| * Asia bourses mixed after US budget bill * Weak emerging markets weigh on Cisco * Time to take Chinese creativity seriously * Buoyant India bounces back from crisis * OGX investors seek Brazil exchange probe * US expands list of Iran sanctions busters * Uruguay is right on the war on drugs * Mexico courts investment with energy reform * Markets: mixed 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
http://on.ft.com/19FVWY8 Weak emerging markets weigh on Cisco
Networking equipment company says US companies could be affected for some time from slowing demand in countries including Brazil and Russia
http://on.ft.com/19FVWYa Time to take Chinese creativity seriously
To say China is a nation of copiers is only half-true, writes John Howkins
http://on.ft.com/19FVVn4 Buoyant India bounces back from crisis
Enthusiasm over the opposition win in state poll helps boost stocks to a record while markets enjoy the best daily inflows in two months
http://on.ft.com/1bxLPEh OGX investors seek Brazil exchange probe
Public prosecutors urged to look at the role of Brazil's stock exchange operator in relation to share trades of Eike Batista's collapsed oil company
http://on.ft.com/19FVVDl US expands list of Iran sanctions busters
Keen to counter pressure from Congress, the White House said the new names on the blacklist were a signal the existing sanctions would be rigorously enforced
http://on.ft.com/19FVVDm Uruguay is right on the war on drugs
Regulation of cannabis will have health and social benefits and reduce crime. State control should not be based on moralistic reasoning
http://on.ft.com/19FVWYb Mexico courts investment with energy reform
Mexico's Congress has passed an ambitious bill designed to lure billions of dollars in investment to a sector shackled to the state for 75 years
http://on.ft.com/19FVXer Emerging Markets
MSCI Emerging Market Index down -0.04% at 991.14 Americas
DJIA down -0.66% at 15,739
S&P 500 down -0.38% at 1,776
Bovespa up +0.11% at 50,122 Asia
Nikkei 225 up +1.04% at 15,502
Topix up +0.09% at 1,243
Hang Seng up +0.43% at 23,318
Shanghai Composite up +0.03% at 2,203
MSCI Asia ex-Japan down -0.21% at 545.88
CNX Nifty down -0.72% at 6,192 Currencies
€/$ 1.37 (1.38)
$/¥ 103.82 (103.36) Commodities
Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.05 at 108.62
Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.07 at 97.43
100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +3.00 at 1,229 | 
