| * Stocks nudge up as traders await Fed * Rising prices hit India's middle class * China bans new Bitcoin deposits * EU to start membership talks with Serbia * China arrest threat for US patent group * Tesco to test India's retail waters * Russia cuts deal to finance Ukraine * China accuses US of 'harassing' navy ships * Markets: mostly up Stocks nudge up as traders await Fed
Mood is positive but caution evident because of uncertainty about whether the Fed will begin tapering its $85bn-a-month stimulus programme
http://on.ft.com/JFTn2d Rising prices hit India's middle class
As growth slows and prices spiral, many families considered part of the aspiring class that have been on an upward trajectory are increasingly anxious
http://on.ft.com/1bPJR5R China bans new Bitcoin deposits
Central bank bars exchanges from accepting new inflows of cash, imperilling the much-hyped virtual currency in its biggest market
http://on.ft.com/1bPJOHa EU to start membership talks with Serbia
EU agreed to open Serbia accession talks earlier this year but decision to launch first inter-governmental conference is a significant step by Brussels
http://on.ft.com/JFTn2e China arrest threat for US patent group
Antitrust authorities have threatened to arrest representatives of a US patent licensing company embroiled in a dispute Huawei
http://on.ft.com/JFTn2h Tesco to test India's retail waters
UK retailer is seeking permission from the Indian government to invest $110m in a supermarket joint venture with the influential Tata Group
http://on.ft.com/JFTn2i Russia cuts deal to finance Ukraine
Moscow will buy $15bn of Ukraine's bonds and slashes gas prices, in a deal that will sharply increase Russia's influence over the ex-Soviet republic
http://on.ft.com/JFTn2j China accuses US of 'harassing' navy ships
Pentagon says USS Cowpens, a guided-missile destroyer, had been compelled to take evasive manoeuvres to prevent collision with Chinese naval vessel
http://on.ft.com/J1Yzwe Emerging Markets
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