* Aussie dollar rebounds as officials seek to reassure investors
* Aussie dollar rebounds as officials seek to reassure investors
SHANGHAI, Feb 22 Shares in Asia were flat in early trade on Friday following a fall on Wall Street, with a deteriorating global economic outlook outweighing more signs of progress in trade talks between China and the United States.
SHANGHAI Chinese regulators have cut the premium that local governments must pay to issue debt, sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Tuesday, lowering their borrowing costs as Beijing hopes to kick start investments and shore up growth.
* Loosened restrictions on insurers, CBS support issuance (Recasts, adds PBOC statement, background and analyst comments)
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI Despite mounting signs of a Chinese economic slowdown, 2019 is off to a good start for fund manager Du Zhenye.
SHANGHAI China's central bank injected a record $83 billion into the country's financial system on Wednesday, seeking to avoid a cash crunch that would put further pressure on the weakening economy.
SHANGHAI China will double the quota for the country's foreign institutional investment program, as Beijing talks up financial reforms amid stock market weakness and slowing economic growth.
* European shares open firmly in red; Frankfurt leads fallers
SHANGHAI, Jan 3 U.S. stock futures fell and Asian shares stumbled on Thursday after a rare revenue warning from Apple Inc added to worries about slowing global growth and weaker earnings and jolted currency markets.
At least one civilian was killed and several were injured in the southern Venezuelan town of Kumarakapay near the border with Brazil after troops opened fire there, indigenous community leaders and victims' relatives told Reuters.