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• Wall Street advances on Caterpillar results, M&A (Reuters)
• Caterpillar sees record results amid slower economy (Reuters)
• EU may combine insurance, SPIV to boost euro fund (Reuters)
• Fed could target housing to help economy: Dudley (Reuters)
• Oracle to buy RightNow for about $1.5 billion (Reuters)
• Oakland protesters defy city order to leave (AP)
• Euro zone business activity shrinks further in Oct: PMI (Reuters)
• Cigarette maker Lorillard 3Q profit falls (AP)
• Berlusconi insists Italy's economy sound (AP)
• Regulator throws lifeline to underwater borrowers (Reuters)
• German officials: Bailout fund will top $1.4 trln (AP)
• Wal-Mart ups ante in holiday price matchin (AP)
• Obama to announce new steps to help housing woes (AP)
• Canada warns EU on oil sands ranking plan (Reuters)
• Nissan aims to be world No. 1 in green vehicles (AP)

Wall Street advances on Caterpillar results, M&A (Reuters) Posted: 24 Oct 2011 09:00 AM PDT Reuters - Stocks rose on Monday, adding to three weeks of gains for the S&P after strong earnings from Caterpillar and some proposed acquisitions boosted investor appetite for risky assets.

Caterpillar sees record results amid slower economy (Reuters) Posted: 24 Oct 2011 09:06 AM PDT Reuters - Caterpillar Inc far exceeded analyst expectations on Monday, reporting a 44 percent quarterly earnings increase due to record revenue, and the company signaled optimism in its 2012 outlook.

EU may combine insurance, SPIV to boost euro fund (Reuters) Posted: 24 Oct 2011 09:13 AM PDT Reuters - The euro zone should combine two proposals for increasing the firepower of its rescue fund -- an insurance model and a special purpose investment vehicle (SPIV) -- according to an EU paper for the mid-week summit obtained by Reuters on Monday.

Fed could target housing to help economy: Dudley (Reuters) Posted: 24 Oct 2011 09:43 AM PDT Reuters - The weak housing sector continues to pose a strong headwind to the U.S. economic recovery, and the Federal Reserve could potentially do more to drive down mortgage rates to support the sector, a top Federal Reserve official said on Monday.

Oracle to buy RightNow for about $1.5 billion (Reuters) Posted: 24 Oct 2011 09:02 AM PDT Reuters - Oracle Corp plans to buy online customer service company RightNow Technologies Inc for about $1.5 billion, sparking speculation of bids for other so-called cloud technology companies that deliver software, data and computing power over the Internet.

Oakland protesters defy city order to leave (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2011 01:02 AM PDT AP - Hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters defiantly remained at their campsite outside Oakland's City Hall early Saturday, despite a city order to vacate.

Euro zone business activity shrinks further in Oct: PMI (Reuters) Posted: 24 Oct 2011 01:29 AM PDT Reuters - The euro zone's private sector tipped further into decline in October, according to business surveys on Monday that showed the bloc's economy is in serious danger of lurching from stagnation into outright recession.

Cigarette maker Lorillard 3Q profit falls (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2011 07:08 AM PDT AP - Cigarette maker Lorillard Inc.'s net income fell nearly 3 percent in the third quarter as higher costs offset selling more cigarettes at higher prices.

Berlusconi insists Italy's economy sound (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2011 09:52 AM PDT AP - Premier Silvio Berlusconi has lashed back at his German and French counterparts who demanded tough new measures to spur economic growth, saying no one need fear the stability of Italy's economy.

Regulator throws lifeline to underwater borrowers (Reuters) Posted: 24 Oct 2011 09:06 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. homeowners who owe more than their properties are worth got new help on Monday when a U.S. regulator expanded a government program in a step that could help up to one million borrowers.

German officials: Bailout fund will top $1.4 trln (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2011 08:23 AM PDT AP - The eurozone bailout fund will see its firepower increased to more than euro1 trillion ($1.39 trillion) to enable it to contain the debt turmoil that threatens to rip apart the 17-nation eurozone, according to German lawmakers briefed Monday by Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Wal-Mart ups ante in holiday price matchin (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2011 05:48 AM PDT AP - Wal-Mart is announcing a new strategy that it hopes will pull in procrastinators early by giving them a big incentive: a guarantee that they'll get the lowest price no matter when they buy during the holiday season.

Obama to announce new steps to help housing woes (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2011 05:39 AM PDT AP - An Obama administration official says President Barack Obama will announce new rules Monday to help homeowners with little or no equity in their homes refinance their mortgages to avoid foreclosures.

Canada warns EU on oil sands ranking plan (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2011 01:24 PM PDT Reuters - Canada warned on Sunday it will "defend its interests" if the European Union (EU) goes through with a proposal to rank Canadian oil sands as a highly polluting fuel.

Nissan aims to be world No. 1 in green vehicles (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2011 02:21 AM PDT AP - Nissan Motor Co. is aiming to be the world's No. 1 in green cars, targeting cumulative sales of 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles by 2017 with alliance partner Renault SA of France.

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