• Asian stocks mixed amid caution regarding valuations; European shares higher.
  • China faces dangers of asset bubbles as economy expands, PBOC Adviser.
  • Chinese cities facing energy shortfalls as cold spell boosts demand.
  • EU clears government help for ING and KBC after banks shed operations.
  • Euro up to $1.4905 in European morning despite central bank calls for stronger dollar.
  • Foreign demand for long-term U.S. financial assets grew to $31.7B in September.
  • Golden era' could bring vaccines against AIDS, Alzheimer's and addictions in 5 years.
  • Oil rises for third day as US supplies drop; Asia stocks decline on HSBC.
  • Oil extends rise above $79 in Asia after big US crude inventory drop.
  • Yen retreated from near a 2-wk high vs. Euro on speculation on US govt data.
  • Ahold to cut $521M of expenses after profit beats analyst estimates.
  • Allied Irish Bank Plc predicts bad debt charge for all of 2009 will be $7.9B.
  • American Water Works prices 37.4 mln common share offering at $21.63/sh.
  • Autodesk's Q3 net falls 71% to $29.5M, as revs decline 31% to $416.9M.
  • Chinatrust Financial Hldg to pay $660M for a 30% stake in Nan Shan Life Insurance Co.
  • Delta, SkyTeam ready $1B Japan Airlines offer rivalling American Airlines bid.
  • Donald Trump abandons plans to regain control of 3 New Jersey casinos that bear his name.
  • Fannie, Freddie face rapidly rising loan losses on weakening commercial realty market.
  • GE, Dexia units said to be unnamed firms in Rubin Muni bid-rig indictment.
  • GM's Opel has $2.5B of cash to last into first quarter: Reilly.
  • Hershey in talks with banks to line up financing to launch bid for Cadbury.
  • Home Depot's Q3 profit fell a smaller-than-expected 8.9% to $689M.
  • HSBC Chairman warns of unintended effects from new rules to increase banks' capital.
  • NTT DoCoMo to launch 4G mobile service in December 2010, to spend Y300B.
  • Pall's first quarter sales decline 5.4%.
  • Pimco selected by insurance regulators to review mortgage-backed investments.
  • SC Johnson has joined the bidding with P&G for Sara Lee Corp.'s air-freshener unit.
  • Simon Property might purchase General Growth assets.
  • Volvo October truck deliveries amount to 13,050, down 41% YoY.

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