Business

• SFO charges ex-UBS trader Hayes in Libor investigation June 18, 2013
  LONDON (Reuters) - The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) on Tuesday charged former UBS trader Tom Hayes with eight counts of conspiracy to defraud, as part of a global investigation into the manipulation of benchmark interest rates. […]
• China's Mengniu adds another deal with offer for Carlyle's Yashili June 18, 2013
  HONG KONG (Reuters) - China Mengniu Dairy Co Ltd signed a second takeover deal in a month on Tuesday, offering to buy Carlyle-backed Yashili International Holdings Ltd in a deal worth about HK$12.5 billion (1.0 billion pounds) as part of a plan to expand its milk powder business. […]

UK

• Britain's grocery market polarisation intensifies - Kantar June 18, 2013
  LONDON (Reuters) - Discount retailers Aldi and Lidl and higher-end Waitrose are taking more business away from Britain's so-called "Big Four" grocers, as the market's polarisation intensifies, monthly industry data showed on Tuesday. […]

World

• Mali government signs ceasefire deal with Tuareg rebels June 18, 2013
  OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - The Malian government signed a ceasefire deal with Tuareg separatist rebels on Tuesday, paving the way for government troops and civilian administrators to return to the northern, rebel-held town of Kidal before an election next month. […]