News Headlines - 15 May 2013

▽Japan Economy Sees Solid Growth - WSJ.com

Japan's economic growth accelerated swiftly at the beginning of this year, the most concrete sign yet that new stimulus polices sparking euphoria in financial markets are starting to lift companies and consumers as well.

▽Japan’s banks lower sights as Abenomics squeezes JGB trading - FT.com

Shinzo Abe’s expansionary economic policies may be aimed at bolstering Japan’s global manufacturing groups, but the country’s biggest banks are suffering an Abenomics ordeal.

▽BBC News - Japan PM Abe 'would meet' N Korea leader Kim over abductions

Japan's PM has said he would consider meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to try to settle a row over Pyongyang's kidnapping of Japanese nationals.

▽BBC News - Amazon UK paid ￡2.4m tax on ￡4bn sales last year

Amazon's UK subsidiary paid ￡2.4m in corporate taxes last year on sales of ￡4.3bn - a rate of less than 0.1% - the online retailer's accounts show.

▽Google Expected to Start a Competitor to Spotify - NYTimes.com

Google is set to introduce a subscription music feature to compete against fast-growing streaming services like Spotify, according to several people briefed on its plans.