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LONDON (Reuters) – European shares edged higher and the euro was steady on Tuesday ahead of German economic sentiment data, while the yen rose after Japanese ministers played down talk the Bank of Japan might buy foreign bonds to loosen credit. Following last week’s GDP figures showing that the euro zone saw a weaker end to 2012 than expected, forecasters see a pick-up in Germany’s ZEW survey of investors and analysts at 1000 GMT, which may point to rebound in the bloc’s biggest economy. European stock markets, which have lost around 1. . . .

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Most Asian shares barely moved on Tuesday as a holiday in the U. S. overnight and a lack of catalysts kept many investors on the sidelines. Concerns about the euro zone economy, U. S. fiscal talks and Chinese appetite limited gains in commodities and also weighed on the euro. The dollar’s strength against a basket of currencies also weighed on commodities and capped gains in gold. . . .

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LONDON (Reuters) – The yen resumed falling on Monday after Japan signaled it would push ahead with expansionist monetary policies having escaped criticism from the world’s 20 biggest economies at the weekend. Industrial metals also dipped and European shares were soft on lingering worries about the economic outlook, especially for the euro zone. While the risk of an inconclusive outcome in Italy’s forthcoming election added to investor concerns. However, activity was curtailed by the closure of markets in the United States for the Presidents’ Day holiday. . . .

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LONDON (Reuters) – The yen resumed falling on Monday after Japan signaled it would push ahead with expansionist monetary policies having escaped criticism from the world’s 20 biggest economies at the weekend. European shares and industrial metals dropped on lingering worries about the economic outlook, especially for the euro zone. The risk of an inconclusive outcome in Italian elections at the weekend also added to investor concerns. However, activity was curtailed by the closure of markets in the United States for the Presidents’ Day holiday. . . .

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese shares surged 2. 1 percent on Monday and were on the brink of revisiting four-year highs tapped recently, as the yen slumped after Tokyo dodged direct criticism from G20 peers on its aggressive reflation plans that have weakened the currency. The G20 opted not to single out Tokyo, but committed members to refrain from competitive devaluations and said monetary policy would be directed only at price stability and growth. Japan said this decision is a green light to pursue its expansionary policies. . . .

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(Reuters) – Maker’s Mark said it was taking back a decision to reduce the alcohol content in its bourbon because of a large number of complaints from customers. "Effective immediately, we are reversing our decision to lower the ABV (alcohol by volume) of Maker’s Mark, and resuming production at 45 percent alcohol by volume," the company said on its website. Maker’s Mark had decided to lower the alcohol content due to supply constraints amid strong demand, but it said an "overwhelming response" had led it to reverse that decision. . . .

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MIAMI (Reuters) – Bruce Parton was only a few weeks from retirement after 30 years as a mail carrier in sunny Florida. He never lived to fulfill his retirement plan of moving back to a quiet life in the Catskill mountains of New York, not far from where he grew up on Long Island. Instead, he was gunned down on his daily mail route in December 2010 by members of an identity theft ring who stole his master key as part of a scheme to claim fraudulent tax refunds. . . .

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SANYA, China (Reuters) – Placing bets on green-felt baccarat tables in a new casino bar on China’s southern Hainan island, punters seem oblivious to a huge wager quietly being placed around them, one that could potentially siphon business from the world’s largest gaming hub in Macau an hour’s flight away. For now, players at Jesters casino bar, part of the newly opened Mangrove Tree Resort World on Sanya Bay, cannot win cash – only points that they can use to pay for accommodation, luxury goods, jewelry and artwork for sale at the resort. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hedge fund billionaire Steven A. Cohen is feeling the pinch from the federal government’s insider trading probe as outside investors in his SAC Capital Advisors submitted requests to withdraw a total of $1. 68 billion from the firm by year’s end. The amount of the investor redemption notices exceeds the $1 billion figure Cohen had been telling the 900 employees at his $14 billion hedge fund to expect. The firm was bracing for withdrawals as the insider trading investigation increasingly focuses on the activities of former employees of Cohen’s fund. . . .

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Financial leaders from the world’s 20 biggest economies may have promised not to devalue their currencies to help exports, but the pledge will do little to keep exchange rates stable. While G20 finance ministers and central bank governors can promise not to devalue their currencies directly, there can be no guarantees while central banks are pumping money into economies to make them grow again. "We will refrain from competitive devaluation. . . .

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