• Yen Weakness Boosts Nikkei
• Chinese Credit Surge Raises Property Fears
• Japan Upgrades Economic Outlook
• Swedish Firms Squeezed as Krona Strengthens
• Chesapeake Taps Lawler as CEO

• Powerful tornadoes strike in four central U.S. states
• Analysis: Shrinking deficit reduces pressure for budget deal
• Insight: The road to a greener America is littered with road-kill
• Insight: The fight for North Dakota's fracking-water market
• Imran Khan's party wins revote in Karachi, protests expected

• Inside a Bangladesh garment factory
• High school prom held 50 years later
• Storms rip through Oklahoma
• Execs questioned on Jackson's death
• Al-Assad sticks to the script

• US consumer data brighten Asia’s mood
• Yahoo buys start-up Tumblr for $1bn
• Cameron feels Tory rage on gay marriage
• Worker insecurity at 20-year high
• Low rates fail to spur M&A boom

FT Alphaville - Market Commentary - FT.com

• The 6am Cut London
• Alphachat: Lee Buchheit edition, featuring Lee Buchheit
• “This is Lake Wobegone upside-down”
• A boutique bear-hug?
• Re-setting ENRC (updated)