• Stocks Snap 4-Week Win Streak
• Bankia Nears Sale of Florida Bank
• Durable Orders Bounce Back, but Shipments Decline
• Bausch & Lomb Nears $9 Billion Sale
• Cooling Coffee Prices Hit a 3½-Year Low

• Truck crash may have caused Washington state bridge collapse
• Syria opposition seeks to unify as momentum for talks builds
• Taliban attack international compound in Afghan capital
• UK fighters escort Pakistan plane to airport, two arrests
• U.S. casts doubt on credibility of Iran election

• Soldier's suspected killer: 'Quiet, shy'
• Czech murder suspect held in U.S.
• 4 days after tornado: 6 still in hospital
• Soccer: Monaco pays $90M on Porto pair
• Tennis: Nadal, Djokovic drawn together

• P&G buoyed by return of Lafley
• News Corp adopts ‘poison pill’ in split
• French court eases pressure on Lagarde
• 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’