Courtesy of Tyler Durden
- ADP said the U.S. lost 254,000 private-sector jobs in September.
- Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday in cautious trade after mild losses on Wall Street.
- Bank of Japan holds key interest rate unchanged, upgrades economic assessment.
- Baucus health overhaul would spare insurers gov’t competition, cost less for others.
- British retail sales unexpectedly flat in August, annual rate of increase moderates.
- Chicago Purchasing Managers’ Index unexpectedly fell to 46.1 in September.
- China Manufacturing grows for seventh month on stimulus, loans.
- IMF raises 2010 global f’cast to 3.1% From 2.5% as Asia leads recovery.
- IMF: U.S. growth may be `sluggish’ 1.5% in 2010 as unemployment rises.
- Ameriprise to buy Columbia stock and bond funds from BofA for $1.2B cash.
- Bharti Airtel, MTN abandon $23B merger after South Africa objects to terms.
- Chinese automaker BYD says it aims to zoom past Toyota, become industry leader.
- Cisco to buy Tandberg, a videoconferencing-gear maker, for about $2.98B.
- Comcast said to discuss NBC Universal stake purchase with GE.
- Constellation Brands’ Aug. net income rises from a $23M loss last year to $100M profit.
- Diamond Foods Q4 net rises 60%; may sell up to $250M of securities.
- GM will shut Saturn after Penske ends acquisition talks on supply concerns.
- Infineon: Sector has passed the worst of the slump, but a long haul ahead.
- Kodak announces debt offerings expected to raise up to $700M to shore up finances.
- Macquarie to buy Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller LLC, for ~$146.7M.
- Michelin: recent world economic recovery is shaky and could soon fade.
- Nortel plans to sell by “open auction” all of its global ops using GSM/GSM-R standard.
- Oracle reluctant to give up MySQL database to gain antitrust clearance in Europe.
- PepsiCo taking ‘very disciplined’ approach to acquisitions: CEO Nooyi.
- RBS, Lloyds injected $4.4B into their Irish units in past 10 months amid rising losses.
- Sanofi-Aventis to acquire Fovea Pharmaceuticals for $542M.
- TransCanada Pipelines to build $1.2B power plant in Southern Ontario.
- UAL Corp. to sell 19M new shares and $175M in notes in two public offerings.
- UBS AG warned that third-quarter earnings will be hurt by losses on its own credit.
- UK regulator issued Kraft a 6-week deadline to either make a formal bid for Cadbury.
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