• 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

• Two believed dead as heavy rains flood San Antonio streets
• British police arrest three over soldier's killing
• Kerry presses Egypt on economic reform, says aid depends on it
• Syrian opposition struggles for unity as battle rages
• Two freight trains collide in Missouri, bringing down overpass

• Three more arrested in slaying of Woolwich soldier
• Redemption for Bayern Munich
• Blog: Late goal lifts Bayern
• Who is the Woolwich suspect?
• Far-right marchers rally over killing

• UK to oppose EU renewable energy target
• Hizbollah vows to keep fighting in Syria
• African Union to vote on Kenyatta trial
• Sixth night of violence in Sweden
• News Corp adopts ‘poison pill’ in split

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’