| * China inflation slows on lower food prices * Asia bourses mixed despite stellar US jobs data * Thailand crisis deepens as PM calls election * Hedge fund invests in Brazil fraud cases * New twist in Mol dispute with Croatia * Inflation should be India's priority * Ukraine security services investigate opposition for alleged coup plot * Markets: mostly up China inflation slows on lower food prices
Chinese inflation slowed in November, giving the government more room to push ahead with its slate of financial reforms
http://on.ft.com/1brb2DQ Asia bourses mixed despite stellar US jobs data
Markets across the Asia Pacific region are mixed as investors weigh a series of data releases against the implications of a stellar US jobs report.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3ba3ec4e-6082-11e3-916e-00144feabdc0.html# Thailand crisis deepens as PM calls election
Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra dissolved the lower house of parliament and called national elections in an effort to end political protests that have brought the capital to a standstill.
http://on.ft.com/1cucdn5 Hedge fund invests in Brazil fraud cases
New York hedge fund Platinum Partners is to invest in recovery of fraud claims worth R$12bn via a deal with international asset chaser Martin Kenney
http://on.ft.com/1brb26Q New twist in Mol dispute with Croatia
Battle between the Hungarian oil producer and the Croatian government over control of Ina has taken another twist with a lawsuit in Budapest
http://on.ft.com/1brb2DV Inflation should be India's priority
The country appears to be catching the Latin American disease – a destructive combination of rising prices and falling growth
http://on.ft.com/1brb26T Ukraine security services investigate opposition for alleged coup plot
The Ukrainian security services have launched a criminal investigation into "activities aimed at overthrowing the government" as hundreds of thousands of pro-EU protesters gathered on Sunday in Kiev in response to calls for a "million-man march".
http://on.ft.com/IzAVYp Emerging Markets
MSCI Emerging Market Index up +0.71% at 1,009 Americas
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Topix up +1.22% at 1,251
Hang Seng up +0.28% at 23,811
Shanghai Composite down -0.09% at 2,235
MSCI Asia ex-Japan up +0.89% at 556.91
CNX Nifty up +1.73% at 6,368 Currencies
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