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Reuters - Japan's Nikkei rose 0.4 percent on Monday as investors bought Fanuc Ltd and other large-cap shares after the Bank of Japan's tankan survey showed manufacturers remained optimistic despite turmoil in global credit markets.

FT.com - Indian property companies are expected to raise hundreds of millions of dollars on overseas stock markets by listing real estate trusts in the coming months amid tightening restrictions on lending to the sector.

FT.com - Merrill Lynch and Citigroup (NYSE:C) have each bought a 5 per cent stake in India's largest commodities exchange, valuing the bourse, one of the world's fastest-growing, at up to $1.1bn.

AP - Wall Street is on surer footing than it was a month ago, but it enters the fourth quarter with many questions still unanswered about the health of the nation's economy and corporations.

AP - Stocks dipped a bit Friday, the last trading day of the third quarter, with Wall Street relieved about solid readings on the economy but cautious ahead of October's corporate earnings reports.

Only one will move into our next Strategy Lab round, but all five finalists in the Strategy Lab Open topped the market by a mile.

The Dow slips but finishes a wild third quarter up 3.6% and less than 1% under its July high. Some see the blue-chip index hitting 16,000 by the year-end. Techs, energy and commodity stocks dominate the quarter. Consumer spending is better than expected.

AFP - Telekom Malaysia on Friday announced it will revamp its operations and split its mobile and fixed-line businesses into two separate entities listed on the local bourse.

FT.com - US stocks were modestly weaker at mid-morning on Friday, and as the third quarter was set to end, investors faced benign news on inflation. Oil prices were near a record high as the dollar set fresh record lows.

FT.com - US stocks were set for a lower start on Friday, but had pared losses in early pre-market trade after inflation was revealed to be benign during August. Bond yields were lower and the dollar set a new record low against the euro and a basket of currencies.