| * Chinese data push up Asia bourses, Aussie dollar * Thai opposition issues quit ultimatum to PM * Ukraine on brink of upheaval * Japan's drugs groups tap western remedies * Oodles from noodles in Nepal * Wealth of detective work on China's data * Cameron defends backing of China-EU trade deal Markets: mixed Chinese data push up Asia bourses, Aussie dollar
Stronger than expected data on Chinese manufacturing fuelled Chinese stockmarkets and the Australian dollar, which gained 0.6 per cent against the greenback.
http://on.ft.com/1gwP989 Thai opposition issues quit ultimatum to PM
Opposition leaders in Thailand were planning fresh protests on Monday after a weekend in which at least three people died and as attention turned to the role of the military in the country's political stand-off
http://on.ft.com/1c67QuO Ukraine on brink of upheaval
Vicious police action in Kiev to break up a protest and brutal trade pressure from Russia bring hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on to the streets
http://on.ft.com/1c67QuQ Japan's drugs groups tap western remedies
Takeda's appointment of a European as its chief designate is latest example of a decision by the country's drugs sector to accept outside expertise
http://on.ft.com/1c67QuR Oodles from noodles in Nepal
Binod Chaudhary, president of the Chaudhary Group and the first Nepali dollar billionaire still has ambitions to expand and re-enter politics
http://on.ft.com/1c67QuS Wealth of detective work on China's data
Reforms announced at the Communist party's plenum are an invitation to analysis and to a renewed push for further statistical detective work
http://on.ft.com/1c67SD1 Cameron defends backing of China-EU trade deal
David Cameron has defended his call for a trade agreement between the EU and China as he landed in China at the beginning of a three-day trade trip.
http://on.ft.com/1j9nWur Emerging Markets
MSCI Emerging Market Index down -0.08% at 1,017 Americas
DJIA down -0.07% at 16,086
S&P 500 down -0.08% at 1,806
Bovespa up +1.23% at 52,482 Asia
Nikkei 225 down -0.37% at 15,603
Topix down -0.04% at 1,258
Hang Seng up +0.11% at 23,908
Shanghai Composite down -1.65% at 2,184
MSCI Asia ex-Japan up +0.01% at 557.86
CNX Nifty up +0.53% at 6,209 Currencies
€/$ 1.36 (1.36)
$/¥ 102.33 (102.40) Commodities
Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.40 at 110.09
Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.46 at 93.18
100 Oz Gold (Comex) down -4.00 at 1,247 | 
