Noticias de Hoy

TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares steadied in quiet pre-holiday trade after a slump late last week, with markets cautious over whether the United States can avoid a fiscal crisis. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0. 6 percent after falling to a near two-week low on Friday when House of Representatives Speak John Boehner failed to gain support for a tax plan, raising fears the U. S. may not be able to avert the "fiscal cliff" of automatic spending cuts and tax increases set to start January 1. . . .

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – When Amazon. com Inc CEO Jeff Bezos got word of a project at Google Inc to scan and digitize product catalogs a decade ago, the seeds of a burgeoning rivalry were planted. The news was a "wake-up" call to Bezos, an early investor in Google. He saw it as a warning that the Web search engine could encroach upon his online retail empire, according to a former Amazon executive. . . .

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s next premier, Shinzo Abe, renewed pressure on the central bank to adopt a 2 percent inflation target, saying that he will try to revise a law guaranteeing its independence if his demand is not met. He also said he will pick someone who agrees with his views on the need for bolder monetary easing to succeed BOJ Governor Masaaki Shirakawa when his term expires in April next year. "At this month’s policy meeting, the BOJ said it would examine (setting an inflation target) at its next meeting" in January, Abe said on television on Sunday. . . .

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(Reuters) – The trustee for the failed MF Global Inc on Saturday announced two key agreements that are expected to accelerate cash payouts to clients and creditors of the failed futures brokerage. James Giddens, trustee for the MF Global estate, said in a statement he has negotiated deals to resolve disputes with the company’s former British affiliate and the parent company, MF Global Holdings Ltd. As a result of the UK agreement, Giddens estimated between$500 million and $600 million could be returned to the MF Global estate if the deal is finalized. . . .

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NEW YORK/WESTBURY, New York (Reuters) – Fears about imminent tax hikes and cuts in government spending are taking a toll on U. S. shoppers and could deprive retailers of a strong finish to the 2012 holiday shopping season. The acrimonious debate in Washington over how to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" has cast a pall over shopper sentiment as consumers head to malls on the last Saturday before Christmas – typically one of the busiest shopping days of the year. . . .

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LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – IntercontinentalExchange Inc agreed as part of its $8. 2 billion takeover of NYSE Euronext to pay the New York Stock Exchange operator a termination fee of $750 million if it fails to gain antitrust clearances, suggesting a high level of confidence the deal will go through. Big Board parent NYSE could get out of the arrangement for a fee of $300 million if a sweeter deal were to come along, according to a regulatory filing on Friday. ICE failed last year to buy NYSE in a joint bid with Nasdaq OMX Group . . . .

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Friday tried to rescue stalled talks on a fiscal crisis after a Republican plan imploded in Congress, but there was little headway as lawmakers and President Barack Obama abandoned Washington for Christmas. In remarks before flying to Hawaii for a break, Obama suggested reaching a short-term deal on taxes and extending unemployment insurance to avoid the worst effects of the "fiscal cliff" on ordinary Americans at the start of the New Year. "We’ve only got 10 days to do it. So I hope that every member of Congress is thinking about that. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street traders are going to have to pack their tablets and work computers in their holiday luggage after all. A traditionally quiet week could become hellish for traders as politicians in Washington are likely to fall short of an agreement to deal with $600 billion in tax hikes and spending cuts due to kick in early next year. Many economists forecast that this "fiscal cliff" will push the economy into recession. Thursday’s debacle in the U. S. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks sank more than 1 percent on Friday after a Republican proposal for averting the "fiscal cliff" failed to pass, diminishing hopes a deal would be reached soon in Washington. Trading is expected to be volatile as investors view a fiscal agreement between the White House and Republicans before the year-end as increasingly unlikely. With volume thin ahead of the holidays, market swings could be amplified. The CBOE Volatility index jumped 11. 5 percent. . . .

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares slid on Friday after a Republican proposal to deal with a U. S. fiscal crunch failed to get enough support, deepening uncertainty over the U. S. can avert the "fiscal cliff" of automatic spending cuts and tax increases set to start January 1. "Markets disliked signs of further delay in talks, with the risk that a deal may not be reached by the end of the year deadline," said Yuji Saito, director of foreign exchange at Credit Agricole in Tokyo. "It clearly hit risk sentiment. " The U. S. . . .

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