• GE Capital to Pay Parent Dividend
• Gold, Silver Recover
• Investors Turn Choosy on Chinese Debt
• Stocks Pull Back
• China Targets Broader Investments in U.S.

• Bomb attacks kill more than 70 Shi'ites across Iraq
• Nigeria says has Islamists on defensive
• Yahoo buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion, vows not to screw it up
• Hezbollah suffers big losses in Syria battle: activists
• Mexican opposition dispute goes public, threatening reforms

• Syrian rebels target Hezbollah militia in Lebanon
• Iraq Shiites targeted in fresh violence
• Fatal air balloon collision in Turkey
• Car bomb blast kills 4 in Dagestan
• Huge winning lottery ticket unclaimed

• ENRC lowball bid looks good, analysts say
• Berlin plans partial EU treaty change
• Oil inquiry widens to trading houses
• Backlash blamed for woes at Russia project
• Gold tumbles as silver hits 2½-year low

FT Alphaville - Market Commentary - FT.com

• Collateral crunch-counting gets sophisticated
• Pump up, debase
• In which the FTSE puts the crisis behind it
• Bernanke weighs in on robot wars; brings Keynes for backup
• Over in the gilt repo corner…