- AT&T landline operations at a glance
- Ivory Coast's SIFCA in farm deal with Asian firms
- ECB cuts rates record 75 bps, prices to hit target
- Migao Q4 profit surges on higher potash prices
- KB Financial may inject more funds into bank unit
- Preventing possible bankruptcies driving auto aid push
- Fitch: Outlook negative for US IT sector
- T&D may bid for AIG Japan units - report
- Turkey's Anel Elektrik cancels public offering
- INDICATORS - Lebanon - Updated Dec 3
- India Nov ETF gold collection down 0.7 pct on month
- Wall Street heads for lower open after rebound
- Islamic extremists being coaxed toward YouTube
- FACTBOX-Key facts about U.S. November auto sales
- Detroit CEOs take road less traveled to Washington
- Central Huijin lifts A-share holdings in CCB
- Tata Motors to raise up to $540 mln in deposits
- Stocks point to higher open after big drop
- GE expects to hit low-end of 4Q guidance
- WRAPUP 2-Tumbling vehicle sales prompt more output cuts
- Hawaiian Telcom files for bankruptcy protection
- Tata's Corus to cut work hours of 4,600 staff-report
- S.Korea Dongkuk drops builder buyout deal- paper
- TSMC shares fall 7 pct after cutting Q4 f'casts
- Financial Crisis - 1310 GMT
- Johnson & Johnson buying Mentor for $1.07B
- TNK-BP's CEO Dudley steps down, Summers interim CEO
- GLOBAL MARKETS-World stocks, oil fall after grim data
- Russia Rosneft Q3 net profit, revenues jump
- Kuwait, Dow to reduce value of JV to $16 bln-paper
- Australia's NAB to use govt guarantee on funding
- Babcock & Brown expects bank announcement Wednesday
- Beijing Centergate says chairman probed in scandal
- China Merchants Property sells $870 mln of shares
- Israel cenbank to extend forex purchase programme
- RPT-WRAPUP 1-Dubai's Palm builder cuts jobs, luxury defaults up
- Bank Mizrahi Q3 profit dips, bad debt provision up
- Israeli real estate firm Gazit-Globe posts Q3 loss
- Puerto Rico bus drivers seek $30 mln in back pay
- U.S. holiday sales get off to slow start
- U.S. Black Friday Web sales jump; gadgets popular
- OPEC ends Cairo meeting without new output cuts
- Russian president visits Cold War ally Castro
- India Tata Chemicals appoints new MD designate
- FDA sets safe level for melamine in infant formula
- Peru economy grows 9.5 pct in 3Q, region's fastest
- Stocks end short session with 5th straight gain
- Treasurys end month with yields near record lows
- FDA sets safe level for infant formula contaminant
- FDA defends U.S. infant formula; sets safe level
- Vietcombank to pay 12 pct maiden dividend on Dec 25
- Oil falls below $54 ahead of OPEC meeting
- WRAPUP 1-Chipmakers squeezed as downturn bites harder
- India cbank did not buy bonds in week to Nov 21
- Japan oil sales in Sept hit 20-year low on slowdown
- Argentine congress moves toward airline takeover
- Monster Worldwide founder McKelvey dies at 74
- Australia's AWB says in talks with ABB Grain
- Russian president visits Cold War ally Cuba
- Financials lead European shares higher, trade thin
- Oil falls to near $53 as US demand outlook worsens
- Australia's AWE says has cash for more acquisitions
- Venezuela, Russia say oil prices must stabilize
- Northstar may buy only 10-20 percent of Bumi - paper
- Obama adds econ advisers, says 'help on the way'
- Euro falls to session lows after Weber's comments
- RPT-UPDATE 2-Dow says $19 bln Kuwait petchem jv on track
- UAE regulator delays margin trading introduction
- Fed's new plans fail to depress dollar spreads
- Australia's Straits cuts copper output target
- WRAPUP 3-Rio Tinto under pressure on asset sales
- Steeelmakers POSCO, Angang rally after BHP drops bid
- NBC in talks for remaining Super Bowl ads
- TEXT-Fortescue says loading restarts after port shutdown
- Russia suspends power grid pricing reform
- EchoStar Corp. forms Dish Mexico, takes on Sky
- European, US markets trim gains on profit-taking
- Obama gets head start on using the bully pulpit
- Oil falls below $54 in Asia after rising overnight
- Treasury, Fed continue extensive bailout efforts
- China Citic pays 3.26 b yuan to buy metal firm stake
- China's Xuzhou Construction sees 2009 sales rising
- Asia to recover slowly,Japan deflation risk low-IMF
- Government plans massive Citigroup rescue effort
- Bush says Citigroup deal needed to protect system
- WRAPUP 5-US bails out Citi with $20 bln capital, guarantees
- Citi rescue fails to dispel all concerns
- Barclays gets $10 bln as Citi rescue resounds
- Sterlite says south India plant break down
- Suncorp flags rising asset impairment, shares fall
- Omaxe says Sukhversa ceases to be unit after stake sale
- Godawari Power withdraws proposal to buy back shares
- Israel preparing plan to guarantee pensions-media
- GLOBAL MARKETS WEEKAHEAD-Wanted: catalysts for buying
- Jaguar in UK govt talks for 1 bln stg loan -- paper
- TOPWRAP 1-Obama picks point men for crisis fight back
- RUSAL head says has money to pay tranche to Nornickel
- Russia's Medvedev to discuss oil consortium in Venezuela
- Caribbean leaders look to fight financial crisis
- APEC leaders say no to protectionism, yes to Doha
- Turkish PM says deposit guarantee to have limit
- CORRECTED - UPDATE 1-Supplier woes won't hurt Arcandor's Christmas sales
- Canada avoided banking pitfalls, central bank gov. says
- CORRECTED - TOPWRAP 1-Obama says long haul ahead, China offers help
- Interbank rates inch lower, spreads still strained
- Federal regulators shut 2 California thrifts
- Nomura to raise several billion in capital-media
- GM, Chrysler making deep cuts to hold on for loans
- PREVIEW-Black Friday sales intensify in U.S. downturn
- Russia spent $7-8 bn supporting rouble this wk-dealers
- Europe stocks extend losses as Wall St trim gains
- HIGHLIGHTS-ECB's Trichet-will take all data into account in Dec
- Wal-Mart names Duke to succeed Scott as CEO
- Century zinc mine may not close - Citigroup
- CORRECTED - UPDATE 1-Marsal to lead team of over 600 at Lehman
- Argentine Senate approves pension plan takeover
- RPT-Eicher board approves share buyback
- Oil dips under $50 on fears of deep recession
- UN peacekeepers needed in Somalia--African Union
- Ford shuffles manufacturing executive lineup
- Dow drops another 66 after falling 428 yesterday
- Stocks hit 5-½ yr lows on economy fears
- Peru and China conclude trade pact talks
- GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks hit 5-œ yr lows, Asia routed
- Japan's Itochu says to invest in China's Ting Hsin
- Samsung Heavy wins $1.45 bln drillship order
- TEXT-Israel's Scailex to deregister shares in U.S.
- FOREX-Dollar briefly pares losses vs yen after data
- Stocks head to lower open after dour economic data
- Lehman says French funds arm reforms as TOBAM
- Toyota to shut US, Canada plants for two days next month
- Futures drop on automaker woes, economic fears
- U.S. CEOs urge at least $300 bln fiscal stimulus
- Goldman sees zircon bucking commodities downtrend
- Nissan CEO Ghosn says H2 profit to go to "zero"
- China's Sinoma says Nigeria cement projects delayed
- XTL's diabetic pain drug fails in trial, shares sink
- Brazil stocks down early
- Saks posts bigger than expected 3Q loss
- Wall Street heads toward another volatile session
- Russia's OGK-3 buys $560 mln to hedge rouble fall
- Aluminium touches 3-yr low as demand fears rise
- S.Korea Hana Fin to raise $711 mln capital -paper
- Yahoo to replace Yang as CEO, ending rocky reign
- Taiwan's TSMC freezes hiring amid global downturn
- ESPN close on deal with Bowl Championship Series
- Bernstein sees loss at Goldman, cuts view on M. Stanley
- UAE firms slow hiring amid property sag-recruiters
- India's Ranbaxy says responds to U.S. FDA probe
- STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Bid talk helps Taylor Wimpey buck market fall
- Indonesia Q3 annual growth slowest in over a year
- FTSE off 1.7 pct as banks, commodity stocks slide
- Three bidders for stake in MNRB takaful unit-paper
- GLOBAL MARKETS-U.S. stock futures slip; dlr, yen up after G20
- Toyota plans zero-interest loans in Europe -media
- FEATURE-Global credit crisis hurts tiny loans in South Asia
- Kuwait says GE, Iberdrola, Siemens bid for plant
- Bangladesh October remittances up 17 pct on year
- Doha Bank seeks to issue new shares to QIA
- CORRECTED - UPDATE 1-Saudi Arabia has ample warchest for spending - c.bank
- EU slaps duties on China goods as G20 meets
- HKMA says injected HK$775 mln during NY trade Friday
- GM lobbying hard for U.S. bailout -Wall St Journal
- G20 leaders call for Doha breakthrough by year end
- UAW leader says blame economy for Detroit 3 woes
- Saudi king: $400 billion investment in oil sector
- Iran switches reserves to gold - report
- G20 Leaders at economic summit eye detection plan
- Europes faces more "difficult" qtrs- ECB's B-Smaghi
- World leaders panned over handling of financial crisis - poll
- Brazil's Sao Paulo state loses 10,000 jobs
- US gambling houses take a hit amid global slowdown
- Brazil's Mantega: World at risk of depression
- Sharp to cut output at main LCD plant-report
- Copper jumps 6 pct as worldwide equity markets rise
- HK's Wing Hang Bank to book loss on Iceland bonds
- TOPWRAP 4-Euro zone in recession, world leaders head for summit
- Godawari Power to reconsider share buyback
- Lenders criticize gov't mortgage aid program
- Could "Black Friday" be turning gray this year?
- Banks say they're using bailout money for loans
- Australias Incitec: completes institutional offer
- SAfrica to re-examine nuclear plant plan -official
- CITIC Pac jumps on bailout, but profit outlook bleak
- Russia's MICEX to resume stocks trade at 0905 GMT
- Kuwait halts bourse trade, c.bank creates bailout fund
- Office holiday parties are getting downsized
- Gov't considers changes to mortgage program
- LG, Sharp, Chunghwa plead guilty in US screens case
- Artists stage street scenes to lurk in Google maps
- Rouble 27.4704/dlr, 34.6220/euro by 0830 GMT
- Russian retailer Dixy prices new share issue
- Turkey c.bank says to support shift to lira loans
- European shares advance; miners, banks support
- Urals crude falls despite Russian export cut
- EMERGING MARKETS-LatAm stocks, currencies drop on economic fears
- Protesters attack Nissan's Spanish HQ over layoffs
- Peru's Antamina eyes 2008 output, expansion
- SNAPSHOT - Financial Crisis - 0650 GMT
- India shares drop 5 pct as recession worries return
- Mitsubishi Rayon to buy UK's Lucite for $1.6 bln
- Samsung Sec FYQ2 net falls on investment losses
- Canada premiers ask Ottawa for autos, credit help
- Dubai's DP World in deal to run 2 Algerian ports
- Wall Street declines as economic worries take over
- GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, oil fall as China plan euphoria wanes
- Brand new Apple iphones 3g 16gb & Samsung SGH Omnia i900, T-Mobile Android HTC G1, U
- IVRCL Infra bags 8.93-bln rupee irrigation contract
- European indexes seen up 2.9-3.6 pct -bookmakers
- India L&T consortium wins $520 mln order
- Power Finance to raise 3-4 bln rupees via bonds
- Travelodge declares price war on UK hotel rivals
- Russia producers cut Nov oil exports, cite high duty
- France welcomes Chinese spending plan
- Zoo animals, James Bond draw moviegoers worldwide
- Democrats want Bush to help ailing automakers
- Rio Tinto eyes joint ventures with China - paper
- Brazil demands sweeping global financial overhaul
- Retailer Li & Fung to layoff staff, cut costs
- Greece sees bids for Olympic sale in Dec-paper
- OPEC president: Oil cuts likely if no price rally
- SNAPSHOT - Financial Crisis - 1600 GMT
- World business leaders warn of more financial pain
- Two insurers reject government aid
- Regulators shut banks in Texas, Calif
- Regulators shut Security Pacific Bank in Calif.
- Berkshire reports 77 percent drop in 3Q earnings
- US STOCKS-Search for bargains lifts Wall Street
- Europe shares extend gains as Wall Street rises
- E.W. Scripps cuts 400 newspaper jobs
- Ford announces $129M 3Q loss, burns $7.7B in cash
- Mirvac Real Estate says refinances $417 mln loan
- Eaton to slow pace of acquisitions, keeps 2010 rev goal-CEO
- Powerchip shares jump on hopes of Elpida help
- RPT-UPDATE 1-Vishal defers fund raising, pares growth plan
- World markets tumble on renewed economic fears
- Without Google's help, Yahoo's options limited
- FTSE pares losses after BoE hefty rate cut
- Russian steel maker MMK suspends most investments
- Toyota yr operating profit seen at 8-yr low -paper
- GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks drop as global recession fears grow
- RPT-Great Offshore says commences charter worth $6 mln
- RPT-India's Sun Pharma to sell Sinemet generic in US
- Greece says 13 groups express interest in Olympic Air
- Georgia economy "well placed" to recover from war -IMF
- Sara Lee's fiscal 1Q profit rises 15 percent
- Japan's Itochu to invest in Pure Nickel's MAN property
- Westpac cuts home loan rate by 65 basis points
- PMA says Harvester hedge fund up 4.83 pct in Oct
- Recalls: TV toys, fabric protector