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• Fed to run the show despite big earnings (Reuters)
• China currency must rise to fix imbalances: Soros (Reuters)
• Alcoa supports aluminum-backed exchange traded fund (Reuters)
• G7 agreed excessive FX moves undesirable: Japan (Reuters)
• Why You Shouldn't Follow the Dow (U.S. News & World Report)
• Economy 101: How unemployment varies across groups (AP)
• Banks' credit improved in Q3, growth uncertain (Reuters)
• Abbott Labs (Investor's Business Daily)
• On housing, Donilon at center of regulatory fight (AP)
• Geithner urges greater IMF role in currencies (AP)
• Bank of America stops US foreclosures for review (AP)
• America moves on from spill; coast feels abandoned (AP)
• RI Dem Caprio blasts Chafee on taxes in gov race (AP)
• Toyota to roll out 2 new cars under Prius name (AP)

Fed to run the show despite big earnings (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 04:13 PM PDT Reuters - Not even earnings from big names like Google and GE next week will be able to pull Wall Street's focus away from the possibility of more cheap cash flowing in from the Federal Reserve.

China currency must rise to fix imbalances: Soros (Reuters) Posted: 09 Oct 2010 03:46 AM PDT Reuters - Billionaire investor George Soros considers the global currency system "lop-sided" and "controlled" by China, and urged the Asian giant to allow its currency to appreciate.

Alcoa supports aluminum-backed exchange traded fund (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 04:49 PM PDT Reuters - Alcoa Inc , the largest U.S. aluminum producer, would be supportive of an aluminum-backed exchange traded fund, or ETF, whether or not it provided metal to back up the security.

G7 agreed excessive FX moves undesirable: Japan (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 10:17 PM PDT Reuters - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Friday that finance leaders from the Group of Seven nations agreed at a meeting that excessive and disorderly foreign exchange movements are undesirable.

Why You Shouldn't Follow the Dow (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 07:50 AM PDT U.S. News & World Report - Many people follow the action of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) to get a feel for how well the market is doing. Nary a day goes by without the top national news anchors mentioning how well this venerable index performed on the evening news.

Economy 101: How unemployment varies across groups (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 02:19 PM PDT AP - Economy 101: How unemployment varies across groups

Banks' credit improved in Q3, growth uncertain (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 11:48 AM PDT Reuters - One of the U.S. banking industry's main methods of pumping up profits in recent quarters may be nearing its limits, and third-quarter results are expected to be lackluster as a result.

Abbott Labs (Investor's Business Daily) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 03:12 PM PDT Investor's Business Daily - Abbott Labs , a pharmaceutical firm, is withdrawing its diet pill Meridia in the U.S. and Canada, at the FDA's request, almost a year after studies showed it increases the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients with a history of heart disease. Meridia was removed from European markets earlier this year. Abbott dipped 0.4% to 52.81.

On housing, Donilon at center of regulatory fight (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2010 03:16 AM PDT AP - Before President Barack Obama picked him to be his next national security adviser, Tom Donilon was a lobbyist for mortgage giant Fannie Mae and fought off congressional attempts to impose new regulations.

Geithner urges greater IMF role in currencies (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2010 07:05 AM PDT AP - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is urging the International Monetary Fund to play a bigger role in monitoring how countries manage their currencies.

Bank of America stops US foreclosures for review (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 11:19 PM PDT AP - Bank of America on Friday halted foreclosures on homes across the country so it could review paperwork in tens of thousands of cases for flaws, expanding a crisis at a perilous time for the housing market.

America moves on from spill; coast feels abandoned (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2010 08:55 AM PDT AP - Gulf Coast residents say they are feeling abandoned now that the nation's attention seems to be turning away from the oil spill.

RI Dem Caprio blasts Chafee on taxes in gov race (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 02:59 PM PDT AP - Rhode Island Democratic candidate for governor Frank Caprio on Friday criticized his independent rival Lincoln Chafee over Chafee's acknowledgment that his old Senate campaign committee of $18,400 in back taxes and fees due to a misunderstanding of tax regulations by his campaign treasurers.

Toyota to roll out 2 new cars under Prius name (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 02:39 PM PDT AP - Toyota plans to roll out two new cars under the Prius name by next year, according to a dealer briefed on the plans, as the automaker seeks to turn its popular hybrid into a family of vehicles.

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