Subject: This Morning's Headlines: US watchdog considers auditor rotation, Groupon file...
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Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2011 08:01:42 -0400

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FINANCIAL TIMES - Morning headlines
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Friday June 03 2011 

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Financial Times - US homepage
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US watchdog considers auditor rotation
US-listed companies could be obliged to change their audit firm periodically to address ‘disturbing lack of scepticism’ in the vetting of some accounts, according to a regulator. 
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Groupon files for IPO of up to $750m
Groupon, one of the fastest growing and most closely watched internet companies, revealed plans for an initial public offering that could raise $750m 
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http://link.ft.com/r/6NPSBB/HDXCL5/DMBL3/5CBPPK/9ZVAIT/W1/t?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=3

NY prosecutors probe Goldman on crisis
Goldman Sachs was subpoenaed by Manhattan prosecutors seeking details on its conduct during the financial crisis, opening a fresh legal front for the bank 
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http://link.ft.com/r/6NPSBB/HDXCL5/DMBL3/5CBPPK/ZBLHZP/W1/t?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=3

Four dead in Chevron refinery blast
An explosion and fire at Chevron oil refinery in south-west Wales have killed four people and seriously injured one 
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Clinton calls Google hacking claim ‘very serious’
Hillary Clinton, US secretary of state, has described Google’s claim that Chinese hackers tried to break into hundreds of e-mail accounts as “very serious”, despite official Chinese denials 
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http://link.ft.com/r/6NPSBB/HDXCL5/DMBL3/5CBPPK/GK4XNX/W1/t?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=3

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Financial Times - Financial markets news
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US jobs gloom holds back stocks
European equity markets struggled to gain traction on Friday in the wake of continued losses across much of Asia as investors were focused on the monthly US jobs report due later in the day to gauge the global economic outlook 
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FTSE 100’s heavyweights make tentative gains
Banking and mining stocks are in demand as the FTSE recovers some lost ground but US economic data looks set to define the direction at the end of another choppy trading week 
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Financial Times - World
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Mladic refuses to enter plea at tribunal
The former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic calls the charges against him of genocide and war crimes ‘obnoxious’ as he declines to enter a plea in The Hague 
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Israeli billionaire at heart of Iran trade scandal dies
Sammy Ofer, who was at the heart of a fierce controversy over his alleged business deals with Iran, is found dead in his Tel Aviv home 
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Bahrain police quell protests at funeral
Unrest escalates in Manama, the capital, within the troubled island’s majority Shia community. ahead of a World Motor Sport Council decision regarding the hosting of a Formula One event 
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Brazil to extend its welfare programme
Brazil’s president Dilma Rousseff has launched an expansion of the government’s politically popular welfare system, which is credited with lifting millions out of poverty 
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FT.com - US
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Data watch
The latest key economic indicators from round the world 
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Fiat assumes control of Chrysler
Italian carmaker acquires majority control of its US counterpart bailed out by Washington 
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http://link.ft.com/r/6NPSBB/HDXCL5/DMBL3/5CBPPK/WLP1VJ/W1/t?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=3

Clinton calls Google hacking claim 'very serious'
Hillary Clinton, US secretary of state, has described Google's claim that Chinese hackers tried to break into hundreds of e-mail accounts as "very serious", despite official Chinese denials 
Read more >> 
http://link.ft.com/r/6NPSBB/HDXCL5/DMBL3/5CBPPK/JIKYPD/W1/t?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=3

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FT.com - Companies US & Canada
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Nothing is too-big-to-fail
The ultimate triumph of big banks was to convince the world that they are crucial even though nobody has offered a conclusive argument as to why they should not be allowed to fail  
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http://link.ft.com/r/6NPSBB/HDXCL5/DMBL3/5CBPPK/PR9JGR/W1/t?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=3

US watchdog considers auditor rotation
US-listed companies could be obliged to change their audit firm periodically to address 'disturbing lack of scepticism' in the vetting of some accounts, according to a regulator. 
Read more >> 
http://link.ft.com/r/6NPSBB/HDXCL5/DMBL3/5CBPPK/BMA7Q8/W1/t?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=3

Groupon's China venture sets profit timeframe
The joint venture with Tencent expects to take longer to turn a profit and operate with lower margins than its parent due to fierce competition        
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http://link.ft.com/r/6NPSBB/HDXCL5/DMBL3/5CBPPK/JIKYPK/W1/t?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=3

Groupon boss takes a leaf out of Google's book
Not since Google's stock market debut seven years ago has the boss of an internet company so directly flouted Wall Street convention 
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http://link.ft.com/r/6NPSBB/HDXCL5/DMBL3/5CBPPK/D475SB/W1/t?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=3

Groupon files for IPO of up to $750m
Groupon, one of the fastest growing and most closely watched internet companies, revealed plans for an initial public offering that could raise $750m  
Read more >> 
http://link.ft.com/r/6NPSBB/HDXCL5/DMBL3/5CBPPK/M9IQLZ/W1/t?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=3

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