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• Wall St gains on jobs data, eyes on Greece, Fed (Reuters)
• France, Germany demand Greek decision on euro (Reuters)
• Fed to hold steady despite global risks (Reuters)
• MF Global accounts shock leaves clients scrambling (Reuters)
• Private sector adds jobs, layoffs slow in October (Reuters)
• 2 ex-State Street executive cleared of charges (AP)
• Federal Reserve wraps up policy meeting (AP)
• Summary Box: Comcast's 3Q earnings, in brief (AP)
• Europe leaders summon Greek PM to explain himself (AP)
• Mortgage applications barely up last week: MBA (Reuters)
• CA-CANADA Summary (Reuters)
• Syms and Filene's unit seek bankruptcy protection (AP)
• Oakland prepares to be Occupy movement epicenter (AP)
• Shell uses Internet to show Nigeria oil spill data (AP)
• House votes for 5-year freeze in new cell taxes (AP)
• Nissan raises full-year forecast on sales outlook (AP)

Wall St gains on jobs data, eyes on Greece, Fed (Reuters) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 07:47 AM PDT Reuters - Upbeat job market data helped stocks bounce off two days of losses on Wednesday, with a crisis meeting about Greece and the end of a U.S. monetary policy session also on investors' minds.

France, Germany demand Greek decision on euro (Reuters) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 08:45 AM PDT Reuters - Germany and France told Greece on Wednesday it should make up its mind by mid-December whether it wants to stay in the euro zone when Greeks vote on a 130-billion-euro ($178 billion) bailout.

Fed to hold steady despite global risks (Reuters) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 06:41 AM PDT Reuters - The Federal Reserve looks set to take a breather from monetary stimulus measures on Wednesday, even if financial market turbulence heightens the chances of action later.

MF Global accounts shock leaves clients scrambling (Reuters) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 08:07 AM PDT Reuters - MF Global Holdings Ltd failed to protect customer accounts by keeping them separate from its own funds, said a top U.S. exchange regulator, another shock for commodity markets scrambling to contain fallout from the brokerage's bankruptcy.

Private sector adds jobs, layoffs slow in October (Reuters) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 07:06 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. private employers added more jobs than expected last month, while planned layoffs dropped sharply, underscoring the view the economy is on a path of slow growth.

2 ex-State Street executive cleared of charges (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 01:24 PM PDT AP - Two former executives of State Street Bank & Trust Co. have been cleared of federal civil fraud charges of misleading investors about their potential risk from subprime mortgage investments in 2007.

Federal Reserve wraps up policy meeting (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 04:27 AM PDT AP - The Federal Reserve, after employing a dwindling set of policy options at its last two meetings, may hit the pause button in hopes that the faint signs of the economy's rebound will grow stronger.

Summary Box: Comcast's 3Q earnings, in brief (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 08:38 AM PDT AP - BIG GETS BIGGER: Comcast Corp., the nation's biggest cable television company and Internet service provider, reported third-quarter results that show it increasing revenue and profits at a healthy clip.

Europe leaders summon Greek PM to explain himself (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 08:04 AM PDT AP - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou was flying to the chic French Riviera resort of Cannes on Wednesday to explain himself to European leaders furious over his surprise referendum on a bailout deal that took them months to work out.

Mortgage applications barely up last week: MBA (Reuters) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 04:05 AM PDT Reuters - Applications for U.S. home mortgages were little changed last week as purchase demand improved but refinancing activity stagnated, an industry group said on Wednesday.

CA-CANADA Summary (Reuters) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 08:39 AM PDT Reuters - Canada's central bank chief said on Tuesday he understands Greece's call for a referendum on the euro zone's latest bailout package, a plan that stunned other policymakers and triggered a downward spiral on global markets.

Syms and Filene's unit seek bankruptcy protection (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 07:28 AM PDT AP - Discount retailer Syms Corp. and its subsidiary Filene's Basement have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and plan to liquidate their operations.

Oakland prepares to be Occupy movement epicenter (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 08:11 AM PDT AP - Protesters are carrying out a series of marches across Oakland on Wednesday to make a statement about the power and unity of the anti-Wall Street movement as they team up with labor unions to picket banks, take over foreclosed homes and vacant buildings and disrupt operations at the nation's fifth-busiest port.

Shell uses Internet to show Nigeria oil spill data (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 07:30 AM PDT AP - Royal Dutch Shell PLC long has argued that thieves are to blame for most of the oil spills coming from pipelines in Nigeria's crude-producing southern delta. Now the company is trying to prove that claim in real time on the Internet.

House votes for 5-year freeze in new cell taxes (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 07:38 AM PDT AP - The House on Tuesday approved a five-year freeze on any new state and local taxes imposed on cellphones and other wireless services, including wireless broadband access.

Nissan raises full-year forecast on sales outlook (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 04:04 AM PDT AP - Nissan Motor Co. said Wednesday its net profit for the July-September quarter slipped 4.3 percent from a year earlier, but the automaker raised its earnings outlook for the full-year on projections of higher sales.

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