BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina will ask a U.S. judge to put a stay on his ruling against the country in its case against "holdout" creditors as it seeks to start negotiations aimed at avoiding a new default, Economy Minister Axel Kicillof said on Monday . Argentina is locked in a 12-year-old legal fight with investors who declined to participate in debt restructurings after Argentina defaulted on about $100 billion (£58.96 billion) of debt in 2002.Without a stay on a ruling against the country Read more [...]

By Charles Newbery --Says Suspension Will Allow Time to Talk with Holdouts BUENOS AIRES (MNI) - Argentine Economy Minister Axel Kicillof said Monday that the country will request the suspension of a ruling that requires the government, at the end of the month, to pay back creditors who won a U.S. court battle to collect on bonds leftover from a $100 billion default in 2001. The lawyers representing the country will make the request later Monday to U.S. federal judge Thomas Griesa, who Read more [...]