On FT Alphaville Wednesday morning,
- Lloyds, RBS and state aid.
- Analysts still confident even if US consumers aren’t.
- Regulators looking at banks’ coverage ratios, BarCap says.
- Rights issue fees: underwriting angst.
- Houston, we have a problem.
- China’s land boom goes private.
- The Fed’s secret choice in Further reading.
- Mistaken ideas in Pink picks.
- The return of the Crock, fundraisings with a twist and tin hats in Markets Live.
On FT.com,
- Brussels backs Rock restructuring.
- Falling stocks boost yen.
- Financial and mining losses hit FTSE.
- Oil slides ahead of US inventories data.