US Morning Headlines: China bans new Bitcoin deposits, Shares jump as Indi...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Wednesday December 18 2013     US homepage   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       Shares jump as India maintains rates     JPMorgan sues FDIC for more than $1bn     Stocks nudge up as traders await Fed     Bloomberg to allow more control of chat         Video   Bob Diamond is back   Former Barclays boss Bob Diamond makes a return to the markets, creating a $325m cash shell to invest in Africa's financial sector. Lex writers Joseph Cotterill and Oliver Ralph discuss the venture.   Markets   Ultra-rich fear inflation, but love London   Ninety-two per cent of the 90 very wealthy people surveyed described prime central London property as a good investment for the next three decades       End of QE will test diversification faith     IPO optimism seen accelerating in 2014     European stocks make modest gains     Big rise in subordinated debt sales   World News   Eurozone agrees 'backstop' for banks   Deal opens way to creating blueprint for handling failing lenders but makes no arrangements to cover funding gaps from a bank collapse over the next decade       'Fragile five' countries face taper crunch     French seek permanent EU defence fund     Bailout moves Ukraine closer to Moscow     Spanish soccer clubs face Brussels probe   US news   World markets braced for 'Dectaper'   For the second time in three months, world markets are braced for the beginning of the end of history's greatest monetary experiment       US Senate poised to pass budget     Hayes pleads not guilty to Libor charges     Snowden offers Brazil help on US spying   US & Canadian companies   Accounting errors hit INTL FCStone   Shares in futures broker widely used by commodities traders fall after disclosure of accounting errors that may have overstated its past profits       IMG nears sale for more than $2bn     3M's share buyback could rise to $22bn     Amazon: Look at the scoreboard     Facebook introduces video adverts         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.