FINANCIAL TIMES News, Sep 18, 2011 (2)

Tech Today: Report: Facebook Pushes IPO to Late 2012 Wall Street Journal (blog) By Tom Loftus Report: Facebook Pushes IPO to Late 2012: The Financial Times reports that Facebook is holding back on its initial public offering at least until September 2012, a later date then expected. Sources tell the FT that the reason for the ... See all stories on this topic »

FT editor calls for media standards commission Financial Times By Ben Fenton Lionel Barber, the editor of the Financial Times, on Wednesday called for reform in the regulation of the UK press, with the establishment of a Media Standards Commission that would be dominated by independent outsiders rather than ... See all stories on this topic »

The 9.11 Decade - FT.com Analysis Financial Times Visit the Financial Times at: http://www.ft.com/video for more news on the US money markets and their development since the 9.11 attacks. Sep 9, 2011: It's 10 years since 9.11 - the destruction of the iconic twin towers. It's been a lost decade for US ... See all stories on this topic »

FT Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year shortlist Financial Times Lionel Barber, Financial Times editor, who chaired the judging panel, said he was delighted with the “breadth and depth” of the shortlist. “The books are intellectually stimulating, offer something provocative and different and open up new vistas on ... See all stories on this topic » Financial Times

FT Releases Free “How To Spend It” iPad App Folio Magazine The How To Spend It app joins other ad-supported FT apps like the Little Books of Business Travel in Apple's App Store. At the end of August, Financial Times' main paid content app was removed from the App Store, after the publisher and the retailer... See all stories on this topic » Folio Magazine

FT looks to Sightsavers Financial Times The Financial Times has selected international development charity Sightsavers for its 2011-2012 seasonal appeal to readers. The seasonal appeal, which runs from November to mid-January, has raised £6m in the past five years for its featured charities. ... See all stories on this topic »

UniCredit CEO sees support for cap hike moves -FT Reuters MI), Italy's biggest bank by assets, are ready to support a rights issue, the Financial Times said on Monday on its Web page, citing the bank's chief executive, Federico Ghizzoni. Ghizzoni said he could increase core capital at the bank through "a ... See all stories on this topic »

U.S. Should Consider Withdrawing From Basel, Dimon Tells FT Bloomberg ... regulators and that new international capital rules are “anti-American,” according to the Financial Times. “I'm very close to thinking the United States shouldn't be in Basel anymore,” Dimon said in an interview, the newspaper reported today. ... See all stories on this topic »

Italy Is Seeking to Sell 'Significant' Amounts of Bonds to China, FT Says Bloomberg ... Mon Sep 12 19:05:38 GMT 2011 The Italian government is making approaches to China with the aim of selling the cash-rich Asian country “significant” quantities of Italian bonds and investments in strategic companies, the Financial Times reported. ... See all stories on this topic »

FT: Barclays Close To Selling Majority Stake In UPP RTT News L: News ) is close to selling its majority stake in University Partnerships Programme or UPP, the UK's largest developer of university campuses, the Financial Times reported Wednesday. According to the report, the deal could be worth close to 1 billion ... See all stories on this topic »

Verizon chief hails Vodafone courtship Financial Times By Daniel Thomas and Andrew Parker in London In an interview with the Financial Times, Mr McAdam, Verizon Communications' new chief executive, is almost coquettish about Vodafone, his joint venture partner at the US mobile operator, called Verizon ... See all stories on this topic »

Financial Times Enjoys Life Beyond the App Store PBS MediaShift There was a time in the not-so-distant past when app makers were fighting to get featured in Apple's App Store, and crying out in protest if their app didn't make the cut. So it's quite a turnabout to talk to folks at the Financial Times, ... See all stories on this topic »

BG tempts Chinese oil groups -- FT Reuters L) fast-growing Brazilian business, the Financial Times reported on Friday. The newspaper cited people familiar with the situation as saying UK energy group BG considered the sale of a minority stake in its thriving oil and gas business and that ... See all stories on this topic »

FT: Greece Violating Bailout Terms by Hiring Workers NewsMax.com Bailout terms say Greece can add one civil servant for every ten it fires, according to conditions imposed by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, the Financial Times reports, citing local Greek media who obtained government data. ... See all stories on this topic »

Apps rush: Turntable.fm, FT How To Spend It, Citrix Receiver and more The Guardian (blog) The Financial Times may have removed its main app from Apple's App Store, but it is still releasing spin-off native apps for iOS. Its luxury lifestyle mag How To Spend It now has an iPad version, which is free to download and use, with 60 searchable ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian (blog)

Taking Sides in the Taiwan Strait Heritage.org (blog) In an article entitled “China and US on Edge over Vote in Taiwan,” today's Financial Times (FT) quotes a “senior US official” as saying Taiwan DPP presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen “left us with distinct doubts about whether she is both willing and ... See all stories on this topic »

Xignite secures funding for expansion Financial Times ... the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the New Zealand Exchange and the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), as well as Microsoft, and Pearson, owner of the Financial Times. Please don't cut articles from FT.com and redistribute by email or post to the web. See all stories on this topic »

Peugeot prepares itself for slowdown Financial Times The French carmaker has also set up 50 working groups to root out cost savings “from the cellar to the attic – across the company”, Mr Varin told the Financial Times. Mr Varin's remarks are the first by a leading carmaking chief to the effect that the ... See all stories on this topic »

Pearson steps up push into online schooling Financial Times The deal represents the latest move by Pearson, which also owns the Financial Times, to change its education business from a print textbook publisher into a supplier of digital learning materials and educational services, selling direct to students and ... See all stories on this topic » Financial Times

Deutsche Börse-NYSE deal to save extra $1bn Financial Times The disclosure, in an interview with the Financial Times, comes as the merger undergoes intense scrutiny by European antitrust authorities. Duncan Niederauer, NYSE Euronext chief executive, said customers collectively would not have to post about $4bn ... See all stories on this topic » Financial Times

Finland sees end to Greek collateral problem Financial Times “I'm carefully optimistic that this will be solved as part and parcel of the whole package for Greece within the next few days,” Alexander Stubb, Finland's European affairs minister, told the Financial Times in an interview in London. ... See all stories on this topic » Financial Times

Facebook IPO put off until late 2012, FT says Minneapolis Star Tribune Facebook, the social media giant whose initial public offering of stock has been widely anticipated, has decided to put off its IPO until late 2012, the Financial Times reported. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, wants to wait until next ... See all stories on this topic »

India cautious on Bric aid to eurozone Financial Times R. Gopalan, secretary in the department of economic affairs at the Indian finance ministry, told theFinancial Times that Brazil had “thrown” its proposal at the grouping only days before it is to meet in Washington on September 22. ... See all stories on this topic »

The 50p tax debate: Your letters Financial Times A letter from 20 leading economists to the Financial Times earlier this week has set off a debate in the UK about whether the 50p tax rate should be scrapped. Below is a compilation of the published letters to the editor of the FT. ... See all stories on this topic »

SocGen CEO rejects market fears - FT Reuters PA), has criticised the market's bearish views of French lenders in an interview with the Financial Times on Wednesday. He dismissed the recent call from Christine Lagarde, managing director of the IMF, for an urgent recapitalisation of Europe's banks, ... See all stories on this topic »

American Apparel dresses for a comeback Financial Times Dov Charney, founder and chief executive, told the Financial Times that American Apparel had recovered from a liquidity crisis this year and fresh funds could be put to good use. “We are making a lot of progress in the profitability proposition,” he ... See all stories on this topic » Financial Times

PTG Pactual eyes float to aid expansion - FT Reuters UL, Brazil's largest independent investment bank, is looking to hold an initial public offering as early as next year, the Financial Times reported on Friday. The newspaper said the move is seen as one option to fund an ambitious expansion in Latin ... See all stories on this topic »

The ECB's different ways ahead FT.com (blog) Before joining the FT, Robin worked in asset management and banking. RSS Claire Jones is Money Supply economics team writer, based in London. Before joining the Financial Times, she was the editor of the Central Banking journal and CentralBanking.com. ... See all stories on this topic »

McGraw-Hill to split and make $1bn in cuts Financial Times Terry McGraw, chairman and chief executive, told the Financial Times that the “growth and value plan” would be “a game-changer” in the history of the business media group his great-grandfather began in 1888 and would include “significant” cuts to its ... See all stories on this topic » Financial Times

Boston Globe launches subscription news site Financial Times The US publisher has not adopted the “metered” access model implemented by the New York Times, its owner, and other titles including the Financial Times, underscoring the fact that the newspaper industry is far from converging on a single business ... See all stories on this topic » Financial Times

Swatch in bitter split with Tiffany & Co Financial Times Nick Hayek, chief executive of Swatch, told the Financial Times that Tiffany had pushed for the partnership's creation in 2008 but then neglected it and blocked its development. Swatch is seeking damages of hundreds of millions of dollars. ... See all stories on this topic » Financial Times

Revolt over risks of elite class of bankers Financial Times Meanwhile, Jamie Dimon, the head of JPMorgan Chase, told the Financial Times that the committee of international banking regulators that meets in Basel (one of UBS's home cities) was being “anti-American” by imposing higher capital standards for banks... See all stories on this topic » Financial Times

Obama Under Pressure on Entitlement Cuts The Moderate Voice (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) WASHINGTON – Yesterday, theFinancial Times laid out what has been talked about for months and months, with Pres. Obama set to deliver a speech on deficit reduction on Monday. The FT begins with the argument ... See all stories on this topic » The Moderate Voice

Boss says VW not suffering 'growing pains' Financial Times Asked by the Financial Times on the eve of the Frankfurt motor show whether the carmaker was experiencing setbacks as a result of its fierce ambition to leapfrog Toyota as the world's biggest carmaker by 2018, Martin Winterkorn, VW chief executive, ... See all stories on this topic » Financial Times

US vows to take back seat in Libya rebuilding Financial Times What we want is to unfreeze the money we have in the US and in European countries,” Mr Aujali told the Financial Times on Wednesday. The US has released $1.5bn of Libyan funds that were frozen under UN sanctions while Col Gaddafi was in power, ... See all stories on this topic »

US sales of Botox continue to increase Financial Times David Pyott, chief executive of Allergan, told the Financial Times that during the depths of the recession in 2009, Botox users continued to stick with the product but used it less frequently. Typically, users receive a series of forehead injections ... See all stories on this topic »

Germany rewrites its contract with ECB Financial Times By Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt Jürgen Stark's surprise resignation as ECB executive board member on Friday was a serious jolt to the eurozone at a time when worries over a Greek default were already fraying financial market nerves. ... See all stories on this topic »

FT Alphaville - Markets Today 13:52 – PAPANDREOU, MERKEL, SARKOZY FULLY BEHIND JULY ... Apparently stocks rallied on the news, but we have no idea why, and we're tired of ... m.ft.com/.../merkozy-papandreou-talk-repeat-earlier-promises...

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