• Bausch & Lomb Nears Sale for $9 Billion
• HKMEx Head Faces Probe
• Exxon in Talks With InterOil
• Google Pushes Into Emerging Markets
• Fiat Chief Pulls Out the Deal Wrench

• Syrian opposition resumes tough talks on unity for peace push
• Blackstone notifies Cohen's SAC it intends to pull money: pension consultant
• Hezbollah, Syrian government forces push for advance in Qusair
• Sexual assault is a 'scourge' on U.S. military, Hagel says
• British police arrest man after spy claim in soldier case

• See police fight off protestors
• Far-right marchers rally amid tension over London killing
• U.S. teen rejects child abuse plea deal
• Is Germany now cool?
• All-German clash

• Sixth night of violence in Sweden
• Report sees threat to key projects
• News Corp adopts ‘poison pill’ in split
• Cybernats ‘bullying’ business into silence
• Germany shows way on and off the pitch

FT Alphaville - Market Commentary - FT.com

• FT Alphaville is taking a break
• The future impact of US defense spending
• Markets Live: Friday, 24th May, 2013
• The (early) Lunch Wrap
• For the US, it’s only a ‘lost half-decade’