US Morning Headlines: Echoes of Myanmar’s past cloud land deals, Biden urg...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Thursday December 05 2013     US homepage   Echoes of Myanmar's past cloud land deals   A Japanese-backed industrial park will test how the quasi-civilian government and its international backers handle the contentious subject of land       Biden urges Xi to reduce regional tension     Beijing bans banks from Bitcoin deals     Inequality undermining society – Obama     Cyber war tech exports to be regulated like arms         Video   Sensor technology and the consumer   Carolina Milanesi, a consumer devices analyst at Gartner's, speaks to Paul Taylor, the FT's Connected Business editor, about the advances in sensor technology and the opportunities and challenges they present.   Markets   Markets hobbled by Fed taper nerves   Investors show caution ahead of interest rate decisions in eurozone and UK on Thursday plus a highly-anticipated monthly US jobs report on Friday       Large investors turn cold on commodities     UK leads in European 'junk' bond issues     Opec faces up to new challenges     Shares fall as ECB and BoE calls loom   World News   Kiev prepared to discuss elections   First sign of potential compromise in the country's worst political crisis in nearly a decade       Fifteen killed in suicide attack in Yemen     EU considers asylum overhaul     Porn use tracked by hundreds of companies     French prostitution law wins vote   US news   US crackdown on dividend tax avoidance   New rules, due to take effect in 2016, will hit international investors with big holdings of US equities with high dividend payments       A sceptic on drones and digital shopping     US company chiefs push for budget deal     New York: A concrete legacy     Vital pieces to rate scandal's puzzle   US & Canadian companies   Merck to buy AZ Electronic for £1.6bn   German drugs and chemicals group Merck builds on its 2010 turnround by moving to increase presence in high-tech electronic devices       The Timewise Power Part Time List     China Mobile: Better connection     Icahn scales back Apple buyback demand     Newsweek revives print edition         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.