Obama in Asia The US President attends the Apec summit before travelling on to Myanmar and Australia later this week (Bloomberg) British justice Parliament will debate and vote on whether the UK should rejoin the European arrest warrant, which allows the extradition of criminals across the EU. Treasury ministers have warned that Britain will lose over £100m a year in tax evasion and face increased risks of fraud, money laundering and counterfeiting if it pulls out. In praise of musical oligopolies If major record labels can't step in to make Taylor Swift and Spotify play nicely, music albums will become like films - you will have to hunt through a bewildering array of rival services just to find the one you want. Medium The dangers of scientists naming animals Giving your experimental subjects names "is a double-edged sword: it seems to spark fascination in researchers but it may cloud their judgement of their subjects" behaviour." The Conversation JPMorgan whistleblower speaks out Alayne Fleischmann, a central witness in a criminal case against the US bank, describes how she witnessed "massive criminal securities"fraud at the mortgage operations. Rolling Stone Why using a BlackBerry is like driving a Lamborghini "There's a special sequence but, once you know where all the things are, it blows your mind" says John Chen, Blackberry's chief executive. He admits that the company needs to make this learning curve less steep. Markets data, Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -99.85 (-0.59%) at 16,781 Topix down -3.56 (-0.26%) at 1,360 Hang Seng up +194.46 (+0.83%) at 23,745 ASX 200 down -25.17 (-0.45%) at 5,524 US markets S&P 500 up +0.71 (+0.03%) at 2,032 DJIA up +19.46 (+0.11%) at 17,574 Nasdaq down -5.94 (-0.13%) at 4,633 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +4.37 (+0.32%) at 1,349 FTSE100 up +27.85 (+0.42%) at 6,595 CAC 40 up +15.63 (+0.37%) at 4,206 Dax up +28.01 (+0.30%) at 9,320 Currencies €/$ 1.25 (1.25) $/¥ 114.06 (114.60) £/$ 1.59 (1.59) €/£ 0.7857 (0.7843) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +1.41 at 84.80 Light Crude (Nymex) up +1.02 at 79.67 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +1.40 at 1,171 Copper (Comex) unchanged 0.00% at 3.05 10-year government bond yields (%) US 2.30% UK 2.19% Germany 0.80%