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View an online version of this email here.  All times are London time: Friday Mar 27 2009 Financial Times - UK Homepage Barclays stress test signals no new funds Mar 26 2009 23:30 City watchdog conducts stress test on Barclays' loan book as it weighs up whether bank will join Treasury scheme Read more » Offshore account holders offered tax deal Mar 26 2009 23:32 Thousands of British investors with up to £3bn in secret Liechtenstein bank accounts will be asked to come forward voluntarily to set their affairs in order Read more » Banks urged to regain public trust Mar 26 2009 22:33 Chancellor Alistair Darling will urge banks to act swiftly to regain public trust amid concern in government of an anti-banking backlash, similar to the one in the US, taking hold in the UK Read more » Financial Times - US homepage N Korea missile on launch pad Mar 26 2009 09:07 North Korea has positioned what is believed to be a long-range ballistic missile on a launch pad in what could be a preparation for a launch Read more » Rio Tinto outlines 'plan B' if Chinalco deal fails Mar 26 2009 08:25 Rio Tinto's chief financial officer has outlined a "plan B" strategy to raise capital in the event Chinalco's planned $19.5bn investment in the Anglo-Australian miner has to be scrubbed Read more » Financial Times - Europe homepage Zapatero favours 'green' stimulus Mar 26 2009 20:25 Spain will launch a fresh round of government spending to pull its economy out of recession if another stimulus is needed this year, the prime minister said Read more » Swiss banks ban top executive travel Mar 26 2009 19:08 Switzerland's private banks are banning top executives from travelling abroad on fears they will be detained Read more » State aid urged for Russian banks Mar 26 2009 22:22 Hundreds of Russian banks are likely to go under by the end of the year as the amount of bad loans surges, a senior Russian banker has warned Read more » Financial Times - Asia homepage US reveals sweeping regulatory overhaul Mar 26 2009 19:14 Tim Geithner, US Treasury secretary, set out plans for more stringent scrutiny of the financial services sector, capturing hedge funds and derivatives in a new regulatory regime and demanding institutions build up a bigger layer of capital Read more » Swiss banks ban top executive travel Mar 26 2009 19:08 Switzerland's private banks are banning top executives from travelling abroad on fears they will be detained Read more » N Korea missile on launch pad Mar 26 2009 19:08 North Korea has placed a long-range missile capable of reaching the US on a launch pad, suggesting that the Stalinist state intends to go ahead with a planned satellite launch in early April Read more » FT.com - World US reveals sweeping regulatory overhaul Mar 26 2009 19:14 Tim Geithner, US Treasury secretary, set out plans for more stringent scrutiny of the financial services sector, capturing hedge funds and derivatives in a new regulatory regime and demanding institutions build up a bigger layer of capital Read more » N Korea missile on launch pad Mar 26 2009 19:08 North Korea has placed a long-range missile capable of reaching the US on a launch pad, suggesting that the Stalinist state intends to go ahead with a planned satellite launch in early April Read more » Zapatero favours 'green' stimulus Mar 26 2009 20:25 Spain will launch a fresh round of government spending to pull its economy out of recession if another stimulus is needed this year, the prime minister said Read more » UK to investigate Guantánamo torture claim Mar 26 2009 15:47 Police are to investigate whether British agents were complicit in the alleged torture of former Guantánamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed Read more » Number of chronically hungry tops 1bn Mar 26 2009 22:11 The number of chronically hungry people has surpassed the 1bn mark for the first time as the economic crisis compounds the impact of high food prices, the United Nations' top agriculture official has warned Read more » FT.com - Companies Man Group chief warns on hedge fund regulation Mar 26 2009 19:03 Increased regulation of hedge funds will drive some out of business and lead to a shrinkage of the industry, according to Peter Clarke, chief executive of Man Group Read more » Rio reveals its 'Plan B' on funding Mar 26 2009 20:20 Rio Tinto's chief financial officer outlined a 'plan B' strategy to raise capital in the event Chinalco's planned $19.5bn investment in the Anglo-Australian miner has to be scrubbed Read more » China losses force Kingfisher to pare back Mar 26 2009 19:47 Kingfisher is planning to cut its shop space in China by 40 per cent over the coming two years as Europe's biggest home improvement chain overhauls its loss­making Chinese operation Read more » Canary Wharf owner risks debt breach Mar 26 2009 19:23 Owner of Canary Wharf Songbird has warned it may breach banking covenants in the next year following a sharp fall in the value of its commercial properties Read more » Stanford executive co-operates with SEC Mar 26 2009 19:25 The investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission into an alleged $8bn fraud at the Stanford group of companies is gathering pace as a top executive moved to co-operate with the regulator Read more » FT.com - Financial Markets News Overview: Risk appetite grows on hope for US Mar 26 2009 22:13 Expectations that the US economy is close to bottoming helps equities extend their winning run, credit spreads narrow and oil reach a four-month high Read more » NZ dollar hits 10-week high Mar 26 2009 22:25 The New Zealand dollar climbs sharply as improving risk appetite boosts the appeal of higher-yielding currencies Read more » Man Group boosts FTSE financials Mar 26 2009 16:52 London stocks ended higher on Thursday as well-received numbers from Man Group, the hedge fund, helped the financial sectors move ahead Read more » Wall Street rallies despite falling financials Mar 26 2009 20:41 US stocks rallied strongly to put the benchmark S&P 500 index on course for its biggest monthly gain since 1974 Read more » Stimulus hopes boost oil and base metals Mar 26 2009 18:27 Oil prices rose while base metals advanced and gold consolidated amid optimism that stimulus measures could stop the global economy from sliding into a long-lasting depression Read more » FT.com - Comment and analysis We need a better cushion against risk Mar 26 2009 19:37 It is hard for central banks to deflate bubbles pre-emptively, says Alan Greenspan, who predicts that investors in the liabilities of banks may require an additional 3-4 percentage points in their equity capital-to-asset ratios in order to foster normal lending Read more » Towards zero: Obama grasps the nuclear nettle Mar 26 2009 19:43 In adding disarmament to his burgeoning agenda, the US president is opening doors to collective security that have been long slammed shut, writes Philip Stephens Read more » Why UK should not fret about national debt Mar 26 2009 19:49 The more reluctant people and corporations are to spend, the greater the case for the state to spend to fill the gap, writes Samuel Brittan Read more » FT.com - Business Life The friendly barbarian Mar 26 2009 13:09 Michael Psaros tells how his private equity firm likes to rescue troubled companies Read more » ABOUT THIS EMAIL You have received this email because you have signed up for this briefing on FT.com Manage subscriptions | Unsubscribe | Change your email address Change whether you receive this email as HTML or plain text | Forward this email to a friend Privacy policy | Advertise | Contact © Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2009. 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