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*Lew goes to Belgium, France and Germany for first official trip. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will discuss ways Europe can rebalance its demand to help grow the economy during a trip to the continent next week, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.
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*Korea tensions, Iran talks eyed. SINGAPORE, April 5- Brent crude edged up toward $107 per barrel on Friday after hitting a 5- month low in the prior session, but prices were headed for their worst week in a month as bleak U.S. data and bulging inventories dimmed the outlook for demand. Brent rose 14 cents to $106.48 a barrel by 0236 GMT, off an earlier high of $106.65.
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LONDON, April 4- The International Energy Agency will invite China and other emerging economies to take part in key strategic talks, sources in the IEA said, in a bid to strengthen ties with non-members whose share in global oil demand has rapidly grown.
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*Corn market struggles to find a bottom after USDA stocks data. CHICAGO, April 4- U.S. corn futures fell to a nine-month low Thursday on continued technical selling and fund liquidation, while soybeans hit a 10- month low on worries that bird flu cases in China may slow feed demand there, traders said.
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PARIS, April 4- Shipments of liquefied natural gas to Japan soared last year as the country burned more gas to compensate for the closure of its nuclear plants, the LNG importers' association said.
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PARIS, April 4- OPEC is happy with the producer group's official oil output ceiling of 30 million barrels per day, its secretary general Abdullah al-Badri said on Thursday, ahead of an OPEC meeting next month to set output policy.
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*Gold hits 10- month low as dollar strengthens. LONDON, April 4- The yen sank on Thursday after the Bank of Japan unveiled a bold plan to pump money into the economy, while Europe's main share indexes and the euro held steady after the European Central Bank left policy unchanged.
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PARIS, April 4- European planemaker Airbus looks set to challenge Boeing for top place in the order race in the first quarter after falling behind its U.S. rival in 2012, data showed on Thursday.
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LONDON, April 4- A huge drop in French business activity meant the euro zone's recession dragged on in March but British services firms provided a rare glimpse of economic sunshine, posting their best month since August.
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LONDON, April 4- The yen sank across the board on Thursday after the Bank of Japan unveiled a set of bold easing measures, while weak euro zone business data piled pressure on the single currency before a European Central Bank meeting.
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*Downturn in France now deeper than that of Italy, Spain. LONDON, April 4- The euro zone's economic decline dragged on unabated in March, marked by a huge drop in French business activity that outstripped even the downturns in Spain and Italy, a survey showed on Thursday.
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*German bonds flat ahead of debt auctions by Spain, France. LONDON, April 4- The dollar rose more than 2 percent against the yen after the Bank of Japan took surprisingly strong easing steps on Thursday, while Europe's share markets softened before a European Central Bank meeting later in the day.
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*MSCI Asia ex- Japan down 0.7 pct, N.Korea steps up rhetoric. TOKYO, April 4- Japanese stocks and government bonds rallied while the yen slipped more than 1 percent against the dollar and the euro after the Bank of Japan took strong easing steps on Thursday, but other Asian equities fell on worries over the U.S. economy.
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*Wheat choppy, USDA fails to confirm China rumors. CHICAGO, April 4- U.S. soybean futures fell to a 10- month low and corn set a nine-month low Thursday on worries about a potential slowdown in feed demand from China due to bird flu, and pressure from a surging dollar, traders said.
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*Fast Retailing falls, giving up Wednesday's near 14 pct jump. TOKYO, April 4- Japan's Nikkei average dropped 1.7 percent on Thursday, with sentiment affected by concerns over the U.S. recovery after weaker-than-expected data as markets waited on the outcome of a crucial Bank of Japan policy meeting.
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BANGKOK, April 4- The annual maintenance shutdown of gas fields in Myanmar doesn't normally make headlines in Thailand, but this year shows the failure of Thai electricity generation to keep up with economic growth.
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Corn edged higher in choppy trade, stabilizing after three straight losing sessions following last week's U.S. Department of Agriculture report, which surprised investors with estimates of big U.S. corn and wheat stockpiles. At the CBOT, front-month May wheat settled up 25-3/ 4 cents at $6.96- 1/ 2 per bushel, its biggest single-day rally since Sept. 28.
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*Corn choppy, trying to stabilize after 13 percent plunge. Corn was choppy and trying to stabilize after three straight losing sessions following last week's U.S. Department of Agriculture report, which surprised investors with estimates of big U.S. corn and wheat stockpiles.
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April 3- Jim O'Neill, head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, thinks Beppe Grillo and his Five Star Movement is a greater threat to Europe and the euro than the trials of little Cyprus.
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AMSTERDAM, April 3- Enrichment Technologies, which is jointly owned by Areva and Urenco, said on Wednesday it had shut facilities in five countries after two workers died from their injuries in an accident at its Dutch plant last week.