WORLD FINANCE UPDATE:
The Australian dollar is slightly lower, despite gains in commodity prices and on Wall Street.
At 0630 AEDT on Monday, the local unit was trading at 77.77 US cents, down from 77.87 cents on Friday.
And the Australian share market looks set to open higher following rises on international markets amid hope for Greece's bailout plan and a Ukraine ceasefire and strong economic data out of Germany.
At 0645 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was up 29 points at 5,851.
ELSEWHERE:
ATHENS - Tens of thousands of people have joined rallies in Greece ahead of talks in Brussels on the new leftist government's bid to revise its massive bailout.
BERLIN - Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says he's "confident" about progress in renegotiating Greece's debt at a crucial eurozone meeting.
WASHINGTON - A sophisticated global cyberattack struck more than 100 banks in 30 countries stealing hundreds of millions of dollars, The New York Times reports.
JOHANNESBURG - South African President Jacob Zuma has proposed a law barring foreigners from buying real estate in the country under sweeping land reforms, his office says.
LONDON - Troubled British supermarket giant Tesco could axe as many as 10,000 jobs under plans to shut 43 UK stores in a company-wide overhaul.
LONDON - Britain's largest bank has issued a public apology, saying the firestorm following claims it helped rich clients dodge taxes has been a painful experience.
LONDON - Former HSBC boss Stephen Green is stepping down from a group that lobbies for the financial services industry amid political fallout from claims the London-based bank helped wealthy clients evade taxes.
ROME - Billionaire Michele Ferrero, who became Italy's richest man with a confectionary empire built on his popular Nutella spread, has died aged 89.
BEIJING - Two popular taxi-booking apps backed by Chinese tech behemoths Alibaba and Tencent will merge to create a new company reportedly valued at $US6 billion ($A7.74 billion).
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