*Cyprus bailout shatters Germans' trust in deposit safety. BERLIN, April 30- German consumer sentiment rose to its highest level since October 2007 heading into May as consumers count on rising wages and as a bailout for Cyprus, in which depositors were hurt, undermining Germans' traditional tendency to save.
WELLINGTON, April 30- New Zealand's business confidence eased back for a second consecutive month in April, with firms also a touch less optimistic about their own outlook, an ANZ Bank survey showed on Tuesday.
LISBON, April 29- Portugal's business and consumer confidence improved for the fourth consecutive month in April, when the recession-hit country's constitutional court rejected some government austerity measures.
BRUSSELS, April 29- Confidence in the euro zone's economy fell for a second straight month in April and by more than expected, data showed on Monday, strengthening the case for a cut in interest rates this week. Likely of most concern, the pessimism has set in even in Germany, Europe's biggest economy, where economic sentiment worsened 2.3 points.
ISTANBUL, April 29- Turkey's consumer confidence index rose 0.9 percent to 75.6 points in April from 74.9 points a month earlier, Turkish Statistics Institute data showed on Monday. The statistics office introduced a new calculation method under European Union harmonisation moves this year.
NEW YORK, April 26- U.S. consumer sentiment eased in April as Americans remained concerned about their employment and financial prospects, a survey released on Friday showed.
NEW YORK, April 26- Thomson Reuters/ University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers' final April consumer sentiment index rose to 76.4 from the preliminary April figure of 72.3, according to the survey released on Friday.
NEW YORK, April 26- Thomson Reuters/ University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers' final April consumer sentiment index rose to 76.4 from the preliminary April figure of 72.3, according to the survey released on Friday.
NEW YORK, April 26- U.S. consumer sentiment eased in April as Americans remained concerned about their employment and financial prospects, a survey released on Friday showed.
*Starbucks slips in premarket after results. NEW YORK, April 26- U.S. stock index futures dipped on Friday, indicating the S&P 500 may snap a five-day winning streak ahead of data on the pace of economic growth and consumer sentiment.
STOCKHOLM, April 26- Swedish consumer confidence rose in April to 5.2 points from 2.8 points in March to stand slightly above the historical average, data showed on Friday. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected the gauge of consumer sentiment, compiled by the National Institute of Economic Research, to improve to 3.3 points.
April 26- The following data for French consumer confidence in April was issued by statistics office INSEE on Friday.
TOKYO, April 26- U.S. 10- year Treasuries gained in Asian trading on Friday as regional stocks pared gains, with investors awaiting U.S. growth data as well as a final sentiment report. *Thomson Reuters/ University of Michigan will release the final measure of consumer sentiment for April.
SEOUL, April 26- South Korea's composite consumer sentiment index edged down in April, but still maintained a sunny outlook, underpinning hopes that Asia's fourth-largest economy may stage a recovery soon. The composite consumer sentiment index ticked down to 102 in April from 104 in March, a survey by the Bank of Korea showed on Friday.