Subject: This Morning's Headlines: Lisbon succeeds with debt auction, Risk assets rally...
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FINANCIAL TIMES - Morning headlines
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Wednesday January 12 2011 

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Financial Times - US homepage
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Lisbon succeeds with debt auction
Portugal issues debt in the first bond sale of the year from a ’peripheral’ eurozone economy, taking some of the pressure off the indebted country, but investors warn bail-out still likely 
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http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/C5GTU7/8VUNS/9ZT5RQ/S3M763/UP/t?a1=2011&a2=1&a3=12

Risk assets rally after Portuguese bond sale
Trading is risk-positive after a “successful” sale of Portuguese bonds ensures that eurozone sovereign debt contagion fears can be put on the back burner – for now. 
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http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/C5GTU7/8VUNS/9ZT5RQ/6VRJXB/UP/t?a1=2011&a2=1&a3=12

US to match Chinese terms for train order
The US is going to match Chinese terms with cut-price export financing for the first time to help General Electric win an order for 150 diesel-electric locomotives from Pakistan 
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http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/C5GTU7/8VUNS/9ZT5RQ/LQ0OUY/UP/t?a1=2011&a2=1&a3=12

AIG agrees $2.2bn Taiwan disposal
AIG has agreed to sell its Taiwan life insurance unit to a consortium led by local industrial groups Ruentex and Pou Chen for $2.16bn, its second attempt to divest Nan Shan as part of efforts to repay US bail-out funds 
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http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/C5GTU7/8VUNS/9ZT5RQ/LQ0O11/UP/t?a1=2011&a2=1&a3=12

Obama faces challenge of capturing grief
Barack Obama will travel to Arizona to speak at a ceremony to honour the victims of a mass shooting against the background of an increasingly partisan debate over political responsibility for the incident 
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http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/C5GTU7/8VUNS/9ZT5RQ/9Z3NI4/UP/t?a1=2011&a2=1&a3=12

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Financial Times - Financial markets news
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Portuguese bond auction supports euro
The euro found finds some support, but remains close to a four-month low against the dollar as Portugal’s latest trip to the capital markets was relatively well received 
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http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/C5GTU7/8VUNS/9ZT5RQ/A7P3EX/UP/t?a1=2011&a2=1&a3=12

Oil nears $100 a barrel on supply disruptions
Global oil prices approach $100 a barrel, buoyed by optimism on the global economic recovery and supply disruptions in the North Sea and Alaska 
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http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/C5GTU7/8VUNS/9ZT5RQ/PRA2HS/UP/t?a1=2011&a2=1&a3=12

London’s banks keep FTSE 100 over 6,000
London equities traders take on risk, buying into banking and resource after Portugal’s bond auction 
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http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/C5GTU7/8VUNS/9ZT5RQ/9Z3NIM/UP/t?a1=2011&a2=1&a3=12

Banks lead rising European stock markets
Relief about Portugal’s debt auction drives European equities, with banks lifting the market as worries about the potential for another eurozone bail-out ease 
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http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/C5GTU7/8VUNS/9ZT5RQ/S3M78K/UP/t?a1=2011&a2=1&a3=12

Commodities daily: Too many eggs in one basket
The global market in many commodities has become vulnerable to concentration of supply from a single country, writes Javier Blas 
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http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/C5GTU7/8VUNS/9ZT5RQ/NSVCT1/UP/t?a1=2011&a2=1&a3=12

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Financial Times - World
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Germany enjoys stellar growth
Germany last year saw one of its fastest growth spurts since the country’s reunification in 1990, powered by a rebound in investment, exports and a pick-up in consumer spending 
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http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/C5GTU7/8VUNS/9ZT5RQ/XTKXVR/UP/t?a1=2011&a2=1&a3=12

Belgium buys breathing space as deficit revised
Belgium looked to appease skittish investors in its sovereign debt by unveiling better deficit figures – 97% of GDP – for 2010 than expected, promising more budgetary efforts and even hinting at a solution to its political crisis 
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http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/C5GTU7/8VUNS/9ZT5RQ/6VRJKC/UP/t?a1=2011&a2=1&a3=12

Hizbollah poised to topple Lebanese government
Mass resignations by ministers linked to the Shia paramilitary group over UN-backed tribunal set up to investigate murder of former prime minister Rafik Hariri 
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http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/C5GTU7/8VUNS/9ZT5RQ/BMUPE6/UP/t?a1=2011&a2=1&a3=12

WEF pessimistic on global risks
Nations are in no position to deal with any more big shocks, the World Economic Forum says in its annual assessment of the main risks facing the global economy 
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http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/C5GTU7/8VUNS/9ZT5RQ/8ANFYZ/UP/t?a1=2011&a2=1&a3=12

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FT.com - US
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Obama faces challenge of capturing grief
Barack Obama will travel to Arizona to speak at a ceremony to honour the victims of a mass shooting against the background of an increasingly partisan debate over political responsibility for the incident 
Read more >> 
http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/C5GTU7/8VUNS/9ZT5RQ/D4L1SK/UP/t?a1=2011&a2=1&a3=12

US to match Chinese terms for train order 
The US is going to match Chinese terms with cut-price export financing for the first time to help General Electric win an order for 150 diesel-electric locomotives from Pakistan 
Read more >> 
http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/C5GTU7/8VUNS/9ZT5RQ/9Z3NYC/UP/t?a1=2011&a2=1&a3=12

Rejecting oil is not an option, says report
The conclusions of President Barack Obama's National Commission on the Deepwater Horizon disaster are based on one inescapable fact: the US needs oil 
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http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/C5GTU7/8VUNS/9ZT5RQ/5CJSWG/UP/t?a1=2011&a2=1&a3=12

Taking on gun lobby proved step too far for Obama
The administration took on banks and the insurance industry in its first two years but has made a political calculation against challenging the gun lobby   
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http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/C5GTU7/8VUNS/9ZT5RQ/QFZABK/UP/t?a1=2011&a2=1&a3=12

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FT.com - Companies US & Canada
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AIG agrees $2.2bn Taiwan disposal
AIG has agreed to sell its Taiwan life insurance unit to a consortium led by local industrial groups Ruentex and Pou Chen for $2.16bn, its second attempt to divest Nan Shan as part of efforts to repay US bail-out funds 
Read more >> 
http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/C5GTU7/8VUNS/9ZT5RQ/3O9Q45/UP/t?a1=2011&a2=1&a3=12

Alyeska gets approval to open leaky pipeline
Service company gains approval to open leaky Alaskan pipeline to address 'technical risks' related to prolonged shutdown in cold weather 
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http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/C5GTU7/8VUNS/9ZT5RQ/A7P3EK/UP/t?a1=2011&a2=1&a3=12

Cliffs to buy Consolidated Thompson for $4.1bn
Cliffs Natural Resources to buy Canadian miner for C$4.07bn, aiming to expand its capacity to meet Asia's demand for iron ore 
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http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/C5GTU7/8VUNS/9ZT5RQ/26QE5Z/UP/t?a1=2011&a2=1&a3=12

US technology analyst admits fraud charges
Bob Nguyen, a former employee of California-based Primary Global Research, agrees to co-operate in the government's expanding probe of alleged insider trading on Wall Street 
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http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/C5GTU7/8VUNS/9ZT5RQ/D4L192/UP/t?a1=2011&a2=1&a3=12

Charles Schwab agrees $119m settlement
The US brokerage will pay the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle claims that it misled investors in its flagship YieldPlus bond fund during the financial crisis 
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http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/C5GTU7/8VUNS/9ZT5RQ/PRA2HW/UP/t?a1=2011&a2=1&a3=12

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