Spain’s unemployment rate rose to 21.5% last quarter. (MarketWatch)
EU officials not expecting China to invest in the region’s bailout, despite reports to the contrary. (Reuters)
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) to keep its PC unit. (Reuters)
MF Global (NYSE: MF) loses clients because of reports of its poor performance. (Reuters)
Samsung smartphone sales move ahead of Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) and the Korean company says it expects a strong Q4. Samsung had 23.8% of the global smartphone market in the third quarter, 9 points higher than Apple. (Reuters)
Water use is growing faster than the world’s population, according to the World Resources Institute. (Reuters)
Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) and potential bidders are at odds over a complex nondisclosure agreement. (Reuters)
Baidu’s (NASDAQ: BIDU) earnings rise sharply as search revenue in China climbs. The local search engine now has 80% of the market. (Reuters)
Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) sets up a surveillance system in India to help the government track BlackBerry use. (WSJ)
JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) will not charge customers who use their debit cards for purchases. (WSJ)
Ahead of IPOs, the heads of Groupon and Zynga set up share systems that will give them more voting rights. (WSJ)
Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) may try to find a buyer. (WSJ)
Poor results put Avon’s (NYSE: AVP) CEO Andrea Jung under pressure. (WSJ)
The NYSE and Nasdaq increase their competition for IPO listings. (WSJ)
Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) is close to a deal to buy EMI. (WSJ)
Chrysler posts a $212 million quarterly profit. (WSJ)
A study by the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire shows relocations in the U.S. have slowed. (NYT)
Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) loses both voice and cable subscribers. (FT)
France may have to make more budget cuts to keep its AAA rating. (Bloomberg)
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