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* Reviving weak credit growth key to steady cooling China economy

Italy launched a 15-year bond sale on Tuesday, its first syndicated debt issue in a year, testing market sentiment after the government agreed to cut its budget deficit target for this year following a protracted row with Brussels.

Parliamentary chaos looms as PM’s plea for Eurosceptic backing looks doomed

Chinese banks extended 1.08 trillion yuan ($159.95 billion) in net new yuan loans in December, far more than analysts had expected but down from the previous month.

Hong Kong stocks advanced on Tuesday after Chinese officials pledged they would unveil a slew of measures to shore up economic growth, and reiterated confidence in the stability of yuan. ** The Hang Seng index settled 2 percent higher at 26,830.29 points. The Hang Seng China Enterprises index also rose 2...

Britain's FTSE 100 opened slightly higher on Tuesday on hopes Beijing will take steps to stabilise a slowing economy, but investors remained cautious ahead of a crunch vote on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plan.

China has asked some of the state-run companies to avoid business trips to the United States and its allies, and to take extra care to protect their devices if they need to travel, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.

* Shares fall 20 pct, bottom of FTSE midcap (Adds shares, details, background)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has offered no concessions to British Prime Minister Theresa May on Brexit, a German government spokesman said on Tuesday, categorically denying a report in Britain's The Sun newspaper.

European shares bounced on Tuesday after China signalled more stimulus measures to soften the blow from an ongoing tariff war with the United States, triggering relief in trade-sensitive tech, mining, and car stocks as some results also impressed.