In today's FT: Royal Mail listing to get cabinet go-ahead, Brussels...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Thursday September 12 2013     UK Homepage   Royal Mail listing to get cabinet go-ahead   Government will announce intention to sell majority of world's oldest postal service in the most ambitious privatisation since railways in 1990s       Brussels probes multinationals' tax deals     Libor control to remain in London         Video   Kashagan – let it flow   The first oil began to flow on Wednesday at the giant and much-delayed Kashagan oilfield in the Caspian Sea. Lex's Nikki Tait and Vincent Boland discuss whether the operators behind this $50bn project will see a decent return on their capital expenditure   US homepage   Verizon borrows $49bn in record bond sale   The US telecoms group, raising capital to finance its $130bn Verizon Wireless deal, stoked demand by selling debt at generous levels       Chinese PM commits to financial reform     Putin criticises US on eve of Syria talks   Europe homepage   Judge berates Deutsche Bank for Libor firings   Court says lender had not set out a clear 'Chinese wall' rule to make sure that rate-setting and trading positions did not influence each other       Abu Dhabi eyes $5bn investment in Russia     Derivatives move from banks into the shadows   Asia homepage   Fears over iPhone price hit Apple shares   Analysts downgraded their ratings or earnings estimates for US group in the wake of a higher than expected retail price for the new iPhone 5c       Southeastern takes 11.9% stake in News Corp     Tablet sales set to overtake PCs   World News   Syria dilemma threatens to bruise Obama   President is caught between demanding military action and pushing talks at the same time as he is struggling to impose his authority both in US and overseas       US not out of the woods over Brazil spying claims     China navy plots course to stock market     Barroso warns on EU political instability     Meningitis vaccine offers hope in Africa   Companies News   Whistleblower sues Morgan Stanley   Saeed Ahmad files his complaint under the new whistleblower protections in which he claims warnings to the bank on credit risk were ignored       Apple dashes hopes of China gains     Madrid offers tax help to Spain's banks     Dust starts to settle on derivatives revolution     German carmakers join 'green' revolution   Markets   Rally pauses despite Syria relief   The decline of risk appetite is evident in currency markets, with the yen rebounding from two-month lows plumbed earlier in the session       Pimco listed bond funds tumble in value     Funds play 'Hunt the Europe Discount'     Post-crisis policies promise stagnation     Dollar bulls stumble on 'taper lite'   Comment   Politicians to blame for BBC infighting   The UK's public broadcaster must do things that private companies would not – it has to be bold or it is pointless       BBC: The British Blameshifting Corp     The west is failing the Syrian people     Syria exposes the decline of US diplomacy     Libya offers no model to end Syria crisis   Management   The product as market research   The lower cost of digital prototyping means innovators have the ability to test lots of ideas simultaneously       Mystery of acquiring another language     Review: the storm before the bailout     Design classic revisited: 1965 traffic light redesign         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.