Missouri's governor ordered 2,200 more guardsmen into Ferguson after a night of violence. The decision not to indict Darren Wilson, the white police officer who shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, led to protests in several US cities. (FT, NYT) The decision not to indict made this a rare case - grand juries nearly always choose to indict in cases that don't involve police officers. The Washington Post visualised what happened based on the scenario laid out by St Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch. FiveThirtyEight, WaPo $ Hong Kong student protest leaders arrested Scholarism's Joshua Wong and deputy secretary of the Hong Kong Federation of Students Lester Shum were arrested as police moved in to clear one of the protest sites. Clashes had already erupted and 116 people were arrestedovernight. Washington weighs in on Google's Euro-travails Ahead of a European parliamentary vote calling for the potential break-up of the technology group, senior US politicians criticised EU lawmakers for politicising an antitrust investigation and said it might have a negative effect on the US-EU trade relationship. Oil continued its slippery slide down Crude fell by more than $1 a barrel after the oil ministers of Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Russia and Mexico failed to reach an agreement on how to address the growing supply glut. US crackdown on Swiss bank secrecy hits HSBC The Securities and Exchange Commission fined HSBC's private banking unit in Switzerland USD12.5m for failing to register before providing advice to American clients. HSBC is also under investigation from the US Justice departmentover allegations that one of its employees leaked confidential client information to a major hedge fund. The Pope compared Europe to a grandmother He said the continent is"elderly and haggard" in an address to the parliament. France gets tough on arms to Russia President François Hollande suspended the delivery of the first of two Mistral helicopter carriers - he has been under pressure from western allies to scrap the EUR1.2bn contract. Meanwhile a buckwheat shortage has left ordinary Russians reeling from the country's economic problems - alongside the elite who can't eat banned French cheeses. One big Apple The company's market capitalisation touched a record-breaking USD700bn on Tuesday, helped by strong iPhone sales and growing prospects in China. At an intraday peak share price of USD119.75 in morning trading on Tuesday, the world's most valuable public company's market cap exceeded its nearest rival ExxonMobil by almost USD300bn. Jean-Claude Juncker The European Commission president will lay out his EUR315bn " investment plan for Europe" - not a traditional public works programme but an effort to prod private investors from the sidelines and into the EU's most troubled economy. French consumer confidence The measure of household confidence remained low last month but business and manufacturing confidence indicators released yesterday did edge up and show a glimmer of optimism. Insee, FastFT Social media psychotherapy Researchers have begun to construct models that analyse user feeds for indicators of mental health and patients can have their clinicians monitor their social media for symptoms. Slate Cleaning up crime scenes It's not done by the police, or emergency services. Sandra Pankhurst, founder of Specializing Trauma Cleaning Services, has a brochure that reads, "Bodily fluids are like acids . . . When these powerful enzymes come into contact with furnishing and the like, deterioration is rapid. Narratively The rise of Angela Merkel She didn't foresee the abrupt collapse of Communism but when it happened, "a woman of her ambition must have grasped that politics would be the most dynamic realm of the new Germany." After that, she became the most assiduous student of the west German game of democratic politics. A library of drunk speech If we want cars that will sense when we've had a bit too much and prevent us taking to the wheel, cars need to be able to recognise that we're a little merry. To that end, researchers have been getting people drunk in order to record the sound of their inebriation. The FT in a cage fighting masterclass Mixed martial arts is one of the fastest-growing combat sports in the world - the FT gets a lesson from Britain's most famous cage fighter, Alex Reid. Market data: Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -20.97 (-0.12%) at 17,387 Topix down -2.75 (-0.20%) at 1,406 Hang Seng up +32.41 (+0.14%) at 23,876 ASX 200 up +61.41 (+1.15%) at 5,396 US markets S&P 500 down -2.38 (-0.12%) at 2,067 DJIA down -2.96 (-0.02%) at 17,815 Nasdaq up +3.36 (+0.07%) at 4,758 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +2.28 (+0.16%) at 1,389 FTSE100 up +1.35 (+0.02%) at 6,731 CAC 40 up +13.87 (+0.32%) at 4,382 Dax up +75.67 (+0.77%) at 9,861 Currencies €/$ 1.25 (1.25) $/¥ 117.81 (117.97) £/$ 1.57 (1.57) €/£ 0.7943 (0.7941) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.03 at 78.30 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.02 at 74.07 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +1.10 at 1,198 Copper (Comex) up +0.30% at 2.97 10-year government bond yields (%) US 2.26% UK 2.01% Germany 0.75% CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe -1.47bps at 30.42bp Markit iTraxx Europe -5.72bps at 59.38bp Markit iTraxx Xover -20.37bps at 335.07bp Markit CDX IG -2.97bps at 60.79bp This entry was posted by Amie Tsang on Wednesday November 26th, 2014 06:07.