Business

• Volatile Nikkei keeps Asian stocks on edge May 24, 2013
  SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian stocks fell to one-month lows on Friday and the yen rebounded broadly as extreme volatility in the Nikkei kept investors on edge. […]
• 3i says to buy Barclays Infrastructure Funds Management May 24, 2013
  LONDON (Reuters) - 3i Group PLC is taking over the European infrastructure fund management business run by Barclays as part of a plan to boost fee income from public-private partnerships and energy investment projects. […]

UK

• UK may be three quarters of the way through debt purge - Fisher May 24, 2013
  CARDIFF (Reuters) - Britain may be as much as three quarters of the way through the process of working off the high debt levels which have weighed on the economy since the financial crisis, a top Bank of England policymaker said on Friday. […]

World

• Blasts, shooting in centre of Afghan capital May 24, 2013
  KABUL (Reuters) - Several large explosions rocked a busy area in the centre of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday with Reuters witnesses describing shooting in the area. […]