Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,387.60	+52.30	0.34%
S&P 500	1,669.16	+2.87	0.17%
Nasdaq	3,502.12	+5.69	0.16%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,387.60

+52.30

0.34%

S&P 500

1,669.16

+2.87

0.17%

Nasdaq

3,502.12

+5.69

0.16%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,809.44	-12.21	-0.43%
FTSE 100	6,796.48	-7.39	-0.11%
DAX	8,453.38	-18.82	-0.22%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,809.44

-12.21

-0.43%

FTSE 100

6,796.48

-7.39

-0.11%

DAX

8,453.38

-18.82

-0.22%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	15,627.30	+246.24	1.60%
Hang Seng	23,261.10	-105.29	-0.45%
S&P/ASX 200	5,165.37	-14.69	-0.28%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

15,627.30

+246.24

1.60%

Hang Seng

23,261.10

-105.29

-0.45%

S&P/ASX 200

5,165.37

-14.69

-0.28%

Rousseff to Appoint Kassab as Head of New Ministry, Veja Says

By Blake Schmidt - 2013-01-05T14:27:52Z

President Dilma Rousseff plans to appoint former Sao Paulo Mayor Gilberto Kassab to head the ministry of micro and small businesses once the new ministry has been created, the Sao Paulo-based weekly Veja reported, without saying how it obtained the information.

Rousseff, of the Worker’s Party, will also hire Senator Gabriel Chalita, of the Democratic Brazilian Movement Party, to work for the ministry of science and technology, the magazine said, without giving further details. Kassab is a member of the Social Democratic Party.

To contact the reporter on this story: Blake Schmidt in Sao Paulo at bschmidt16@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Sylvia Wier in New York at swier@bloomberg.net

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