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• Wall Street slips as dollar claws back (Reuters)
• Jobless claims near three-month low (Reuters)
• IMF, World Bank try to ease currency tensions (Reuters)
• Mortgage rates at record lows (Reuters)
• Late back-to-school shopping lifts retail sales (Reuters)
• FTSE extends rally on stimulus hopes (AFP)
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• A look at PepsiCo Inc.'s 3Q results by segment (AP)
• Currency volatility threatens growth, Trichet says (AP)
• The Rogue Traders' Gallery (The Motley Fool)
• World Bank and IMF at odds over hot money flows (Reuters)
• How stores set their holiday inventories (AP)
• White House: home foreclosure bill being reviewed (Reuters)
• Technician challenges BP's claim on key devices (AP)
• Smaller firms could have run U.S. toxic funds: audit (Reuters)
• GM recalls 4,000 Cadillac SRXs over power steering (AP)
• The Foreclosure Mess Could Last for Years (BusinessWeek)

Wall Street slips as dollar claws back (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 07:34 AM PDT Reuters - Stocks edged lower on Thursday as the dollar stemmed declines, with investors weighing the possibility of additional quantitative easing by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Jobless claims near three-month low (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 06:06 AM PDT Reuters - New claims for unemployment benefits fell to a near three-month low last week, pointing to some improvement in the troubled labor market.

IMF, World Bank try to ease currency tensions (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 08:44 AM PDT Reuters - World leaders must defuse currency tensions before they worsen to avoid repeating the mistakes of the Great Depression, the head of the World Bank said on Thursday.

Mortgage rates at record lows (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 08:23 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. mortgage rates reached new record lows in the latest week as economic data raised the appeal of safe-haven government debt, according to a survey released on Thursday by Freddie Mac, the second-largest U.S. mortgage finance company.

Late back-to-school shopping lifts retail sales (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 08:22 AM PDT Reuters - Teen apparel retailers led generally stronger-than-expected U.S. same-store sales in September, helped by a late start to the back-to-school season as shoppers held out for bargains, a trend that is likely to be repeated during the holidays.

FTSE extends rally on stimulus hopes (AFP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 04:41 AM PDT AFP - London's stock market rallied further on Wednesday, boosted by gains in Asia and New York, as investors speculated over new monetary easing measures around the world, traders said.

(AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 07:00 AM PDT AP - Rates on 30-year and 15-year fixed mortgages fall to their lowest levels on record.

A look at PepsiCo Inc.'s 3Q results by segment (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 08:50 AM PDT AP - Here's a look at PepsiCo Inc.'s third-quarter results by segment:

Currency volatility threatens growth, Trichet says (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 08:44 AM PDT AP - Excess volatility in exchange rates poses a risk to economic stability, European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet warned Thursday, as the euro briefly topped the $1.40 mark for the first time in eight months.

The Rogue Traders' Gallery (The Motley Fool) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 08:13 AM PDT The Motley Fool - In 1987's Wall Street, experienced trader Marvin says to rookie Bud Fox, "We're all just one trade away from humility."

World Bank and IMF at odds over hot money flows (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 11:47 PM PDT Reuters - Emerging economies should consider steps to contain fund flows that could cause currency rallies and asset bubbles, the World Bank chief was quoted as saying, but the International Monetary Fund called such actions "undesirable."

How stores set their holiday inventories (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 08:45 AM PDT AP - A look at how stores manage their orders for the holiday season:

White House: home foreclosure bill being reviewed (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 08:39 AM PDT Reuters - The White House on Thursday said the administration was currently reviewing legislation on home foreclosures.

Technician challenges BP's claim on key devices (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 08:38 AM PDT AP - A technician on Thursday challenged BP's claim about how long it would have taken to install an additional number of a key device the oil giant had been warned was essential to prevent a significant gas flow problem in its Gulf well that later blew out.

Smaller firms could have run U.S. toxic funds: audit (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 02:13 AM PDT Reuters - The Treasury Department's program to soak up toxic mortgage assets may have unnecessarily excluded smaller, well-qualified fund managers to the detriment of taxpayers, a U.S. bailout watchdog said on Thursday.

GM recalls 4,000 Cadillac SRXs over power steering (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 07:35 AM PDT AP - General Motors is recalling nearly 4,000 Cadillac SRX crossovers from the 2010 model year to fix power steering problems that could lead to engine fires.

The Foreclosure Mess Could Last for Years (BusinessWeek) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 05:08 AM PDT BusinessWeek - The dimensions of the foreclosure crisis keep expanding. Lenders and loan servicers including JPMorgan Chase and Ally Financial are facing an explosion in homeowner lawsuits and state attorney general investigations of claims of falsified mortgage documents. Lawmakers in both houses of Congress have called for investigations. And procedural mistakes in the handling of mortgage documents have clouded titles establishing ownership of the homes, a problem that could plague both buyers and sellers for years. "This is going to become a hydra," says Peter J. ...

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