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• TREASURIES-Bond prices rise on bargain-hunting, weaker stocks

  *Spain, Italy political news revives bids for bonds. NEW YORK, Feb 4- U.S. A pullback in Wall Street stocks from five-year highs also rekindled safe-haven appetite for low-risk government debt.

• UPDATE 1-Gauge of U.S. business investment plans edges lower

  WASHINGTON, Feb 4- A gauge of U.S. business investment plans dropped in December, a possible sign companies were losing confidence in the economy's strength due to fears over tighter fiscal policy, government data showed on Monday.

• Gauge of U.S. business investment plans edges lower

  WASHINGTON, Feb 4- A gauge of U.S. business investment plans dropped in December, a possible sign companies were losing confidence in the economy's strength due to fears over tighter fiscal policy, government data showed on Monday.

• Europe removes agriculture barriers to US trade talks

  BRUSSELS, Feb 4- The European Union dropped its ban on some U.S. meat imports on Monday in a gesture aimed at starting talks on a free-trade pact that would encompass about half the world's economic output.

• School turnarounds prompt community backlash

  "Our concern is that these reforms have further destabilized our communities," said Jitu Brown, education organizer of Chicago's Kenwood-Oakwood Community Organization. "

• Carlyle closes $4.9B deal for DuPont coatings unit

  The Carlyle Group said Monday that it has completed its acquisition of DuPont Co.' s performance coatings business for $4.9 billion. DuPont had said in August, when the deal was announced, that it wanted to focus on more profitable and faster-growing businesses, such as agriculture and advanced materials.

• FAA mandates safety checks for older Piper planes

  The FAA is posting a directive in Monday's Federal Register, prompted by reports of failures in the cable assembly which direct a plane's nose. The rule requires inspections and parts replacement as needed, to correct what the FAA calls an "unsafe condition."

• Ahead of the Bell: US factory orders

  WASHINGTON-- U.S. factory orders likely rose in December even though companies slowed their orders of goods that signal investment plans. The Commerce Department will release the report at 10 a.m. EST Monday.

• ANALYSIS-French farmers looking beyond EU cash battle

  *France facing farm aid cut in Feb. 7-8 EU budget talks. PARIS, Feb 4- France's President Francois Hollande faces the awkward prospect of walking away from this week's European Union summit having accepted a cut in the bloc's agricultural spending for the next seven years.

• Business events scheduled for Tuesday

  WASHINGTON _ Institute for Supply Management releases its service sector index for January, 10 a.m. Eastern. Expedia Inc. reports quarterly financial results. ArcelorMittal, Luxembourg- based steel company, reports quarterly financial results.

• UPDATE 2-Herbalife shares tumble on law enforcement probe news

  NEW YORK/ WASHINGTON- Feb 4- Herbalife Ltd shares were down 4.6 percent on Monday after a newspaper reported that the seller of weight loss products faces a law enforcement probe.

• U.S. court says will not expedite Apple's appeal vs. Samsung

  SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 4- A U.S. appeals court on Monday rejected Apple Inc's request that the full court immediately hear the company's request for a permanent injunction against the sale of several Samsung Electronics Co Ltd phones. A lower court judge had rejected Apple's bid for a permanent injunction.

• US Getting Ready to Fight Cyberstrikes

  

  A secret legal review on the use of America's growing arsenal of cyberweapons has concluded that President Obama has the broad power to order a pre-emptive strike if the United States detects credible evidence of a major digital attack looming from abroad, according to officials involved in the review. The New York Times reports.

• This Week, Watch What Central Bankers Say, Not Do

  

  Central banking is in a state of flux as policymakers from Tokyo to Washington ditch prevailing orthodoxies to try to grab a bigger share of a slow-growing global economic pie.

• Reid: US Congress Will Pass Immigration Legislation

  

  The top Senate Democrat on Sunday predicted that Congress will pass and send to President Barack Obama legislation overhauling the U.S. immigration system, saying "things are looking really good." Obama last week expressed hope Congress can get a deal done on immigration, possibly in the first half of the year.

• Top Senate Democrat: revenue must be part of any US budget deal

  WASHINGTON, Feb 3- The top U.S. Senate Democrat said on Sunday tax revenue must be part of any deal to replace looming automatic spending cuts, despite Republican warnings that they will not buckle over this issue after conceding on tax rises for the rich a month ago.

• GLOBAL ECONOMY-Watch what central bankers say, not what they do

  LONDON, Feb 3- Central banking is in a state of flux as policymakers from Tokyo to Washington ditch prevailing orthodoxies to try to grab a bigger share of a slow-growing global economic pie.

• Reid predicts U.S. Congress will pass immigration legislation

  WASHINGTON, Feb 3- The top Senate Democrat on Sunday predicted that Congress will pass and send to President Barack Obama legislation overhauling the U.S. immigration system, saying "things are looking really good." Obama last week expressed hope Congress can get a deal done on immigration, possibly in the first half of the year.

• UPDATE 1-U.S., Mexico reach tomato deal to avert trade war

  The draft agreement substantially raises the minimum "reference" price at which Mexican tomatoes can be sold in the United States and accounts for changes that have occurred in the tomato market since the original agreement, Sanchez said.

• U.S., Mexican growers reach tomato deal, U.S. says

  WASHINGTON, Feb 2- The U.S. government and Mexican tomato growers reached a tentative agreement on Saturday that reduces the threat of a costly trade war stemming from a U.S. decision last year to pull out of a 1996 bilateral tomato trade pact.