WORLD FINANCE UPDATE:
The Australian dollar has given back some of its gains made following disappointing US data which had sparked a rally for the local currency.
At 0630 AEDT on Tuesday, the local currency was trading at 81.67 US cents, down from 82.52 cents on Monday.
And the Australian share market looks set to open lower following falls on international markets with energy stocks dragged down by tumbling oil prices.
At 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was down 51 points at 5,334.
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WASHINGTON - Two securities exchanges have agreed to pay a total $US14 million ($A15.15 million) to settle federal charges of giving inaccurate information to trading firms about the buy and sell orders they used.
ATHENS - Greece's anti-austerity party Syriza will face a rapid cash shortage should it win snap elections this month and challenge the country's EU-IMF creditors, the finance ministry has warned.
MOSCOW - Russia's central bank in 2014 sold $US76.1 billion and 5.4 billion euros in attempts to support the rouble, published statistics say, as the currency continued to fall.
DUBLIN - Goldman Sachs will advise Dublin on its options for selling the state-rescued Allied Irish Banks, finance minister Michael Noonan says, as the government seeks to recoup taxpayers' cash.
GENEVA - Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche says it will invest nearly $US1.2 billion ($A1.30 billion) for control of US molecular and genomic analysis firm Foundation Medicine, in a bid to boost its personalised cancer treatment offerings.
ROME - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles says "extremely positive" results for sales of the new Jeep Renegade and Fiat 500X will allow the automaker to add 1,500 new jobs in Italy.
LONDON - Indian-owned luxury car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover revealed plans on Monday to create 1300 jobs in Britain to build Jaguar's first-ever sports utility vehicle.
BERLIN - Volkswagen says it sold more than 10 million vehicles last year for the first time as strong performances in China and western Europe pushed deliveries 4.2 per cent higher.
BEIJING - Volvo Cars, the Chinese-owned Swedish automaker, says it will export cars made in China to the United States.
FRANKFURT - German airline Lufthansa says it expects a sharp increase in underlying profits this year as a result of falling fuel prices.
WELLINGTON - It might not sign up the smiling customers most financial lenders promote, but that hasn't stopped the Reserve Bank from winning an award for Central Bank of the Year.
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