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* If chosen, Asakawa to assume post in January next year
(Adds comments from Japan MOF, ADB)

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Posted at 08:55h
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* Fed decision on U.S. interest rates due Wednesday
(Updates market action, adds comments)

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Posted at 08:42h
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Sony Corp said on
Tuesday it was rejecting a call by Daniel Loeb's activist hedge
fund Third Point LLC to spin-off its chips business, saying that
retaining the operations "is the best strategy for enhancing
Sony's corporate value over the long term."
Posted at 08:40h
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* Dutch are running budget surpluses, national debt 50% of
GDP

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* HK->Shanghai Connect daily quota used -0.6%, Shanghai->HK
daily
quota used 0.1%

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Posted at 08:26h
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* An IMF mission now in Kiev to discuss new aid plan
(Adds details, Gontareva house fire, background)

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China stocks fell on Tuesday,
after Beijing kept a key money market rate unchanged even as
data pointed to downward pressure on the world's second-largest
economy.

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European shares fell on Tuesday, dragged
by Germany's Zalando, while energy stocks gave up some gains as
crude prices eased slightly after surging in the aftermath of
attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia.
Posted at 07:29h
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Former Italian Prime Minister
Matteo Renzi will lead a breakaway from the ruling Democratic
Party (PD) this week and set up a new centrist force, he was
quoted as saying on Tuesday, stressing the move could broaden
the appeal of the coalition government.
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Swedbank has moved
to end a spat with one of the authorities investigating possible
money laundering at the bank's Estonian business by granting
permission for it to interview the lawyer who carried out an
internal probe into the allegations.