| * Asia bourses gain ahead of key Fed decision * Russia open to new loans for Ukraine * Shift at top of Blackstone in India * Why investors remain wary of India * South Sudan clashes raise fears for oil output * JPMorgan to sell Asia investment business * China energy corruption probe widens * Markets: mostly up Asia bourses gain ahead of key Fed decision
Predictions that the Federal Reserve will defer any tapering decision to 2014 gave risk assets a boost in Asia. Only a third of economists polled by Bloomberg anticipate that Ben Bernanke, in his final meeting as Fed chairman, will pull back on the US central bank's bond-buying programme.
http://on.ft.com/1ekmuFQ Russia open to new loans for Ukraine
Kiev officials also said they hoped to gain a substantial cut in natural gas prices, and to sign a 'road map' on ending disruptions to cross-border trade
http://on.ft.com/JuxQJo Shift at top of Blackstone in India
Akhil Gupta, at the helm since 2005, will take a non-executive role while he will be replaced by two men who will co-head Blackstone's India unit
http://on.ft.com/JuxOB0 Why investors remain wary of India
If Sensex can drop almost a tenth at mere suggestion of tapering, can it be trusted to hold up once the real thing comes into play?
http://on.ft.com/JuxQZE South Sudan clashes raise fears for oil output
South Sudan saw heavy fighting on Monday as rival army factions clashed in the capital following months of political tension in the oil-rich nation after the president dismissed his deputy.
http://on.ft.com/IPPE1x JPMorgan to sell Asia investment business
JPMorgan Chase has put up for sale its Global Special Opportunities Group, an Asia-based principal investment business, for a valuation likely to be more than $1bn.
http://on.ft.com/1k98zCC China energy corruption probe widens
The chief accountant for China National Petroleum Corp has been "summoned to assist in an investigation" into high-level corruption, according to Chinese news reports, in an apparent widening of a probe into Asia's largest energy company.
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