Brazil offered to resume payments to its...

Brazil offered to resume payments to its creditor banks, in a plan tied to a request for $10 billion in new loans . . . Genmar Industries, a Minneapolis boat-building company, says it has received commitments totaling $380 million from several banks to finance its acquisition of Minstar Inc., a Minneapolis sporting goods, energy and investment company . . . Morris Township, N.J.-based Allied-Signal’s board approved its merger with Allied Corp., Signal Cos. and Garrett Corp. The board also authorized the repurchase of stock held in odd lots of fewer than 100 shares and extended its buyback program by 25 million shares.