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*RBNZ governor says New Zealand dollar overvalued. NEW YORK, Feb 20- The dollar edged higher against the yen on Wednesday, helped by data showing an overall improvement in the U.S. housing market.
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The U.S. government and Gulf Coast states are considering offering BP Plc a deal under which it pays $16 billion to settle civil suits stemming from the deadly 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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The storm was expected to pelt New England' s coastal areas from northern Connecticut to southern Maine.
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*Vote was to be held at Apple's annual meeting on Feb. 27. NEW YORK, Feb 22- A U.S. judge handed outspoken hedge fund manager David Einhorn a victory in his battle with Apple Inc on Friday, blocking the iPhone maker from moving forward with a shareholder vote on a controversial proposal to limit the company's ability to issue preferred stock.
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*Experts say crucial Senate race too close to predict. ROME, Feb 22- Italy's election campaign drew to a close on Friday with the weak performance of outgoing premier Mario Monti key to a deeply uncertain and potentially unstable result.
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RIYADH, Feb 23- Saudi Arabia has published a roadmap for its renewable energy programme, aimed at reducing the amount of oil it burns in power stations, and targets issuing final bids for the first plants within three months.
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Feb 22- Cybersecurity company Mandiant Corp won plaudits from its peers and made front-page news around the world this week when it published a report that purportedly traced a series of cyberattacks on U.S. companies to a Shanghai- based unit of the Chinese army.
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*Hewlett-Packard rallies after results, lifts tech shares. NEW YORK, Feb 22- U.S. stocks rose on Friday as Dow component Hewlett-Packard surged on strong results and comments from Fed officials allayed fears that the central bank would curtail its stimulus measures.
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*Coming up: Chicago, Dallas manufacturing indexes Monday. NEW YORK, Feb 22- Gold edged up on Friday, but notched a second consecutive weekly loss, as a better U.S. economic outlook and indications the Federal Reserve may end its stimulus program prompted investors to buy riskier assets such as equities.
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The $23 billion buyout of H.J. Heinz by Warren Buffett and private equity put food executives on notice: start showing better results or risk being left behind. Campbell Soup has long been seen as a good candidate, though roughly half of its stock is controlled by heirs of John Dorrance, who invented condensed soup.
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LONDON, Feb 21- Sterling fell to a fresh two-and-a-half year low against the dollar on Thursday and was likely to remain vulnerable after Bank of England minutes showed policymakers edging closer towards looser monetary policy.
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*Central banks in Japan, UK reinforce global easing trend. Indeed, the Bank of Japan and the Bank of England are staking out a much bolder stance, brushing aside warnings from some that they might be stoking currency wars by depreciating their currencies or sowing the seeds of asset bubbles and inflation.
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*2012 net profit $4.04 bln vs forecast $3.73 bln. The Danish group, a bellwether for global trade as its vessels make up 14 percent of world container shipping capacity, said on Friday its net profit rose 20 percent to $4.04 billion last year, after it successfully raised freight prices.
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NEW YORK, Feb 22- Moody's Investors Service on Friday cut the United Kingdom's credit rating to Aa1 from Aaa, citing weakness in the nation's medium-term growth outlook that it now expects to extend for a number of years.
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LONDON, Feb 20- Top oil trader Vitol is building a global grains desk and has taken advantage of Glencore's takeover of Canadian grains giant Viterra to hire a team of its traders, trading sources said on Wednesday.
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BEIRUT, Feb 12- Syrian rebels are launching a major operation to take control of the strategic eastern city of Deir al-Zor after pushing out government forces from oil-producing areas around it, a rebel commander said.
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LONDON, Feb 22- Gold steadied near $1,575 an ounce on Friday, paring earlier gains in line with the euro and stock markets, and stayed on track for a second straight weekly loss after a drop to seven-month lows dented investment interest in the metal.
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*Pretax distributable earnings down 24 pct to $188 mln. Feb 21- Carlyle Group LP, an asset manager, said on Thursday fourth-quarter earnings fell 28 percent after its private equity funds made less money from selling companies and its performance fee income fell.
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*Novo Nordisk sinks on U.S. drug approval delay. LONDON, Feb 11- European equities eased on Monday, pursuing the previous week's retreat from multi-month peaks and dragged down by Novo Nordisk after a regulatory set-back for a new drug.
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NEW YORK, Feb 22- A judge handed hedge fund star David Einhorn a victory in his court battle with Apple Inc on Friday, blocking the iPhone maker from moving forward with a shareholder vote on a controversial proposal to limit the company's ability to issue preferred stock.