an half of the offering. Additionally, pension funds that already have a stake in the firm plan to purchase a large chunk of the new sale. "It's a large stock sale, but they already have commitments for 77% of the amount offered," said Jairo Agudelo, an analyst with investment firm Celfin Capital. The public offering will allow the company to become Casino's main instrument for its expansion in Latin America, Agudelo added. Exito already has taken the first step, agreeing to buy Casino's operations in Uruguay for $746 million. The purchase in Uruguay, in turn, will be paid by Casino buying the new Exito shares. "Casino is not netting any money because of this, it's simply rearranging its structure," Agudelo said. Casino has a 54.8% stake in Exito. Exito launched the stock sale on Sept. 5 and is expected to wrap it up on Sept. 23. Company officials weren't immediately available for comment. Exito priced the COP2.5 trillion offering ($1.4 billion) at COP21,900 a share, offering investors an 8% discount from the average share price over the last month. On Friday, Exito's shares traded at COP23,000. The stock sale by Exe, the Federal Reserve said Friday. That followed a $3.6 billion increase the previous week. Jumbo certificates of deposit rose $6.7 billion to about $1.561 trillion in the latest weekly data, after a drop of $5.1 billion the previous week. Revolving home equity loans inched up by $100 million to $557.5 billion after dipping $500 million the previous week. More weekly Fed he proposals “almost like a down payment” on small company assistance and said the President is not finished trying to help them. “We've put together a package that we really think is a roadmap for entrepreneurship,” Case said in an interview with FOX Business. “And we'll be meeting with the President in probably three or four weeks to outline (a) plan that really will focus on entrepreneurs. You know, maybe it will be the ‘Startup America Act’ or something like that. That really is doubling down on our nation's entrepreneurs.” Among other areas, he said, the plan could address access to capital for startup companies and hiring highly-skilled immigrant workers. Earlier this year, Case helped launch the Startup America Partnership, an independent private-sector coalition delivering strategic and substantive resources to help entrepreneurs start and scale companies across the U.S. You can read more about it here, www.startupamericapartnership.org He said the Administration could announce a new package of small business proposals this fall or in early winter. “If there is any area we can build (bipartisan) support for, I think it is around entrepreneurship,” Case said. “Republicans and Democrats I’ve talked to both recognize it is the ‘secret s