AP - Wall Street has been stewing in uncertainty over the economic impact of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, but a new batch of data due in the week ahead will help clarify the situation.

Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - Global indicators were mixed for North American stock markets early Monday as oil prices rose and 2005's fourth quarter got underway.

Reuters - The dollar extended a rally on Tuesday, striking a three-month high against the euro and holding near a 16-month high against the yen as another Federal Reserve official said U.S. interest rates need to rise further.

Reuters - Network infrastructure firm ADC Telecommunications Inc. on Tuesday forecast fiscal fourth-quarter earnings from continuing operations at 15 to 19 cents a share, below analysts expectations.

Reuters - Tokyo's Nikkei share average fell 2.16 percent on Thursday and was set to book its worst one-day drop in almost six months after a sell-off on Wall Street prompted investors to unload stocks seen as overvalued.

Reuters - U.S. stock index futures indicate a stronger start on Wall Street on Friday, helping markets limit this week's slide, but trading is likely to be cautious ahead of key non-farm payrolls data.

AP - Oil prices fell substantially last week, yet the stock market dropped to its lowest levels since early July. People who are used to seeing stocks rise as oil prices fall could very well wonder what happened. Richard Fisher happened.

AP - U.S. stock markets were looking firmer Monday amid an important week of economic data. An upgrade of International Business Machines and a possible $16 billion deal in the insurance sector also may lift sentiment, though Delphi's bankruptcy filing over the weekend hit shares of former parent General Motors in pre-open moves.

AP - Sporting-goods maker K2 Inc. slashed its fiscal 2005 earnings and sales estimates, citing softness in the paintball business.

AP - Apple Computer's revenue shortfall and rising oil prices pulled on U.S. stock market futures in early trade Wednesday.

AP - Winnebago Industries Inc. on Thursday said earnings for the fourth quarter fell almost 20 percent as deliveries of its motor homes declined amid an industrywide downturn.

AP - U.S. stock market futures edged higher Friday, with industrial bellwether General Electric posting third-quarter earnings that met expectations, and a flurry of economic data set to be released that could ratchet up inflation concerns.

Reuters - Investors will face a barrage of U.S. corporate earnings this week, including reports from heavyweights 3M Co. and Intel Corp. , among companies expected to provide clues about the health of the U.S. economy.

AP - The Asian Wall Street Journal scrapped its broadsheet printing style and tweaked its name Monday as it rolled out a new paper with a smaller tabloid format called 'The Wall Street Journal Asia.'

AP - Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG on Tuesday reported a 14 percent increase in third-quarter earnings on strong sales growth and lower marketing expenses.

Reuters - Keane , a business and technology outsourcing company, on Wednesday said its quarterly profit rose 10 percent on higher revenue, but exceeded expectations thanks to a one-time tax benefit.

Reuters - Japan's Nikkei share average rose 0.7 percent on Thursday and was on track to snap a six-day losing streak as gains on Wall Street encouraged investors to pick up Advantest Corp. (6857.T) and other technology stocks.

AP - Toshiba Corp. revised upward its forecast for group profit for the fiscal half-year Friday as solid sales in chips and other electronics parts helped lift earnings.

AP - Caterpillar Inc. shares skidded more than 9 percent Friday after record third-quarter earnings still fell short of Wall Street's expectations and the construction equipment maker issued a lower profit forecast for the year.

Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - It could be another nail-biter of a week for investors as they wonder where the Toronto stock market's energy-sector-led correction will settle.

AP - Schering AG raised its profit forecast for the year on Monday as the drugmaker reported that third-quarter earnings rose 29 percent on improved sales of its birth control drug and lowered costs.

AP - Energy group BP PLC, one of the world's largest oil companies, reported a 34 percent rise in quarterly profit Tuesday as record energy prices more than outweighed hurricane damage to its rigs and refineries.

Reuters - Japan's Sharp Corp. (6753.T) said on Wednesday its operating profit fell a worse-than-expected 3 percent in the first half on sliding flash memory prices and sluggish sales of small liquid crystal displays, but kept its full-year outlook.

FT.com - European stocks were poised for opening falls on Thursday after a weak session on Wall Street following profit warnings, but a busy earnings diary was likely to keep investors focused on Europe.

AP - Kia Motors Corp. reported Friday that third-quarter net profit fell by nearly half from a year ago, along with an operating loss on higher raw material costs, production lost to a strike and a stronger Korean currency.

TechWeb - The company's overall revenue guidance for the full fiscal year ending June 30 remains the same: between $43.7 billion and $44.5 billion.

AP - Wall Street is spooked, and it has nothing to do with Halloween. The volatility of the past few weeks, with stocks making big gains and suffering big losses — sometimes in back-to-back sessions — shows a market bogged down by uncertainty and treating each earnings report or piece of economic data as a portent, mostly dire, of things to come.

Reuters - Japan's Hitachi Ltd. (6501.T) posted a 48 percent fall in quarterly profit on Monday, hurt by its loss-making hard disk drive operations, and it cut its full-year forecast more than expected, sending its shares lower.