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A dramatic shift in how energy is being produced and consumed around the world could lead to far-reaching changes in the geopolitical order.
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*Oil slides about 3 percent as U.S. stockpiles swell. NEW YORK, April 3- Major stock markets and the dollar fell on Wednesday after unexpectedly weak growth in U.S. private-sector jobs and services dented optimism about the world's largest economy.
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WASHINGTON, April 3- Free-trade talks between the United States and 10 countries in the Asia-Pacific region could stretch into late next year, especially if Japan joins the negotiations, former U.S. trade officials said on Wednesday. Even if Japan stays out of the talks, "I think it would be improbable to conclude negotiations this year.
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NEW YORK, April 3- The selloff in commodities that began at the outset of the second quarter deepened on Wednesday as weak U.S. jobs and services data dented recovery hopes in the world's No. 1 economy, sending oil, metals and crop prices tumbling along with stocks.
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April 3- Canada's Transportation Safety Board said on Wednesday it is sending investigators to a derailed Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd train that is leaking crude oil. The agency said 22 cars derailed near White River in northern Ontario, on Wednesday morning and one car is leaking crude oil.
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*U.S., European stocks decline, oil slides below $109. NEW YORK, April 3- Major stock markets and the U.S. dollar fell on Wednesday after unexpectedly weak growth in U.S. private-sector jobs and services dented optimism about the world's largest economy, while investors awaited central bank policy meetings in the euro zone and Japan.
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NEW YORK-- Shares of Global Payments Inc. fell Wednesday after the electronic payments processor reported lower-than-expected fiscal third-quarter results. THE SPARK: For the quarter ended Feb. 28, Global Payments said its net income rose nearly 4 percent to $67.9 million, or 87 cents per share.
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TORONTO, April 3- Toronto-Dominion Bank Chief Executive Officer Ed Clark plans to retire in late 2014, and Bharat Masrani, group head of U.S. personal and commercial banking, will succeed him, the bank said on Wednesday.
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Canada was one of more than 30 countries, mostly Western, that benefited from a visa waiver the UAE offered to their citizens. Dubai carrier Emirates had been lobbying the Canadian government to boost its thrice-weekly direct flights to Toronto and more Canadian destinations, with support from the UAE government, but failed to gain greater access.
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TORONTO, April 3- Toronto-Dominion Bank said on Wednesday that Ed Clark planned to retire as its chief executive officer on Nov. 1, 2014. The bank, Canada's second-largest, said its board had chosen Bharat Masrani, who is currently group head of U.S. personal and commercial banking, as Clark's successor.
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Nationalists in Kyrgyzstan are threatening to return to the streets to topple another government unless it expropriates the Kumtor goldmine, a treasure they say was sold off too cheaply to foreigners.
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KUMTOR, Kyrgyzstan, April 3- In an impoverished young nation with a habit of overthrowing its rulers, the future now balances on a mountain of gold at the top of the world, where the air is so thin collapsing visitors may be rushed to a pressure chamber for oxygen.
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*ADP shows private-sector jobs gain lower than expected. NEW YORK, April 3- The dollar dropped across the board on Wednesday after reports showed the U.S. private sector created fewer jobs than expected and the pace of growth in the service sector slowed last month, raising concerns that a recovery in the world's largest economy has stalled.
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NEW YORK, April 3- Major stock markets and the dollar fell on Wednesday after unexpectedly weak growth in U.S. private-sector jobs and services dented optimism about the world's largest economy. Crude prices slumped more than 2 percent as oil stockpiles swelled in the United States, the top oil consumer, where a struggling economy is limiting demand for fuel.
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LITTLE ROCK/ HOUSTON, April 2- U.S. pipeline regulators on Tuesday ordered Exxon Mobil Corp to take necessary corrective action for its ruptured pipeline that spilled thousands of barrels of crude oil into a small Arkansas housing development last week.
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ATLANTA-- Electronic payments processor Global Payments Inc. said Tuesday that its fiscal third quarter earnings rose nearly 4 percent on higher revenue, but the results still missed Wall Street estimates.
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General Motors sales tumbled nearly 11 percent. Asian automakers also saw declines, with Toyota Motor Corp sales down 6.2 percent, Honda Motor Corp Ltd down 0.6 percent and Hyundai Motor Co sales 4.7 percent lower. "These are not bad numbers at all," said Tony Faria, an auto industry expert at the University of Windsor in Ontario. "
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CALGARY, Alberta, April 2- Two high-profile oil spills won't stem the now-record flow of Canadian oil into the United States, despite the frenzy that the spills triggered among friends and foes of the Keystone XL pipeline to the main U.S. refineries.
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*S&P 500 index still shy of all-time intraday high. S&P 500 index nearing its all-time high, while the dollar rallied from a one-month low against the yen on bets the Bank of Japan will announce further monetary easing this week.
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*Arkansas AG asks Exxon to keep all documents on spill. LITTLE ROCK/ HOUSTON, April 2- Arkansas on Tuesday launched an investigation into an Exxon Mobil pipeline rupture that spilled thousands of barrels of crude oil into a housing development last week, just as forecast rain was expected to complicate the clean-up.
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*S&P 500 index inches toward all-time intraday high. S&P 500 index nearing its all-time intraday high, while the dollar rallied from a one-month low against the yen on bets the Bank of Japan will announce further monetary easing steps this week.