In today's FT: Twitter fires the starting gun on IPO, Kerry and Lav...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Friday September 13 2013     UK Homepage   Twitter fires the starting gun on IPO   The document has been submitted under the US Jobs Act, which allows companies with revenues of less than $1bn to file confidentially       Kerry and Lavrov at odds in Syria talks     Surveyors urge BoE to damp house market         Video   Royal Mail – privatisation revived   The British government is launching its privatisation of Royal Mail. Lex's Vincent Boland and Nikki Tait discuss the sell-off that even Margaret Thatcher regarded as a step too far   US homepage   Lehman aftermath yields $3bn payday   Although bankruptcy experts say the fees are within the normal range for a large institution in administration, the figure is still rising       SEC calls for plan to beat exchange failures     Dell shareholders back $24.8bn buyout   Europe homepage   Rally in stocks stalls at five-year highs   Equities mixed as Asian winning streak ends despite receding fears of an imminent US strike on Syria       Short selling win gives UK third EU victory     Verizon bond buyers gain as prices jump   Asia homepage   Japan agrees deal on sales tax rise   Shinzo Abe and Japan's other senior political leaders agree a deal to soften impact of sales tax rise by including stimulus spending of up to Y5tn       Goldman faces pressure over working hours     Domestic group caught in China drug probe   World News   Putin plays to strength on foreign policy   Russian president's moves on the global stage particularlyover action in Syria have for the most part been seen as solid and pragmatic       Egypt extends state of emergency     France unveils grand plan to lift industry     Bavaria's Seehofer enters final stretch     Party split threatens government shutdown   Companies News   VW plant set for US first, union claims   Management issues to be brought before a German-style works council, after union said it had enough votes to seek recognition at the site       Lehman 'zombie company' nears its end     Vodafone victorious in €7.7bn Kabel bid     Adobe creativity extends to tax structure     Ackermann poised to step down at Siemens   Markets   Insane financial system lives post-Lehman   There are a host of developments that are at best counterintuitive and, at worst, dangerously bizarre       SEC warned on money market funds shake-up     Gold slides to four-week low on jobs data     Europe's 'hybrid' debt enjoys renaissance     Banks lead China stocks resurgence   Comment   Merkel's stealthy plan for the euro   The German chancellor grasps that there is more to leadership than rhetoric – look at how much trouble the US president is in       We can do better than the defunct FTT     Moscow should learn from past mistakes     Russia, Syria and the US – parsing Uncle Vlad     China revisits a bloody era in its history   Management   Not-so secret lives of vloggers   To make a name, not to mention a living, from posting YouTube videos requires authenticity and interaction       Boost for the iPad that wants to feel like a desktop     Steelworks and Stradivari         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.