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• Ugandan shilling weakens on liquidity, seen stable
  KAMPALA, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The Ugandan shilling weakened on Monday when banks took advantage of increased shilling liquidity to buy dollars but traders said the local currency could be supported by inflows chasing government debt.
• INTERVIEW-Philippine c.bank: Any rate hike need not be in sync with Fed
  MANILA, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The Philippine central bank can afford to leave its policy settings on hold for most of this year, and the timing and magnitude of any interest rate hike would not be determined by the U.S. Federal Reserve's actions, its governor said on Monday.
• UPDATE 2-HSBC says Swiss scandal has brought "shame" on bank
  * HSBC drops RoE target back to more than 10 pct from 12-15 pct
• UPDATE 1-Sberbank looking to sell Slovak, Hungarian units -report
  PRAGUE, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Russia's Sberbank is preparing to sell its Slovak and Hungarian operations, Czech newspaper Lidove Noviny reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources.
• Deals of the day- Mergers and acquisitions
  Feb 23 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1030 GMT on Monday:
• UPDATE 2-Novo Nordisk to raise up to $335 mln from IT subsidiary's IPO
  COPENHAGEN, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk expects to raise between 1.7 billion and 2.2 billion Danish crowns ($259-335 million) from a stock market listing for NNIT, its information technology services subsidiary.
• UK watchdog narrows remit of new banker accountability rules
  LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Britain's Financial Conduct Authority said on Monday it has scaled back plans for making non-executive board members at banks directly accountable for their decisions.
• Indian shares fall for second straight session; blue chips drag
  MUMBAI, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Indian shares fell for the second straight session on Monday, dragged down by heavyweights such as Reliance Industries and financial stocks, as caution prevailed ahead of the federal budget due on Feb 28.
• MOVES-Winton Capital appoints City grandee David Walker as chairman
  LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - British hedge fund firm Winton Capital Group said on Monday it had appointed City grandee David Walker, outgoing chairman of Barclays Plc, as chairman.
• UPDATE 2-Japan's ANA says considering investment in bankrupt Skymark Airlines
  * Monday's deadline for airlines to submit Skymark reform interest (Adds report of AirAsia applying to be Skymark sponsor)