In today's FT: UK seeks to secure Vauxhall's fate, Shell clears way...

If this email is not displayed correctly, please click on the following link or open your browser and paste the link into the address field: http://view.ed4.net/v/XYEWFF/TYT9D/3FN0UA/Z6X5S/   In today's FT Wednesday May 27 2009 Financial Times - UK Homepage   UK seeks to secure Vauxhall's fate Government lobbies to prevent Berlin bowing to election-year pressure with a pledge to protect German jobs at the expense of Vauxhall's UK plants http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/UIHR7/UP/h   Shell clears way for senior shake-up Reshaping of organisation could include a merger of the gas and power and exploration and production divisions http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/4PABK/UP/h   Exploding debt threatens America Standard & Poor's downgrading of outlook for British sovereign debt should be a wake-up call for the US administration, as under its budget plan the federal debt is spiralling, writes John Taylor http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/MMFD2/UP/h   Financial Times - US homepage   Sotomayor nominated for Supreme Court President Barack Obama moved to place his imprint on the US judiciary by nominating Sonia Sotomayor as the next Supreme Court justice – the first Hispanic and only the third woman to be put forward for America's apex court http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/SDLS9/UP/h   GM to give union stake of just 17.5% General Motors will give the United Auto Workers union a smaller than expected 17.5 per cent equity stake as part of the beleaguered carmaker's restructuring, a person familiar with the settlement said http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/5UZGG/UP/h   Santander to pay Madoff trustee $235m Spanish banking group Santander has reached a settlement with the trustee seeking to recover money for Bernard Madoff's victims http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/EOY7X/UP/h   Financial Times - Europe homepage   Miners set for showdown on ore prices Chinese steelmakers and global miners are heading for a showdown over ore prices after Rio Tinto agreed to cut prices by a third for Japanese steel mills http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/332HP/UP/h   US hopes of 'green shoots' lift confidence US consumer confidence has surged to its highest level since September last year, giving stock markets a fillip on both sides of the Atlanti http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/UIHR8/UP/h   Hizbollah tries to secure IMF funds Hizbollah has held talks with the IMF and the EU as it seeks to secure continued financial support for Lebanon if the alliance it leads wins next month's elections http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/61780/UP/h   Financial Times - Asia homepage   US weighs options to tackle N Korea Most experts believe President Barack Obama will take a calm approach, pushing for tough action at the United Nations while avoiding taking the North Korean bait. http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/MMFDT/UP/h   Japan exports show modest recovery Japan's exports showed modest signs of recovery in April with shipments to China declining at a slower pace than a year earlier, reinforcing market views that the worst of the global slump in trade may be over http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/6178U/UP/h   Australia's ANZ boosts capital A$2.5bn ANZ bank has bolstered its capital position ahead of the possible purchase of Royal Bank of Scotland's Asian assets after launching a A$2.5bn fully-underwritten institutional share placement http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/X983W/UP/h   FT.com - World   Defiant N Korea said to fire three missiles North Korea, defiant in the face of international condemnation of its nuclear test, was reported to have fired three more short-range missiles off its east coast http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/6178W/UP/h   Top court removes election ban on Sharif Pakistan's Supreme Court has lifted restrictions barring Nawaz Sharif, former prime minister, from contesting elections – clearing the way for a run for the premiership http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/ABWCE/UP/h   French and Germans maintain spending Exporters fare badly but consumers helped by government measures allowing companies to hoard, rather than shed labour, and encouraging consumers to spend – particularly on cars http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/X9837/UP/h   Asia's export dependency has to change Now that westerners are building up their savings, can Asian economies adjust to a world in which the US consumer is no longer the buyer of last resort? http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/UIHRN/UP/h   Ireland's eurosceptic faces tough questions Declan Ganley, leader of Ireland's eurosceptic Libertas party, has a challenging time as he seeks election as Irish member of the European parliament for Ireland North West http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/BGX2W/UP/h   FT.com - Companies   Citigroup to hold fast in China and India The head of Citgroup's Asian operations ruled out selling the US group's stakes in Chinese and Indian banks http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/WQGNY/UP/h   Facebook gets $200m from Russian group Facebook said it had accepted a $200m investment from Digital Sky Technologies, a private Russian internet investment group, valuing the fast growing social network's preferred stock at $10bn http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/C8KAW/UP/h   Third ex-Morgan Stanley trader punished A former Morgan Stanley trader has been fined £140,000 and banned by the City watchdog after he traded ahead of clients to profit from their orders. It was the third trading-related punishment linked to the bank in a month http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/2NVTH/UP/h   UK rules help Virgin Atlantic profit UK long-haul airline Virgin Atlantic said its pre-tax profits had almost doubled last year – but the results were helped by its status as a private company and the rules under which it reports its accounts. http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/8T502/UP/h   McDonald's set to mug Starbucks in Europe McDonald's is aiming to overtake Starbucks as Europe's biggest coffee chain with plans to open several hundred McCafé stores selling pastries and cappuccinos this year http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/332H9/UP/h   FT.com - Financial Markets News   Overview: Rally on renewed global optimism Evidence of improving confidence among US consumers helps rekindle optimism about the international economic outlook http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/6178F/UP/h   Wall St recovers on boost in confidence Wall Street stocks rallied strongly as figures showed that consumer confidence improved much more than expected in May http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/JASW8/UP/h   Bets against dollar highest since start of economic crisis Speculative bets against the dollar have risen to their highest level since the onset of the financial crisis http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/D6DA6/UP/h   Dollar recovers from five-month low The dollar recovered some ground against the euro, pulling away from a five-month low as investors focused on problems outside the US http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/MMFY9/UP/h   Sugar market stirred by Indian regulator's move Sugar prices rise after regulators in India surprise investors by intervening in the futures market while oil prices recover from early weakness ahead of this week's Opec meeting http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/BGXVO/UP/h   FT.com - Comment and analysis   Feeble domestic demand is a chronic European ailment Recovery in Europe is likely to be slow and painful. One reason is that Germany, the EU's biggest economy, is heavily dependent on foreign spending. A fall in net exports will account for three-fifths of its 5.4 per cent economic shrinkage this year, writes Martin Wolf http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/PWPEH/UP/h   What Europe must do to build a recovery The next stage in the recovery from global recession must be a strengthened European growth strategy, writes Gordon Brown http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/X983E/UP/h   Why 'too big to fail' is too much for us to take Assets that are needed for the continued provision of essential public services services can be quickly separated from the organisations engaged in their supply, writes John Kay http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/TYTJA/UP/h   FT.com - Business Life   Chinese animation pioneer looks to world stage Hao Yaning is taking on Japanese dominance of cartoons on Chinese TV and producing films independent of state aid http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/F0I7A/UP/h   Turnround ace shows his metal Kevin Parkin went to engineering company DavyMarkham to arrange a sell-off – but stayed and even bought a slice of the company http://link.ft.com/r/XYEWFF/TD0IZ/FY13O/TXMOY/C8K2F/UP/h   FT.com - In depth MPs' expenses Indian general election Swine flu European elections 2009 WEF on the Middle East Tools Your account    Portfolio Email Briefings    Price alerts Keyword alerts    RSS feeds © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2009 ABOUT THIS EMAIL You have received this email because you have signed up for this keyword/company alert on FT.com Change Briefings  •   Unsubscribe  •   Change Email Address  •   Forward this email to a friend  •   Privacy Policy  •   About Us  •   Help The Financial Times Limited, registered in England and Wales number 227590. 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