Reuters: George Soros says Germany has a deflation problem.
Reuters: China helped keep the yuan’s value low by giving aid to Greece.
Reuters: China ignored EU comments about the yuan.
Reuters: Congress wants investigations into foreclosures.
Reuters: Retail experts believe holiday sales will be relatively good.
Reuters: Gold and oil both rose.
Reuters: Motorola (NYSE: MOT) and Verizon Wireless will sell phones aimed at business.
Reuters: Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) denied Android copyright claims by Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL).
Reuters: Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) will continue its quest to buy Crucell.
Reuters: GE (NYSE: GE) said Wellstream rejected its $1.2 billion bid.
WSJ: Central banks are aggressively at work on programs to stimulate their local economies.
WSJ: Holiday sales will be based heavily on discounts, according to The National Retail Federation.
WSJ: The US changed crash tests to make it harder to get the highest five star rating.
WSJ: Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) will offer rebates for its Lexus cars.
WSJ: NPD Group and Gartner say laptop sales have been hurt by tablet sales.
WSJ: Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) has turned to Google to distribute content across the web.
WSJ: USA Today cut 35 newsroom jobs.
WSJ: GM will build a compact car under the Buick brand.
WSJ: Motorola said it is open to running Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) mobile software on its smartphones.
WSJ: A number of retailers set up a program to compete with Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN).
WSJ: The IMF meeting will likely focus on to curb currency valuation increases in Asian and Latin America.
WSJ: The EU may make it harder for China telecom equipment makers to do business in the region.
WSJ: Novartis said discontinued drugs will damage its sales.
WSJ: Yum Brands (NYSE: YUM) said profits rose on sales in China.
WSJ: Qualcomm (NYSE: QCOM) stopped sales of mobile video devices.
WSJ: The ILFC aircraft lease unit of American International Group (NYSE: AIG) may be spun off.
WSJ: Reis Inc said rent prices moved up in the third quarter.
NYT: The National Retail Federation said holiday retail job increases will be low.
NYT: The federal government says the bailout costs are $29 billion.
FT: The IMF said its was concerned about currency wars.
FT: Wall St. said banks earnings will drop.
FT: Republicans plan to dismantle health care reform
Bloomberg: VW will sell more mid-sized vehicles in China.
Bloomberg: Wall St says women workers are not worth as much as men.
Douglas A. McIntyre