Reuters: BP plc (NYSE: BP) says its $20 billion escrow has paid out 19,000 claims which total $240 million.
Reuters: The US said that BP has “killed” the leaking well.
Reuters: Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) said it will test new pricing packages for customers to help recoup $4.3 billion in sales from new restriction on bank and credit card fees.
Reuters: Nissan will double capacity in China.
Reuters: General Growth will pay $230 million to Howard Hughes’s heirs to settle land disputes in Las Vegas.
Reuters: The Federal Reserve holds the key as to whether stocks break their current trading range.
Reuters: Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) launched new hardware to manage cloud computing.
Reuters: Facebook says it will not build its own phone.
Reuters: Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) new iPhone will go on sale in China.
Reuters: Samsung released its Galaxy tablet in the US.
Reuters: General Mills said it had no comment about possibly buying Yoplait.
Reuters: SAIC approached GM about buying a stake.
Reuters: Sinochem may seek Chinese government support to bid for Potash (NYSE: POT)
WSJ: The “cookies” installed on PCs to track behavior are causing privacy and legal issues.
WSJ: Verizon (NYSE: VZ) will name Lowell McAdam, the head of its wireless unit, as president and chief operating officer.
WSJ: Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is closer to naming a new CEO, probably from inside the company.
WSJ: Apple is beginning to talk to publishers about an electronic newsstand.
WSJ: Limits to productivity may help create new jobs.
WSJ: Gold and silver prices are near highs.
WSJ: An Indian company, Sahara India Pariwa, is in talks to buy MGM.
WSJ: Marketers and customizing ads for internet TV.
WSJ: The R&D capacity of IBM (NYSE: IBM) is a benefit to its shareholders.
WSJ: Bond markets are getting risky and buyers bid prices of junk debt higher.
WSJ: The number of women on Wall St has dropped in the last decade.
WSJ: EPA restrictions of air pollution have drawn business resistance.
WSJ: Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) will set up a system with FedEx (NYSE: FDX) for free shipment of items bought online to the freight company’s city locations where the retailer has few stores.
WSJ: News Corp (NYSE: NWS) and Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) are in a fight over the fees charged to get programs to subscribers.
WSJ: Bonds are now the most profitable products on Wall St.
WSJ: US oil supply has moved to the highest level since 1983.
WSJ: Small IPOs have the best returns on their first day of trading.
WSJ: Hong Kong plans to expand its four-hour trading day.
NYT: Revenue at Wall St firms dropped this summer.
NYT: Some people over 50 fear that the economy could prevent them from ever finding work.
NYT: The fight over Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) is a based on different visions of the future of digital books.
NYT: Japan video game makers may begin to benchmark competition in the West.
NYT: The FOMC notes are likely to show more debate on stimulus efforts.
NYT: The use of low-powered ARM chips is growing fast.
FT: Walmart will begin to push the building of smaller stores.
FT: M&A in emerging markets may begin to surpass deal in traditionally huge markets like the US and EU.
FT: Stress tests of Greek banks are delayed so that firms can raise more money.
Bloomberg: The EU debt crisis may be disappearing as bond spreads drop.
Bloomberg: Airbus may launch an upgraded version of its popular A320.
Bloomberg: BP faces challenges to begin drilling in the Gulf again.
Bloomberg: Cotton rose above $1 for the first time since 1995.
Douglas A. McIntyre
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