1.   Venezuelan stocks rose as share prices appeared to have fallen lower than company earnings outlooks warranted.

2.   Venezuelan stocks were led lower by banks as investors sold shares that were lifted higher by a recent rally than their earnings outlooks warranted.

3.   Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Wednesday that long-term interest rates have climbed higher than the inflation risk outlook would warrant.

4.   Greenspan said that long-term interest rates have climbed higher than the inflation risk outlook would warrant.