In today's FT: Obama asks Congress to delay Syria strike vote, Veri...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Wednesday September 11 2013     UK Homepage   Obama asks Congress to delay Syria strike vote   US president said the initiative, first proposed publicly by Moscow this week, 'had the potential to remove chemical weapons without the use of force'       Verizon set for biggest-ever debt sale     Deputy speaker resigns after assault charges         Video   Glencore Xstrata - digging deeper   Glencore Xstrata's investor day heard that synergies from Glencore's $44bn acquisition of Xstrata should amount to $2bn, four times the figure estimated at the time of the transaction. Lex's Vincent Boland and Julia Grindell discuss the implications   US homepage   US Treasury eyes bond market liquidity   Investors and banks have warned that new capital rules and the Volcker rule that prohibits proprietary trading at banks are sapping liquidity       Continental Resources eyes 32% output growth     Wall Street builds on China data rally   Europe homepage   'Entry-level' £5.25m London flat repossessed   Flat owned by property developer Ray Grehan, who is being pursued by Ireland's 'bad bank', the National Asset Management Agency, over debts of €300m-plus       Spain weighs 50-year bond as costs fall     Norway's centre-right parties start talks   Asia homepage   Apple launches two new iPhones   The 5S carries a fingerprint reader and comes in new silver and gold colours, and the cheaper 5C sports a range of brightly coloured plastic casings       Dow remix sign of struggle to be relevant     Google teams up with Harvard and MIT site   World News   Moscow move more a matter of prestige   Russia gains the diplomatic initiative over the US with its proposal to bring Syrian chemical weapons under international control       US targets NY property used in Russian scam     Brussels concerned over France pensions     Kenya vice-president's trial starts at ICC     Fencing medallist picked to head IOC   Companies News   Apple pays a price for cost of new iPhone         Intel plans to leapfrog era of smartphone     Bolloré to slug it out in Vivendi shake-up     'Glencore way' to cut costs laid out     Citadel chief rails against megabanks   Markets   Goldman joins Dow in big stocks shake-up   Changes prompted by the low stock price of the companies slated for removal and the index committee's desire to diversify representation       UK gets wrong kind of economic recovery     UK small caps enjoy summer hot streak     Netflix takes a starring role     Cash return hopes send easyJet soaring   Comment   The US economy is built on sand   Washington cannot prescribe the balance of the economy, but there is much it could do to place the US recovery on firmer foundations       Obama has allowed Assad into the debate     Russia proposal is welcome, in principle     The power of the bond markets is a bluff     Face reality and start talking to Mugabe   Management   The out-of-town founders   Even fast-growth ventures are not held back by being based in a rural setting, writes Jonathan Moules       Societies thrive on the efforts of usurpers     Why can't I keep my current post?         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.