralph and Vincent Boland discuss the move.   US homepage   US Congress on track to approve budget deal   Some conservative groups reject short-term spending increase and some Democrats harbour concerns but corporate America pushes for bipartisan support       Hilton IPO prices near top of the range     Cost of Gorgon LNG site rises to $54bn   Europe homepage   Fischer in the frame as Fed number two   Obama administration is considering Stanley Fischer, the former governor of the Bank of Israel, to be Janet Yellen's deputy at the Federal Reserve       Cinda off to flying start in Hong Kong     Facebook makes new friends with S&P 500   Asia homepage   Dongfeng and Peugeot poised for partnership   Partnership will involve large capital injection into French group in return for technology sharing and developing and producing low-cost small cars       JPMorgan 'ready to settle Madoff claims'     Blackstone suffers another blow in India   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   Companies News   Moncler proves a neat fit for investors   The listing, which is scheduled for Monday, underscores investors' appetite for European IPOs as the eurozone's sovereign debt crisis wanes       Centerbridge in $3.3bn LightSquared bid     YouTube ad revenue surges to $5.6bn     RBS agrees $100m US sanctions deal     Rio Tinto hits at rating groups' validity   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       Hedge funds attract billions in new money     Time to take the Bitcoin bubble seriously     European financial tax suffers backlash     Tight markets make beef a luxury   Comment   Silicon Valley must keep the spies out   Technology companies urgently need to re-establish their credibility as stewards of confidential information, rather than conduits to the NSA       A safer system is now within our grasp     It's time to reform the civil service     No one is immune from Beijing's power     Ukraine vindicates Ashton's diplomacy   Management   Shirt tales from an apparel powerhouse   The Hong Kong company, which supplies labels from Banana Republic to Burberry, has a corporate history that comes in many colours       Learn Mandarin but master English     'Brand Vandals'         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.