** MORNING WRAP **

** US MARKETS **
Dow 0,27%; Nasdaq -0,14%; S&P -0,22%; Soxx 0,41%; Russel2k 0,35%; DJAIG 0,52%;
10yr Bond -0,04%; 10yr Yield 4,72%; Crude future 58,72; Gold 627,9

| Energy 1,87%| Industrials -0,25%| Financials -0,27%| Materials -0,35%|
Technology -0,44%| Telecom -0,5%| Healthcare -0,5%| ConsStaples -0,62%| ConsDisc
-0,7%| Utilities -0,74%

Bonus Payments at Top Five Wall Street Firms Surge to Record $36 Billion
- KKR, Goldman Agree to Buy Linde’s Fork-Lift Truck Unit for $5.1 Billion
- Stocks in U.S. Become Cheaper vs Earnings in Bull Market, Sustaining Rally
- Bush’s Budget Deficit Might Shrink More With Democrats Controlling House
- Ford Bonds Rally on Plan to Seek New Secured Loan; S&P Threatens Downgrade
- Utility Stock Gains Set to Slow After World’s Biggest Rally This Year
- AIG, First in China, Plans to Open Four Life-Insurance Branches Next Year
- Treasury Bond Investors Give Up on Interest Rate Cut After Job, Wage Gains
- Uranium, Commodity Choice of Tudor, Adit, May Beat Oil, Metals for Decade
- California, Florida, Texas Voters Consider Record $80 Billion in Borrowing

** ASIAN MARKETS **
Nikkei 0,09%; Kospi 0,34%; HSI 0,33%; Taiwan -0,57%; China 0,75%; India 0,29%;
Thailand 0,01%; Australia 0,24%

- Aozora Initial Public Offering Raises $3 Billion, Less Than Maximum Sought
- Asian Exporters Drop on U.S. Rate Outlook; Sony, Samsung Electronics Fall
- Honda Bets on FuelEfficient Civic to Extend U.S. Sales Gains Next Year
- Takeda Cuts Profit Forecast After Second-Quarter Earnings Drop 47 Percent
- Global Wool, Dairy Prices May Rise as Record Australian Drought Worsens
- Toshiba Plans First Bond Sale Since 2002 to Finance Westinghouse Purchase
- MMC, Partner, Receive a $30 Billion Project to Build City in Saudi Arabia
- Japanese Stocks May Fall Further Behind Worldwide Rally as Earnings Slump
- Toyota May Report Profit Gained 15 Percent on Weaker Yen, Overseas Sales

** EUROPE: IN PLAY TODAY **

- Bank of England May Raise Rate to Five-Year High to Bring Down Inflation
- Oil Falls Below $59 a Barrel in the Absence of Action by Nigeria Militants

- Air France-KLM Group: Europe’s largest airline is scheduled to release October
traffic figures.

- 888 Holdings Plc: Ladbrokes Plc (LAD LN), the world’s largest publicly traded
gaming group, said it’s in ``early’’ discussions with 888, the U.K.’s No. 2 Web
gambling provider, about a possible takeover.

- HeidelbergCement AG: Germany’s biggest cement maker plans to release
third-quarter results. The company may say profit rose 16 percent, a survey of
analysts showed.

- Linde Group: The world’s largest maker of industrial gases said it sold its
Kion forklift division to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group
Inc.’s private-equity unit for 4 billion euros ($5.1 billion).

- Ryanair Holdings Plc: Europe’s biggest low-cost carrier plans to release
fiscal second-quarter results. The company will probably say profit surged as
passenger numbers and charges for checking baggage rose, according to analysts
surveyed by Bloomberg News.

- Telecom Italia SpA: Italy’s largest telephone company plans to release quarter
results. The company may say third-quarter profit fell on declining revenue at
its domestic fixed-line business and as a gain from the sale of a Peruvian
wireless unit wasn’t repeated.

- Volkswagen AG: Europe’s largest carmaker may cut jobs in western Europe while
boosting employment at its location in Wolfsburg, Germany, Frankfurter
Allgemeine Zeitung reported, without saying where it got the information.