| * Nikkei retreats from 6-year high * China must not copy the Kaiser's errors * Russia's Yotaphone challenges smartphone status quo * A grim warning in the Russian regions * Brazil economy shrinks to confound forecasts * Anchors finally away for Chinese Australian mine * Bharti raises €750m in first euro bond by an Indian company * Markets: Nikkei retreats from 6-year high
Asian markets were mixed, with Japanese stocks dropping from a six-year high, while China stocks outperformed. Overall, most bourses weakened as investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of important data due out later this week, including Friday's US jobs report from November.
http://on.ft.com/IG9iN2 China must not copy the Kaiser's errors
Beijing, in its dispute with Japan over the ownership of some uninhabited islands, risks repeating the errors of an earlier era that led to war
http://on.ft.com/1eNJ9GW Russia's Yotaphone challenges smartphone status quo
Since the rise of the smartphone, the world of gadgets has had two poles: Silicon Valley and east Asia. Especially with the decline of Nokia and BlackBerry, the commanding heights of the industry have belonged to Samsung and Apple, with a growing breed of Chinese brands such as Huawei pushing their way in.
http://on.ft.com/IG9onK A grim warning in the Russian regions
As strange instructions on what to do in case of terrorist attack show, some of Yekaterinburg's darker legacies are hard to shake, writes Courtney Weaver
http://on.ft.com/1eNJbhK Brazil economy shrinks to confound forecasts
Government struggles to rebalance economy, which contracted 0.5% as investment fell and the farm sector weakened
http://on.ft.com/1eNJbhL Anchors finally away for Chinese Australian mine
CITIC Pacific, the Chinese conglomerate, has finally loaded its maiden shipment of iron ore from its Australian venture – four years behind schedule and $8bn over budget.
http://on.ft.com/IG9cF7 Bharti raises €750m in first euro bond by an Indian company
India's Bharti Airtel, the world's fourth-largest mobile operator by subscribers, has completed a €750m ($1bn) bond sale, becoming the first Indian company to raise euro-denominated debt, according to two people familiar with the deal.
http://on.ft.com/1ixCkPh Emerging Markets
MSCI Emerging Market Index down -0.20% at 1,001 Americas
DJIA down -0.59% at 15,915
S&P 500 down -0.27% at 1,801
Bovespa down -1.75% at 50,349 Asia
Nikkei 225 down -1.74% at 15,475
Topix down -1.50% at 1,244
Hang Seng down -0.35% at 23,827
Shanghai Composite up +1.27% at 2,251
MSCI Asia ex-Japan down -0.19% at 555.47
CNX Nifty down -0.18% at 6,191 Currencies
€/$ 1.36 (1.36)
$/¥ 102.56 (102.49) Commodities
Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.29 at 112.91
Light Crude (Nymex) up +1.21 at 97.25
100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +0.30 at 1,222 | 
