REUTERS - Market Indices, Nov 01, 2011

All American Indices

Data as of 1 Nov 2011. All quotes delayed at least 15 minutes.

Symb	Index	Mkt Report	Time	Last	Chg	Chg %
.DJI	Dow Jones Industrial Average	View	4:30pm EDT	11,657.96	-297.05	-2.48%
.IXIC	Nasdaq Composite Index	View	5:30pm EDT	2,606.96	-77.45	-2.89%
.NYA	NYSE Composite Index		6:47pm EDT	7,337.14	-227.89	-3.01%
.TRXFLDUSP	Thomson Reuters Equity US Index		6:00pm EDT	110.70	-3.25	-2.85%
.TRXFLDCAP	Thomson Reuters Equity Canada Index		6:00pm EDT	230.24	-2.63	-1.13%
.TRXFLDLAPU	Thomson Reuters Equity Latin America		5:00pm EDT	401.69	-8.65	-2.11%
.NIN	NYSE International 100 Index		6:47pm EDT	4,644.62	-157.46	-3.28%
.NTM	NYSE TMT Index		6:47pm EDT	5,487.70	-135.83	-2.42%
.NUS	NYSE US 100 Index		6:47pm EDT	5,325.14	-153.59	-2.80%
.NWL	NYSE World Leaders Index		6:47pm EDT	5,106.07	-157.94	-3.00%
.GSPTSE	S&P/TSX Composite Index	View	4:38pm EDT	12,115.10	-136.96	-1.12%
.XAX	AMEX Composite Index	View	6:47pm EDT	2,233.41	-38.79	-1.71%
.IIX	Inter@ctive Week Internet Index ADJ		6:47pm EDT	286.35	-9.05	-3.06%
.NWX	AMEX Network Index		6:47pm EDT	235.76	-8.68	-3.55%
.XMI	AMEX Major Market Index 905 to 1000		6:47pm EDT	1,271.39	-31.96	-2.45%
.XOI	AMEX Oil Index		6:47pm EDT	1,187.49	-33.77	-2.77%
.XAL	AMEX Airline Index 300 TO 395		6:47pm EDT	33.49	-0.95	-2.76%
.QQV	QQQ Volatility Index		6:47pm EDT	30.04	+4.16	+16.07%
.MXX	MXSE IPC	View	4:07pm EDT	35,742.57	-417.42	-1.15%
.BATSK	BATS 1000 Index		4:00pm EDT	13,879.57	-391.61	-2.74%

All European Indices

Data as of 1 Nov 2011. All quotes delayed at least 15 minutes.

Symb	Index	Mkt Report	Time	Last	Chg	Chg %
.TRXFLDEXPU	Thomson Reuters Europe (ex UK & Ire)		2:35pm EDT	125.02	-7.32	-5.53%
.TRXFLDEEPU	Thomson Reuters Em Mkt Europe		1:30pm EDT	315.08	-12.85	-3.92%
.TRXFLDGBP	Thomson Reuters Equity UK Index		3:00pm EDT	100.19	-2.37	-2.31%
.TRXFLDDEP	Thomson Reuters Equity Germany Index		3:00pm EDT	104.97	-5.17	-4.69%
.TRXFLDFRP	Thomson Reuters Equity France Index		3:00pm EDT	96.43	-5.32	-5.23%
.FTSE	FTSE 100 Index	View	12:35pm EDT	5,421.57	-122.65	-2.21%
.GDAXI	DAX Index	View	12:45pm EDT	5,834.51	-306.83	-5.00%
.FCHI	CAC 40 Index	View	1:04pm EDT	3,068.33	-174.51	-5.38%
.SSMI	SMI Index	View	12:30pm EDT	5,588.57	-142.70	-2.49%
.SMSI	Madrid General Index		12:39pm EDT	863.68	-37.50	-4.16%
.OMXSPI	OMX Stockholm All Share Index		12:30pm EDT	294.79	-13.84	-4.48%
.OMXHPI	OMX Helsinki All Share Index		12:30pm EDT	5,523.15	-205.25	-3.58%
.OMXC20	OMX Copenhagen 20 Index		11:59am EDT	353.64	-9.13	-2.52%
.OSEAX	Oslo Exchange All-share Index		1:15pm EDT	420.55	-17.55	-4.01%
.ISEQ	ISEQ Overall Index		1:00pm EDT	2,608.19	-116.47	-4.27%
.AEX	AEX Amsterdam Index	View	1:10pm EDT	296.19	-11.31	-3.68%
.BFX	Bell 20 Index	View	1:10pm EDT	2,059.30	-79.88	-3.73%
.IBEX	Ibex 35 Index	View	12:37pm EDT	8,579.60	-375.30	-4.19%
.BVLG	PSI General		1:08pm EDT	2,235.53	-74.59	-3.23%
.STOXX50	DJ Stoxx 50 ETF	View	19 Oct 2011	2,256.47	+13.31	+0.59%

Asia/Pacific Indices

Data as of 1 Nov 2011. All quotes delayed at least 15 minutes.

Symb	Index	Mkt Report	Time	Last	Chg	Chg %
.TRXFLDJPP	Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index		30 Oct 2011	65.92	+0.00	+0.00%
.TRXFLDHKP	Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index		31 Oct 2011	216.48	-5.76	-2.59%
.TRXFLDCNP	Thomson Reuters Equity China Index		5:00am EDT	263.37	+0.17	+0.06%
.TRXFLDINP	Thomson Reuters Equity India Index		8:30am EDT	574.03	-6.47	-1.11%
.N225	Nikkei Stock Average 225	View	31 Oct 2011	8,835.52	-152.87	-1.70%
.HSI	Hang Seng Index	View	31 Oct 2011	19,369.96	-494.91	-2.49%
.AORD	ASX All Ordinaries Index	View	27 Oct 2011	4,403.90	+103.10	+2.40%
.KS11	KOSPI Index		31 Oct 2011	1,909.63	+0.60	+0.03%
.FTSTI	Straits Times Index		31 Oct 2011	2,789.35	-66.42	-2.33%
.JKSE	Jakarta Composite		31 Oct 2011	3,685.01	-105.83	-2.79%
.PSI	PSE Composite Index		27 Oct 2011	4,333.72	+0.00	+0.00%
.KSE	Karachi SE 100 Index		7:59am EDT	11,762.72	-106.16	-0.89%
.SSEC	Shanghai Composite Index		3:15am EDT	2,470.02	+1.77	+0.07%
.TWII	Taiwan SE Weighted Index		3:16am EDT	7,622.01	+34.32	+0.45%

Africa/Middle East Indices

Data as of 1 Nov 2011. All quotes delayed at least 15 minutes.

Symb	Index	Mkt Report	Time	Last	Chg	Chg %
.TRXFLDAFPU	Thomson Reuters Equity Africa Index		12:35pm EDT	279.28	-10.37	-3.58%
.TRXFLDZAP	Thomson Reuters Equity Sth Africa Index		1:00pm EDT	450.32	-5.85	-1.28%
.JALSH	JSE FTSE All Share Index		11:00am EDT	31,724.22	-624.32	-1.93%
.TA100	TA 100 Index		10:14am EDT	994.20	-30.26	-2.95%
.XU100	ISE National 100 Index		11:30am EDT	54,851.52	-1,209.95	-2.16%

CNN News - Greece plays chicken with its people – and Europe – Business 360, Nov 01, 2011

November 1st, 2011

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London (CNN) – The Greek government’s call for a referendum on its aid package is effectively a high-risk game of chicken with its people - and the eurozone peers who have kept the country afloat, analysts say.

Last night’s surprise move by Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou to seek the people’s voice on the unpopular rescue package plunged European markets deep in the red on open Tuesday, as they scrambled to understand the sudden lurch away from last week’s acceptance of the triple-pronged euro crisis response plan.

The European rescue plan - despite a lack of detail - was the substantive response markets had been seeking for months. But Papandreou’s move has thrown the plans into disarray.

Eurozone crisis fears are again sweeping the world - but this time, with more urgency than ever.

CNN News - Greek surprise sends shock waves through markets, Nov 01, 2011

By Elinda Labropoulou, CNN

November 1, 2011 -- Updated 2120 GMT (0520 HKT)

Greece calls surprise bailout vote

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• NEW: Dow Jones down 300 points after a day of global market losses
• Former deputy finance minister speculates the referendum may not take place
• Europe needs to push ahead with the deal, White House spokesman says
• A rejection of the deal could send Greece crashing out of the euro

Athens, Greece (CNN) -- Stock markets in the United States and Europe dropped Tuesday after Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou stunned the world by calling a national referendum on international aid for his country.

A "No" vote could theoretically force Greece to crash out of the euro and send shock waves through the global financial system.

Papandreou is seeking public backing from the Greek people for last week's bailout deal, which took months to hammer out.

But the move has created turmoil in domestic politics, with Papandreou forced to hold an emergency Cabinet meeting late Tuesday, and angered his European counterparts.

REUTERS - Greek vote brings uncertainty back to Wall Street, Nov 01, 2011

By Edward Krudy

NEW YORK | Tue Nov 1, 2011 4:40pm EDT

(Reuters) - Stocks tumbled on Tuesday after investors were blindsided by a surprise call for a Greek referendum on an EU bailout plan, casting doubt on the sustainability of the recent market rally.

The S&P 500 has slid more than 5 percent so far this week in moves reminiscent of the stomach-churning market swings seen over the past two months and after investors thought the worst of the euro zone debt crisis was over.

The speedy pullback comes after stocks rebounded to post their best month in 20 years in October. The gains were fueled by hope for an eventual deal to rescue Greece, finally agreed upon at last week's European Union summit.

"The fact that we gave it back as quick as we did in two days is very concerning," said Ari Wald, an analyst at Brown Brothers Harriman.

REUTERS - Did accounting help sink Corzine’s MF Global?, Oct 01, 2011

On Monday morning, MF Global, the global brokerage for commodities and derivatives, filed for bankruptcy. The firm’s roots go back over two centuries, but in less than two years under CEO Jon Corzine, whose stellar resume includes serving as the chairman of Goldman Sachs, as New Jersey’s U.S. Senator, and as New Jersey’s governor, MF Global collapsed, after buying an enormous amount of European sovereign debt. The instant wisdom is that he made a big bet as part of his plan to transform MF Global into a firm like Goldman Sachs, which executes trades on behalf of its clients, and also puts its own money at stake. Although the size of the wager has received a great deal of scrutiny, the accounting and the disclosure surrounding it have not–and may have played a role in the firm’s demise.

In the 24 hours since the filing, more ugly questions have piled up, with the New York Timesreporting that hundreds of millions of dollars of customer money have gone missing, and the AP saying that a federal official says that MF Global has admitted to using clients’ money as its problems mounted. Whether this was intentional or sloppy remains to be seen; MF Global didn’t respond to a request for comment by press time.

REUTERS - Yankees general manager signs new three-year dea, Nov 01, 2011

Tue Nov 1, 2011 12:55pm EDT

(Reuters) - General manager Brian Cashman has signed a three-year contract to remain with the New York Yankees, the American League team said on Tuesday.

Cashman, 44, has been the Yankees' GM since 1998, helping the team to four World Series titles and six American League championships. His previous contract expired on Monday.

The announcement comes a day after Cashman signed standout left-hander CC Sabathia to a contract extension that could keep with the team through the 2017 season.

(Reporting by Gene Cherry in Salvo, North Carolina)

REUTERS - Syria says reaches deal with Arab League on unrest, Nov 01, 2011

State media reported "agreement regarding a final document on the situation in Syria," without giving details, saying an official announcement would be made at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo on Wednesday.

But a senior Arab League official said the organization was still awaiting a response from Damascus to proposals for halting the bloodshed, which activists said continued on Tuesday with two civilians shot dead by Assad's forces in Homs and two soldiers killed by army deserters in an ambush.

One activist said gunmen dragged nine people, all of them from Assad's minority Alawite sect, from a bus on a road between the cities of Homs and Hama, and killed them.

REUTERS - Greece risks meltdown after bailout vote bombshell, Nov 01, 2011

Greek referendum won't fix debt problem: Former FinMin (05:12)

By Dina Kyriakidou and Lefteris Papadimas

ATHENS | Tue Nov 1, 2011 5:12pm EDT

(Reuters) - The Greek government faced possible collapse on Tuesday as ruling party lawmakers demanded Prime Minister George Papandreou resign for throwing the nation's euro membership into jeopardy with a shock call for a referendum.

Caught unawares by his high-stakes gamble, the leaders of France and Germany summoned Papandreou to crisis talks in Cannes on Wednesday to push for a quick implementation of Greece's new bailout deal ahead of a summit of the G20 major world economies.

The euro and global stocks were pummeled on financial markets after the Greek move threw into question the survival of crucial efforts to contain the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis.

Six senior members of Greece's ruling PASOK socialists, angered by his decision to call a plebiscite on the 130 billion euro rescue package agreed only last week, said Papandreou should make way for a "politically legitimate" administration.

CBS News - Libyan leader wants chemical weapons gone, Oct 31, 2011

"Heavy weapons are seen in an unguarded storage facility in the desert, some 62 miles south of Sirte, Libya, Oct. 26, 2011. (AP Photo)

Anger In The Arab World
NATO claims success in Libya
Endgame in Libya
The future of Libya
Libyan leader wants chemical weapons gone
NATO ending 7-month mission in Libya
Complete Coverage »
(AP) TRIPOLI, Libya - Libya's interim prime minister on Sunday confirmed the presence of chemical weapons in Libya and said foreign inspectors would arrive later this week to deal with the issue.
Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril said Libya has no interest in keeping such weapons.
"We would like to assure you that the new Libya will be a peaceful Libya and that it is in our interest to have no weapons in Libya," he told reporters.
Special Section: Anger in the Arab World
NATO ending 7-month mission in Libya
ICC confirms indirect talks with Saif Qaddafi"

REUTERS - UNESCO gives Palestinians full membership, Oct 31, 2011

"By John Irish
PARIS | Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:21am EDT
(Reuters) - The United Nations' cultural agency decided Monday to give the Palestinians full membership of the body, a vote that will boost their bid for recognition as a state at the United Nations.
UNESCO is the first U.N. agency the Palestinians have joined as a full member since President Mahmoud Abbas applied for full membership of the United Nations on September 23.
The United States, Canada, Germany and Holland voted against Palestinian membership. Brazil, Russia, China, India, South Africa and France voted in favor. Britain and Italy abstained."

CBS News - Syria warns: "Whole region" could burn, Oct 30, 2011

"An anti-Syrian regime protester burns a poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad, during a protest following Friday prayers in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. Arabic reads: "The silence of lambs." (AP Photo)
Anger In The Arab World
NATO claims success in Libya
Endgame in Libya
The future of Libya
Syria warns: "Whole region" could burn
Syrian troops shell Homs after protests
Complete Coverage »
(AP) BEIRUT - Syrian President Bashar Assad warned against Western intervention in his country's 7-month-old uprising, saying such action would trigger an "earthquake" that "would burn the whole region."
Assad comments, published in an interview with Britain's Sunday Telegraph, were made against a backdrop of growing calls from anti-regime protesters for a no-fly zone over Syria and increasingly frequent clashes between government troops and army defectors, the latest of which left at least 30 troops dead Saturday."

REUTERS - Insight: Firms to charge smokers, obese more for healthcare, Oct 30, 2011

"By Jilian Mincer

Sun Oct 30, 2011 4:36pm EDT
(Reuters) - Like a lot of companies, Veridian Credit Union wants its employees to be healthier. In January, the Waterloo, Iowa-company rolled out a wellness program and voluntary screenings.
It also gave workers a mandate - quit smoking, curb obesity, or you'll be paying higher healthcare costs in 2013. It doesn't yet know by how much, but one thing's for certain - the unhealthy will pay more.
The credit union, which has more than 500 employees, is not alone."

REUTERS - Eva Amurri, Susan Sarandon's daughter, marries beau, Oct 30, 2011

Actress and host Eva Amurri poses at a party celebrating the opening of a new Louis Vuitton store in Santa Monica, California August 19, 2010.

Credit: Reuters/Mario Anzuoni

LOS ANGELES | Sun Oct 30, 2011 6:13pm EDT

(Reuters) - Actress Eva Amurri, the oldest child of Susan Sarandon, married former soccer pro Kyle Martino on Saturday, People magazine reported.

The couple, engaged since December, tied the knot in Charleston, South Carolina. Sarandon and her former partner Tim Robbins, who helped raise Amurri, hosted the weekend's festivities.

Officiating at the ceremony was Sister Helen Prejean, the nun portrayed by Sarandon in Robbins' 1995 film "Dead Man Walking." Amurri, 26, had a small role in the film, playing her mother's character as a child.

Amurri's film work has included roles in "The Banger Sister," "Saved!" and "The Life Before Her Eyes." Her father is Italian director Franco Amurri. She has two half-brothers, Sarandon's sons with Robbins.

Martino, 30, retired from Major League Soccer in 2008 and is now a soccer commentator. He and Amurri chose historic Charleston for their wedding because his parents live there.

(Reporting by Sheri Linden; Editing by Jerry Norton)

REUTERS - Russia launches first space flight since crash, Oct 30, 2011

Russian rocket launches toward ISS (00:43)

MOSCOW | Sun Oct 30, 2011 3:31pm EDT

(Reuters) - Russia launched its first unmanned space flight to supply the International Space Station Sunday since an August crash left a half-sized crew on the orbital outpost and raised concerns over Moscow's role as the sole space flight provider.

The Progress freighter blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan as scheduled at 6:11 a.m. EDT, carrying supplies to the station, a $100 billion project funded by 16 nations currently orbiting about 240 miles above Earth.