US Morning Headlines: Mandela: man on mission to bind a nation, Russian di...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Friday December 06 2013     US homepage   Mandela: man on mission to bind a nation   Nelson Mandela's history as a freedom fighter and political prisoner was merely the warm-up act to ending apartheid and leading South Africa back into the world       Russian diplomats face US fraud charges     Biden calls for calm over China air zone     WTO deal 'very close' but India holds out     Box adds to soaring start-up valuations         Video   One man's flight from the City   Mark Bigwood left his job as an IT contractor in the City to start a business hiring out hawks to deter urban pigeons from nesting in estates, train stations and Trafalgar Square.   Markets   Trading cautious ahead of US jobs data   Activity is muted as investors waited for the release of US jobs data, which may offer clues to the Fed's plans for tapering its stimulus programme       Pension guidelines are cold comfort     US equity bulls eye 2,014 for 2014     Are commodities traders 'too big to fail'?     Housebuilders lift London equity markets   World News   South Africa mourns Nelson Mandela   South Africans gather at the homes of their first black president, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and a man with an almost mythical status       Mandela laid foundations for progress     Bill Bratton returns to NYPD beat     Gazprom dismisses price cut for Ukraine     Slow progress for Brazil's World Cup   US & Canadian companies   Lynch backs 'augmented reality' app   Autonomy founder Mike Lynch invests in Neurence and its Taggar app, dismissing privacy concerns raised by wearable devices and recognition software       RBC chief Gordon Nixon to retire     Economists' views of Autumn Statement 2013     Volcker rule leaves regulation grey area     CIA-backed Palantir valued at $9bn         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.