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Financial Times

• Osborne looks at ‘bad bank’ for RBS June 19, 2013
  Chancellor tells Mansion House the Treasury ‘actively considering’ how to start sale of Lloyds, while more radical restructuring may be needed at RBS […]
• Dolce and Gabbana guilty of tax evasion June 19, 2013
  Two Italian fashion designers have been handed suspended sentences and a nearly €500m fine by a court in Milan for evading taxes […]
• Bernanke sees 2014 end for QE3 June 19, 2013
  Chairman says the Fed may slow its pace of asset purchases this year, assuming its expectations for an improved economic outlook held true […]
• US Treasuries tumble on Fed statement June 19, 2013
  The US central bank maintained the pace of its asset purchases at $85bn a month, and offered no explicit sign that it was near to scaling back the programme […]
• America’s shameful shakedown of BP June 19, 2013
  Gulf settlement should be fair rather than the exercise in extortion that stretches unduly the interpretation of what constitutes a valid claim […]
• PRA identifies £26bn bank capital holes June 19, 2013
  UK regulator is poised to reveal a £26bn capital holes at the country’s lenders, with 90% of the total accounted for by RBS, Lloyds and Barclays […]
• Obama ready to cut US nuclear weapons June 19, 2013
  US president uses the occasion of his first official visit to Berlin to call for a push on disarmament and a new global combat on climate change […]
• US eyes prosecution of foreign cyber thieves June 19, 2013
  Any charges would mark an escalation in the US response to what it has said is a growing number of attacks by foreign hackers on US businesses and government […]
• Switzerland shoots down US tax deal June 19, 2013
  Rejection raises possibility the US will take more action against Swiss banks – an outcome the government and financial sector are desperate to avoid […]
• BT chief Livingston to be trade minister June 19, 2013
  BT boss Ian Livingston will replace Lord Green as trade minister after five years as chief executive of the UK telecoms group […]

Wall Street Journal

• Stocks Decline on Fed Fears June 20, 2013
  Stocks declined and both Treasury-bond yields and the dollar rose sharply, all signs of market unease, after Bernanke again said the Fed this year could begin trimming the size of its monthly debt purchases. […]
• Goldman Left Out of Smithfield Deal June 20, 2013
  Goldman Sachs lost out on an advisory role in one of the most significant deals this year—the sale of Smithfield Foods to China's Shuanghui International Holdings—because of its investment in the Chinese company, according to people familiar with the matter. […]
• China Manufacturing Hits a Nine-Month Low June 20, 2013
  China saw a fresh sign of economic weakness on Thursday, as an initial gauge of manufacturing health slumped to a nine-month low in June. […]
• Fed Result, China PMI Weigh on Asian Shares June 20, 2013
  Asian markets were lower Thursday in the wake of Wednesday's Federal Reserve policy meeting outcome and a weak China PMI reading. The Hang Seng fell 2.5%. […]
• Lenovo Turns to Phones as PC Industry Declines June 20, 2013
  Lenovo gets over 80% of its revenue from PCs, but amid a decline in the computer market it's seeking to increase its smartphone sales outside China. […]
• Microsoft Explored Deal for Nokia June 20, 2013
  Microsoft was recently in advanced discussions with Nokia about a purchase of its device business, in a marriage that could have reshaped the mobile-phone industry. […]
• FedEx Reins In Expectations June 20, 2013
  FedEx's earnings were weighed down by restructuring charges in the latest quarter, and the shipping company reined in expectations amid weakness in its international priority business. […]
• Dolce and Gabbana Convicted of Tax Evasion June 20, 2013
  A Milan court has convicted the designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana of tax evasion. The court sentenced them both to one year and eight months in jail. […]
• SandRidge CEO Ousted, Gets $90 Million Exit Pay June 20, 2013
  SandRidge Energy chief Tom Ward was ousted by the company's board and given an about $90 million severance package following a probe of dealings with businesses controlled by members of his family. […]
• LPL Hires Ex-Official of SEC June 20, 2013
  LPL Financial has hired the former head of the SEC's Boston office, as the brokerage-firm operator overhauls management in the wake of the biggest regulatory fine in its history. […]