1.   Argentine and IMF officials completed a letter of intent spelling out the targets and the amount of the loan, a spokesman for the economy ministry said.

2.   Avelin is still reeling from an attack by hundreds of unpaid San Juan provincial employees, who set fire to an economy ministry building two weeks ago.

3.   Despite having added trade promotion to his portfolio, Castaneda has handed the summit over to the economy ministry.

4.   UBS will conduct market research, establish terms of the airport tender, define minimum investment commitments and identify potential bidders, an official at the economy ministry said.

5.   Planning Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez moved to the economy ministry, replacing Osvaldo Martinez, who had held the post for less than a year.

6.   Federico Zayas, a progressive economist from the Colorado Party, was tapped as head of the economy ministry.

7.   Officials at the national economy ministry and at the bank Tuesday, refused to disclose the terms of the loan, claiming it was confidential.

8.   The economy ministry was formed by the merger of the ministries of finance and national economy.

9.   German industrial output rose by one percent in May from the figure for April seasonally-adjusted figures from the economy ministry showed on Wednesday.

10.   Germany is the second main trading partner and aid provider to Egypt after the United States, according to the economy ministry.