UK Morning Headlines: Galeries Lafayette in House of Fraser talks, Eurozon...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Wednesday December 18 2013     UK Homepage   Galeries Lafayette in House of Fraser talks   Negotiations come as retailer prepares for IPO that could value UK department store at £350m       Eurozone agrees 'backstop' for failing banks     JPMorgan sues FDIC for more than $1bn     MPs to investigate torture of terror suspects     Asia stocks bet on no December Fed taper         Markets   End of QE will test diversification faith   The monetary stimulus tide will not last forever, and when it dwindles, bonds or equities may no longer be an effective diversifier of portfolio risk       Big rise in subordinated debt sales     Euro's resilience gives ECB a headache     CMBS deals show binary divide of US malls     Can Yellen's Fed evade lurking monsters?   World News   Bailout moves Ukraine closer to Moscow   Viktor Yanukovich's deal on a large Kremlin bailout package for Ukraine risks further provoking sceptical pro-European protesters camped out in Kiev       Boris airport dream left in holding pattern     'Fragile five' countries face taper crunch     EU ministers set to define banking union     French seek permanent EU defence fund   UK News   Carney warns of 'great risk' to unwinding   It will be 'material news' when central bank of advanced economy begins to sell debt,' says BoE chief, warning of challenges 'in terms of execution'       UK says Syria 'murdered' British doctor     Javid warns on 'too big to fail' bank risk     BP accuses US lawyer of 'brazen fraud'     Britain opens up countryside to fracking   UK Companies   Reforms spur on wealth manager takeovers   This years' activity took the number of wealth management deals to 236 since 2008, as changes to the way firms can earn money drove consolidation       Cheaper car insurance is long way off     Bumi to be erased from LSE     Dixons' joy fed by gadget-hungry consumers     Bob's back: back Bob?         Manage email    Forward this email   Feedback    Manage portfolio Subscribe to the FT Follow the FT   Unsubscribe | My Account | RSS | Privacy Policy | About Us | Help   © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2013 You have received this email because you have signed up from the NBE preference page. This email was sent by a company owned by Pearson plc, registered office at 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL. Registered in England and Wales with company number 53723.