• U.S., China Set Pact on Auditor Access
• Patent Battle Between Nokia, HTC Heats Up
• Exxon Looks at Papua New Guinea Gas Assets
• Iran Hacks Energy Firms, U.S. Says
• Tokyo Shares End Higher

• Truck strike may have caused Washington state bridge collapse, officials says
• Syria opposition struggles to forge transition plan before talks
• China says hopes visit of North Korean envoy can ease tension
• Obama seeks end to perpetual U.S. 'war on terror'
• British police ponder conspiracy after soldier murder

• Plane's emergency landing closes Heathrow runway
• Slaying of a soldier
• Heathrow's 'world class' response
• Does Brad Pitt suffer from face blindness?
• Two more arrests in UK soldier killing

• Heathrow runway shut by emergency landing
• BoJ’s Kuroda vows to steady bonds
• MI5 faces inquiry into intelligence on suspects
• Pakistan seeks $4bn-$5bn Saudi loan
• Raiffeisen CEO offers to resign

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• Markets Live: Friday, 24th May, 2013
• The (early) Lunch Wrap
• For the US, it’s only a ‘lost half-decade’
• Kuroda hasn’t got the hang of the Jedi thing yet
• Further reading