UK Morning Headlines: Hedge funds bet against Man United, EU watchdog aims...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Friday December 13 2013     UK Homepage   Hedge funds bet against Man United   Odey reveals short position worth £5m in football club, as investors bet the club's shares will perform as badly as the team currently is       EU watchdog aims to cool Bitcoin fever     Gold price probe extended to Deutsche Bank     Twitter U-turn over user blocking changes     Osborne vows to cut billions from welfare         Markets   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       Hedge funds cut fees to win big investors     Forget the Fed, prepare for Tokyo 'taper'     Gold tumbles on Fed taper speculation     Facebook gains on move to S&P 500   World News   BoJ vows to stick with easy money policy   Kuroda confirms Japan's highly expansionary plan is to stay in place and says strategy 'almost half way' to bringing an end to 15 years of deflation       SPD eyes solidarity with troubled EU states     US agencies debate use of phones in flight     Assassination campaign blights Libya     Date set for Catalan independence vote   UK News   Centrica preferred bidder for Bord Gáis   Bid from consortium led by UK group and including Brookfield Renewable Power values the energy group at €1.12bn, a major boost for Dublin government       Queries raised over student cap pledge     Prison services bids move ahead     Five-year wage squeeze coming to an end     Spanish surf technology planned for Conwy   UK Companies   Customer service key to Lloyds future   Bank attempts to convince stakeholders that lenders have ended decades of aggressive product selling a day after it was hit with a £28m penalty       Watchdog says auditing 'below average'     European storm to cost insurers €1.4bn     Virgin affirms rail links but cuts stake     Centrica eyes growth and welcome beyond UK         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.