Noticias de Hoy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U. S. safety investigators on Sunday ruled out excess voltage as the cause of a battery fire this month on a Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner jet operated by Japan Airlines Co (JAL) and said they were expanding the probe to look at the battery’s charger and the jet’s auxiliary power unit. Last week, governments across the world grounded the Dreamliner while Boeing halted deliveries after a problem with a lithium-ion battery on a second 787 plane, flown by All Nippon Airways Co (ANA), forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing in western Japan. . . .

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LONDON (Reuters) – European shares inched towards two-year highs and German Bunds dipped on Monday, as a political attempt to break a budget impasse in the United States and expectations of aggressive Japanese stimulus bolstered the appetite for shares. U. S. House Republican leaders said on Friday they would seek to pass a three-month extension of federal borrowing authority in the coming days to buy time for the Democrat-controlled Senate to pass a plan to shrink budget deficits. . . .

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares pulled back from multimonth highs on Monday, while the yen firmed after touching a new low in choppy trade ahead of a Bank of Japan policy decision that is expected to deliver bold monetary easing measures. The MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged down 0. 2 percent despite pockets of strength in Australia, Hong Kong and Shanghai. The index briefly renewed a 17-1/2-month high touched on Friday following a rebound in global equities late last week on upbeat U. S. and Chinese data, as well as signs of progress in U. S. budget talks. . . .

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LONDON (Reuters) – The prospect of stronger European manufacturing surveys and decisive monetary easing in Japan this week ought to bolster confidence that the global economy can look forward to better days. It is definitely not yet time to break open the champagne. The index derived from polls of purchasing managers across the euro zone, though recovering, is likely to remain well below the 50 threshold that signals expansion. . . .

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Economics Minister Akira Amari said on Sunday that the government and the Bank of Japan were getting closer to an agreement on a joint statement on monetary policy expected to be issued next week. The government has been pressuring the BOJ to adopt a 2 percent inflation target and make job creation part of its monetary policy mandate. "(A difference between )the government and the BOJ is narrowing about the contents of the joint statement, but I can not disclose details," Amari told public broadcaster NHK. . . .

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(Reuters) – Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann warned against relying on the European Central Bank as the only crisis manager, telling a Finnish newspaper that its bond buyback program me was risky. "Central banks in recent years have been pulled into the role of a crisis manager. Some think that central banks are the only able ones. I consider this thinking wrong and dangerous," Weidmann, also ECB Governing Council member, told Helsingin Sanomat in an interview. His comments were published in Finnish on the newspaper’s website on Sunday. . . .

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NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – To those who study technical stock charts, Apple Inc looks broken. Even though it is widely viewed to be undervalued after hitting an 11-month low this week and nine out of 10 brokerages recommend that investors buy or hold the stock, Apple shareholders could still be in for more rough times if technical strategists are right. They note that trading charts show few price points where investors can expect clusters of buying to support Apple’s shares. . . .

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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Thailand’s third richest man has raised his takeover offer for Singapore’s Fraser and Neave Ltd , valuing the property and drinks conglomerate at nearly $11. 3 billion, a move to fend off a rival bid from a group run by Indonesian tycoon Stephen Riady. Thailand’s TCC Assets Ltd, headed by billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, increased his offer to S$9. 55 a share, above the S$9. 08 made by a consortium led by Riady’s Singapore-listed property company Overseas Union Enterprise Ltd . . . .

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(Reuters) – Caterpillar Inc uncovered "deliberate, multi-year, coordinated accounting misconduct" at a subsidiary of a Chinese company it acquired last summer, leading it to write off most of the value of the deal and wiping out more than half its expected earnings for the fourth quarter of 2012. Shares of Caterpillar fell 1. 5 percent in afterhours trading following news of the fraud, which was discovered after problems were found with the Chinese company’s inventory. . . .

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SEATTLE/TAKAMATSU, Japan (Reuters) – U. S. and Japanese aviation safety officials finished an initial investigation of a badly damaged battery from a Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner jet on Friday as Boeing said it was halting deliveries until the battery concerns were resolved. Boeing said it would continue building the carbon-composite 787, but deliveries were on hold until the U. S. Federal Aviation Administration approved and implemented a plan to ensure the safety of potentially flammable lithium-ion batteries that prompted a widespread grounding of the new airplane this week. . . .

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