Zynga posts at the high end of its IPO range and will raise $1 billion. (Reuters)
Congress reaches a tentative deal to keep the government open. (Reuters)
Bill Gross’s PIMCO Total Return Fund continues to do poorly. (Reuters)
The maker of Angry Birds may have its IPO in Hong Kong. (Reuters)
Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) will begin the sale of its asset management business. (Reuters)
Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) delays its QNX system until 2012, an unexpected development. (Reuters)
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) struggles to gain market share in China. (Reuters)
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) enters the HR software industry. (Reuters)
Sony (NYSE: SNE) will launch its Vita device. (WSJ)
Battelle Memorial Institute reports that R&D spending should increase next year. (WSJ)
The International Monetary Fund’s Lagarde says all major nations must help Europe. (WSJ)
United, Delta (NYSE: DAL) and US Airways (NYSE: LCC) begin to challenge Southwest (NYSE: LUV) at the low end of the price market. (WSJ)
The CEO of the New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) departs. (WSJ)
Investors in Sino-Forest ask the CEO to leave. (WSJ)
Facebook will release new software to make it easier for advertisers to use the social network. (WSJ)
MF Global’s Jon Corzine says he knew about fund transfers to Europe. (WSJ)
Japanese regulators again attack Citigroup (NYSE: C) over its mutual fund sales. (WSJ)
Property prices in Asia fall quickly. (WSJ)
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) cuts 1,600 jobs. (WSJ)
Some retailers will have “Super Saturday” before Christmas. (NYT)
Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI) to bet its $21 billion buyout of El Paso Corp. (NYSE: EP) will give it a chance to enter the booming natural gas market. (NYT)
Russia may invest $20 billion in an EU bailout, with the money moving through the IMF. (NYT)
The co-CEOs of RIM will cut their salaries to $1. (FT)
Fitch cuts the ratings of Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) and Barclays (NYSE: BCS). (Bloomberg)
PSA Peugeot Citroen , Fiat SpA and General Motors (NYSE: GM) lead a drop in European car sales. (Bloomberg)
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