UPDATE 1-Japan's Aso: No plan to buy foreign bonds for monetary easing
TOKYO, Feb 19 - Japan has no plans to buy foreign currency denominated bonds as part of a monetary easing plan, the finance minister said on Tuesday, a sign the government could be stepping back from more controversial proposals to end nearly 20 years of deflation.
Forget the big comeback; Detroit focuses on what can be saved
DETROIT, Feb 18 - Imagine a city with open space larger than the size of Paris, where people are planting hardwood trees and vegetable gardens, and neighbors have plenty of room to spread out.
Japan's Aso: No plan to buy foreign bonds for monetary easing
TOKYO, Feb 19 - Japan has no plans to buy foreign currency bonds as part of monetary easing, Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday.
EMERGING MARKETS-Brazil's real edges up, Mexico's peso flat
* Traders evaluating Mantega comments, Fri central bank action * U.S. holiday keeps trading volumes thin * Mexican peso flat after positive Q4 GDP data By Asher Levine and Lorena Segura SAO PAULO/MEXICO CITY, Feb 18 - The Brazilian real eked out a gain on Monday as investors weighed signals about the government's preferred exchange rate, while a holiday in the United States kept trading volumes low and exchange rates across the region were little changed. Investor
STXNEWS LATAM-Brazil's Minerva to repurchase up to 10 pct of outstanding stock
Minerva SA, Brazil's third-largest meatpacker, plans to buy back up to 10 percent of the shares currently in circulation within a year, according to a filing on Monday.
STXNEWS LATAM-Brazil's BNDES opens $510 mln World Cup credit line
Brazil's state development bank BNDES approved on Monday to extend up to $1 billion reais ($510 million) in loans to help state and municipal governments finance soccer World Cup events.
UPDATE 3-Ecuador's re-elected Correa vows media and land reforms
* Correa seen extending state role in economy in new term
UPDATE 2-Tunisia PM fails to get new cabinet to stem unrest
TUNIS, Feb 18 - Tunisia's main political parties failed to agree on forming a non-partisan cabinet to tackle turmoil triggered by the assassination of an opposition leader, Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali said on Monday.
Ally banking subsidiary sells mortgage unit to Walter
Feb 18 - Ally Financial Inc's banking subsidiary said on Monday it agreed to sell a mortgage unit to Walter Investment Management Corp as the U.S. auto lender continues to pull back from the home loan business.
UPDATE 1-OfficeMaX, Office Depot in merger talks -WSJ
NEW YORK, Feb 18 - Office supply companies OfficeMax Inc and Office Depot Inc are in advanced talks to merge, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Markets
- U.S.
- Europe
- Asia
- Sectors
| DOW | 13,981.76 |  +8.37 |
+0.06% |
| S&P; 500 | 1,519.79 |  -1.59 |
-0.10% |
| NASDAQ | 3,192.03 | -6.63 |
-0.21% |
| TR US Index | 138.25 | -0.16 |
-0.12% |
Sector Summary
| Energy | -0.02% |
| Basic Materials | -0.02% |
| Industrials | +0.05% |
| Cyclical Goods & Services | +0.14% |
| Non-Cyclical Goods & Services | +0.07% |
| Financials | +0.07% |
| Healthcare | +0.05% |
| Technology | -0.02% |
| Telecoms | -0.01% |
| Utilities | +0.24% |
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