Friday Papers: tips and comment

Financial Times

The Lex Column

* Tablets start to bite into laptop market - consumer electronics remains a bright spot.

* Sinochem/Potash - the chances of Sinochem of China going head-to-head with BHP Billiton in launching a hostile bid for PotashCorp are slim to vanishing.

* High-yield bonds - money may be there, but borrowers shouldn’t necessarily take it.

* US fiscal policy - Did the long-term health of US government finances improve or deteriorate in the past year?

* Morrison’s - new chief executive hedges his bets with online trials.

Lombard

* FSA exposes hole in Goldman’s dented armour - End of the beginning - HMV’s golden oldies.

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