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BASEL REJECTS PLEA FOR DELAY TO LIQUIDITY BUFFERS

Banks will be required to hold emergency stocks of

easy-to-sell assets starting in 2015 but will be permitted to

dip into these liquidity buffers during times of stress, said

global regulators meeting in Basel, Switzerland.http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d11c609c-3a25-11e1-a8dc-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1itXDsiHg



UK'S CAMERON VOWS TO CRACKDOWN ON EXECUTIVE PAY

British Prime Minister David Cameron has vowed to crack down

on the 'market failure' that has led to what he called

'excessive growth' in executive pay, but appears to be backing

away from some of the more radical proposals to deal with the

issue.http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/088b69ae-39e7-11e1-8707-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1itXDsiHg



BRISTOL BUYS INHIBITEX FOR HEPATITIS C TREATMENT

Bristol-Myers Squibb, the pharmaceuticals group, has

agreed to pay $2.5 billion for Inhibitex, the smaller

biopharmaceutical company with a promising hepatitis C

treatmenthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b99482d0-3a23-11e1-a8dc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss#axzz1itXDsiHg



MECOM SEEKS SALE OF POLISH BUSINESS

Mecom, the pan-European newspaper publisher, is

looking to offload its Polish business in a move that highlights

management's plan to focus on its core Dutch operations.http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8b28f726-3a1b-11e1-a8dc-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1itXDsiHg



RBS EXECUTIVE IN LINE FOR BONUS PAYOUT

The head of Royal Bank of Scotland's embattled

investment bank, John Hourican, is in line to receive a special

bonus this year of more than 4 million pounds, an award that

will be contentious given the government's vow to crack down on

excessive executive pay.http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/478beb8c-3a29-11e1-a8dc-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1itXDsiHg



UK LEAVES DOOR OPEN FOR CASH TO IMF

British Prime Minister David Cameron has left open the door

to Britain giving billions of pounds of new support to the

International Monetary Fund -- and indirectly to ailing members

of the eurozone -- in a move likely to infuriate eurosceptic MPs

in his own Conservative Party.http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d3c0fade-3a01-11e1-a8dc-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1itXDsiHg



GREEK BONDHOLDERS POISED TO ACCEPT HIGHER LOSSES

Holders of Greek bonds are set to accept higher losses as

the contentious negotiations over writing down Athens' debt

burden come to a head in the next week.http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/acaa7900-3891-11e1-9ae1-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1itXDsiHg



AXA RAISES FUND FOR REAL ESTATE

Axa, one of Europe's largest insurers, has raised

a fund that will invest up to 2.5 billion euros towards the

development of offices and shopping centres across the

continent, in an effort to exploit the gap left by the retreat

of banks and other debt providers from property lending since

the crash.http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7044be4e-39f4-11e1-a8dc-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1itXDsiHg



BSKYB BUYS STAKE IN ZEEBOX START-UP

British Sky Broadcasting is looking to harness

viewers' growing use of Twitter and Facebook while watching

television with its investment in technology start-up Zeebox.http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5da1315e-3a1d-11e1-a8dc-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1itXDsiHg



RACE TO BECOME NOKIA'S CHAIRMAN NEARS END

Nokia, the Finnish telecoms group, has lined up

Risto Siilasmaa, founder and chairman of the Finnish software

security company F-Secure, as its next chairman. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/afcaf064-39f0-11e1-a8dc-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1itXDsiHg



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(Reporting by Stephen Mangan)

Keywords: PRESS DIGEST FINANCIAL TIMES JAN 9

(stephen.mangan@thomsonreuters.com)(+44)(0)(207 542 7931)

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