Morning papers round-up, Wed 4 April

The Financial Times leads with Prudential, the UK insurer, said on Wednesday its planned merger with American General was still on track despite a $23bn (£16bn) counter-bid from AIG, the US insurance giant. The FT also reports that the Japanese government has unexpectedly postponed until Friday an emergency package aimed at restoring the banks and the stock market back to health. The Times says about 120,000 Abbey National customers have been left in the lurch after their April mortgage payments were deducted twice because of an administrative blunder. Former senior figures...