| Oil hits 1-year high on weak dollar (Reuters)
October 19, 2009 at 10:29 pm
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|  Reuters - U.S. crude futures edged up on Tuesday to a one-year high near $80 a barrel on a weak dollar and firm U.S. stock market.
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| Apple smashes forecasts, stock hits record (Reuters)
October 19, 2009 at 10:18 pm
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|  Reuters - Apple Inc's profits and sales streaked past Wall Street forecasts as iPhone and Mac sales hit quarterly records, sending its shares rocketing to all-time highs on Monday.
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| IBM veteran exec put on leave after insider arrest (Reuters)
October 19, 2009 at 7:48 pm
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| | Reuters - IBM placed senior executive Robert Moffat on leave of absence after he was arrested in the largest ever hedge fund insider-trading scheme. |
| Apple smashes forecasts, shares hit record (Reuters)
October 19, 2009 at 6:29 pm
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| Reuters - Apple Inc's profits and sales streaked past Wall Street forecasts as iPhone and Mac sales hit quarterly records, sending its shares rocketing to all-time highs on Monday.
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| GE, Lumber Liquidator in consumer finance accord (AP)
October 19, 2009 at 3:36 pm
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| | AP - GE Money, the consumer lending unit of General Electric Co., and Lumber Liquidators, a hardwood flooring retailer, announced Monday a multiyear consumer financing agreement. |
| Government unveils new mortgage help (AP)
October 19, 2009 at 2:31 pm
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|  AP - The Obama administration is unveiling a new program to provide support to state and local housing agencies to provide help to thousands of home buyers and renters.
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| Housing starts, permits seen rising in September (Reuters)
October 19, 2009 at 2:05 pm
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|  Reuters - New construction of U.S. homes and permits for future building likely rose in September, supported by an improvement in sales and declining stocks of unsold properties, according to a Reuters survey.
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| FTSE 100 jumps 1.76% (AFP)
October 19, 2009 at 12:48 pm
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|  AFP - The leading stock exchange rallied on Monday lifted by a brighter economic outlook that pushed up commodity prices and by hopes of upbeat results from major US companies this week.
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| SEC pursuing "significant" insider cases: source (Reuters)
October 19, 2009 at 12:09 pm
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| | Reuters - U.S. securities regulators are pursuing "significant" insider trading cases involving financial professionals, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday. |
| Icahn says offered $6 billion loan to CIT (Reuters)
October 19, 2009 at 10:06 am
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|  Reuters - Famed corporate raider Carl Icahn said he offered to underwrite a $6 billion loan to CIT Group Inc , complaining that horse-trading between the troubled lender and its largest creditors was harming other bondholders.
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| Gannett quarterly profit and ad revenue sink (Reuters)
October 19, 2009 at 9:16 am
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| | Reuters - Gannett Co Inc, the largest U.S. newspaper publisher, reported a lower quarterly profit that beat market forecasts on Monday because of cost cuts, while revenue fell because of a 28 percent drop in publishing advertising sales. |
| BB&T report slumps as credit issues weigh (Reuters)
October 19, 2009 at 9:11 am
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| | Reuters - BB&T Corp said on Monday third-quarter profit fell 56 percent as continuing credit issues weighed on results. |
| Hasbro profit tops Street view (Reuters)
October 19, 2009 at 9:00 am
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|  Reuters - Hasbro Inc posted a quarterly profit that beat Wall Street expectations and gave an upbeat outlook for the full-year, fueling hopes for better toy sales during the holidays.
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| European stocks rise on higher commodity prices (AFP)
October 19, 2009 at 7:22 am
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|  AFP - European stock markets rallied on Monday, lifted by rising metals and oil prices, as investors eagerly awaited the latest batch of results from major US companies, traders said.
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| Insider-trading accused seeks leave from India's ISB (Reuters)
October 19, 2009 at 5:46 am
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| | Reuters - Anil Kumar, charged with other executives over the biggest hedge fund insider-trading scheme, has sought leave from the board of a top Indian business school that he helped set up. |
| Blackstone's new fund faces cash shortfall: report (Reuters)
October 19, 2009 at 5:26 am
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| | Reuters - Blackstone Group is finding it difficult to raise money for a new leveraged buyout fund, the New York Post said, citing people familiar with the matter. |
| UK regulator outlines plans to ban "liar loans" (Reuters)
October 19, 2009 at 5:21 am
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| | Reuters - Britain's financial regulator plans to force mortgage lenders to check the income of all borrowers, scrapping so-called "liar loans" blamed for helping to fuel bad debt problems at the heart of the credit crunch. |
| JAL's banks reject restructure plan, shares rebound (Reuters)
October 19, 2009 at 4:59 am
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|  Reuters - Creditors of Japan Airlines Corp (9205.T) have rejected the struggling carrier's restructuring plan and are pushing for a cut in debt waivers and details of the use of state funds, a source familiar with the matter said.
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| Stock futures signal rebound along with commods (Reuters)
October 19, 2009 at 3:54 am
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|  Reuters - U.S. stock index futures pointed to a rebound on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.46 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.26 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.52 percent at 3.30 a.m. EDT.
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| China's Nasdaq-style board late Oct trade: report (AFP)
October 19, 2009 at 3:20 am
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|  AFP - The first batch of 28 companies to list on China's long-awaited Nasdaq-style board, ChiNext, will make their trading debut on October 30, state media reported Monday.
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| Crisis shows need to right imbalances: Bernanke (Reuters)
October 19, 2009 at 2:39 am
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|  Reuters - The financial crisis has spotlighted the importance of dealing with global imbalances in trade and capital flows, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Sunday at a Fed conference on Asia.
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| Earnings blitz to test market's mettle (Reuters)
October 19, 2009 at 12:47 am
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| Reuters - U.S. stocks could slip this week if the spate of earnings from bellwethers including Apple Inc and Caterpillar Inc do not live up to heightened expectations.
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| CME in informal talks to take over CBOE: report (Reuters)
October 18, 2009 at 8:48 pm
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| Reuters - CME Group Inc , the world's largest derivatives exchange, is in talks to take over the Chicago Board Options Exchange in a deal that would value the largest U.S. options market at up to $5 billion, according to Crain's Chicago Business.
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