Business

• FTSE hits five month-low after Fed plans stimulus slowdown June 20, 2013
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top shares slid to five-month lows on Thursday, led by miners after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it planned to slow its stimulus programme later this year and Chinese data suggested growth there was waning. […]
• China, euro zone threaten U.S.-led economic recovery June 20, 2013
  LONDON (Reuters) - Factory output in China, the world's second largest economy, weakened to a nine-month low in June, combining with a continued recession in the euro zone to threaten a global recovery led by the United States. […]

UK

• Ex-UBS, Citi trader Hayes in UK court on Libor charges June 20, 2013
  LONDON (Reuters) - Former UBS and Citigroup trader Tom Hayes appeared in a London court on Thursday accused of conspiracy to defraud in connection with a global investigation into the Libor interest rate rigging scandal. […]

World

• Lawmaker, university spar over 'control' of Chinese dissident in U.S June 20, 2013
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressman who has been blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng's main champion in Washington said people working for New York University have tried to keep him from meeting Chen, barging into a meeting on Capitol Hill and pulling Chen out on one occasion. […]