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US senators raise flag over SoftBank’s Sprint bid

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Security concerns cited by lawmakers

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News Corp adopts ‘poison pill’ in split

Murdoch plan blocks potential takeover moves by rivals

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Tim Cook: Apple’s quiet leader

A defence of the tech group’s tax affairs has boosted the chief’s profile, writes Tim Bradshaw

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Kuroda promises to stabilise bond market

Volatility delivers blow to Japan’s turnround

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P&G buoyed by return of Lafley

Reappointment seen as test of value of second-time leaders

Breakfast with FT: Sir John Richardson

Illustration of Sir John Richardson by James Ferguson ©James Ferguson

Pablo Picasso’s biographer talks about Larry Gagosian, low self-esteem and art criticism

Ripples from Hizbollah’s role in Syria

A handout picture released on May 1, 2013 allegedly shows Lebanese Salafist leader Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir patrolling alongside rebel fighters inside Syria, near the border with Lebanon, on the outskirts of the Syrian town of Qusayr . Sheikh al-Assir, a controversial Lebanese Salafist leader, has urged his followers to join Syrian rebels fighting forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah ©AFP

In going to the aid of Assad the militant group risks bringing Sunni-Shia violence to Lebanon

Parthiv Patel of the Chennai Super Kings ©Reuters From WORLD 2:38pm

Scandal and crime claims threaten IPL

Betting allegations put tournament’s future in doubt

International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde smiles as she arrives at the French Republic Justice Court on May 23 2013 in Paris, for a hearing to determine whether Lagarde should be charged over the Tapie case for complicity in fraud and misappropriation of public funds when she was French finance minister in 2007-2008. ©AFP From WORLD 10:04pm

French court eases pressure on Lagarde

IMF chief not made official suspect in Tapie case

Anwar Ibrahim leads a mass protest in Petaling Jaya ©EPA From WORLD 12:58pm

Malaysia on edge amid political stand-off

Opposition figures detained weeks after bitter election

A man places his hand on his mouth as he runs though burning tyres during an anti-government protest against power cuts in Lahore, Pakistan ©Reuters From WORLD May 24, 2013

Pakistan seeks $4bn-$5bn Saudi loan

Sharif looks to avert a balance of payments crisis

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner ©AFP From WORLD 2:20pm

Problems mount for ‘Kirchnerismo’

Argentina remains mired in woes following populist nationalism

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