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WASHINGTON, Dec 11- A group of high-profile corporate leaders urged President Barack Obama and congressional leaders on Tuesday to reach a "principled compromise" on U.S. fiscal policy that includes higher tax revenues and spending cuts.
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NEW YORK, Dec 11- U.S. Treasuries fell on Tuesday as investors saw signs of hope in budget talks in Washington and in the German economy, ahead of expected easing from the Federal Reserve after a two-day meeting ends on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 11- The U.S. unit of Europe's EADS on Tuesday joined several other big companies in saying it would skip the U.S. Air Force's competition to buy 112 new combat rescue helicopters. At the time, he expressed frustration about the narrow way the Air Force had written the terms of the competition.
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NEW YORK, Dec 11- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries' new Chief Executive Jeremy Levin promised on Tuesday to reshape the company into "the most indispensable medicines company in the world" and to provide significant value to its shareholders along the way.
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Dec 11- Farming equipment maker AGCO Corp expects its 2013 profit to be in a range mostly above Wall Street's forecast, citing growing sales of tractors to harvest sugarcane in South America. AGCO expects sales in South America to increase 5 percent to 10 percent next year, helped mostly by sales of tractors and combines to sugarcane harvesters.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 11- Boeing Co said on Tuesday it would not submit bids based on its H-47 helicopter or the V-22 tiltrotor aircraft built with Textron Inc's Bell Helicopter unit for a U.S. Air Force competition for 112 new combat rescue helicopters.
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*Ahead of meeting, OPEC says output declined in November. NEW YORK, Dec 11- Brent crude futures edged up on Tuesday in choppy trading as OPEC production declines and a weaker dollar lent support to oil ahead of OPEC's policy meeting this week and the latest snapshots on oil inventories in the United States.
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*Recovery at Brazil's No. 3 consumer electronics store. SAO PAULO, Dec 11- For anyone wondering if Brazil's economy is broken, retailer Magazine Luiza has an answer- a three-story-tall Christmas tree made of flat-screen TVs.
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BRUSSELS/ ATHENS, Dec 11- Greece's bond buyback scheme failed to meet its target by a relatively narrow margin on Tuesday but still left international lenders with a 450- million euro hole in their plan to cut the country's huge debts to a more manageable level.
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CAIRO, Dec 11- Egypt's army chief called for talks on national unity to end the country's mounting political crisis after a vital loan from the IMF was delayed and thousands of pro- and anti-government demonstrators took to the streets.
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GENEVA, Dec 11- Ukraine's use of a legal loophole to raise trade barriers around its car industry, livestock farmers and other sectors met a barrage of criticism at the World Trade Organization on Tuesday, as a deadline expired for others to respond to its plan.
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LONDON, Dec 11- Western sanctions imposed over the past months against Iran's shipping industry will seriously affect international maritime and environmental safety, a senior Iranian official said.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 11- A group of high-profile corporate leaders urged President Barack Obama and congressional leaders on Tuesday to reach a "principled compromise" on U.S. fiscal policy that includes higher tax revenues and spending cuts.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 11- U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner offered no concrete signs of progress on Tuesday on "fiscal cliff" talks but said he remained hopeful that both sides would reach an agreement by the end-of-year deadline.
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*Apple up 3.1 pct, leads tech after recent weakness. NEW YORK, Dec 11- Rising shares in technology companies helped push major stock indexes up around 1 percent on Tuesday, as the S&P 500 reached its best levels since mid-October, recouping its post-election selloff.
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WILMINGTON, Del, Dec 11- The creditors of bankrupt A123 Systems Inc are supporting a Chinese company's controversial bid for the U.S. maker of electric car batteries, the creditors' attorney said on Tuesday.
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AMMAN, Dec 11- Jordan's King Abdullah ordered the release of more than one hundred protesters detained after calling for his downfall during last month's fuel price riots, officials said.
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The Canada Pork International marketing group said on Friday that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has provided meat processors with testing guidelines; however, a spokesman for the federal Agriculture Department said the government is only making exporters aware of Russia's requirements.
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NEW YORK, Dec 11- U.S. Treasuries fell on Tuesday as investors pushed for price concessions going into $66 billion of government debt auctions this week and as strength on Wall Street undermined the safe-haven allure of Treasuries.
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The upbeat news from Germany- seen as the strong spot in Europe- fed into broader seasonal optimism in equity markets, which have posted December gains in 12 of the last 15 years. In equity markets in December, the trend is to the upside, "said Veronika Pechlaner, investment manager at Ashburton, which is' overweight' on Europe.