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AP - World stock markets climbed Monday, boosted by faster growth in Chinese manufacturing and expectations the U.S. central bank will pump more money into the world’s largest economy to rejuvenate a sluggish recovery.

Reuters - The wait is almost over.

AFP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard Sunday warned critics of the planned merger between Singapore and Australia’s stock exchanges against seeking to “disturb” long-standing foreign investment processes.

It’s a story with a sad ending for the neighborhood rental outlet: Consumers prefer to get their movies online, at store kiosks or on demand from cable companies.

AP - A Florida investor who cooperated with a government probe of what’s been called the biggest-ever hedge fund insider trading case has settled civil charges.

AP - The Securities and Exchange Commission says it has set aside about $450 million for payments to outside whistleblowers whose information results in successful cases and penalties collected from companies or individuals.

As markets struggle to figure out the Fed’s next move, they’re missing an important point: The central bank will succeed at raising prices, in spades.

AP - Stocks edged higher Friday to close out one of the stock market’s best months of the year. Trading activity was relatively light, with the Dow Jones industrial average keeping to a tight range of just 50 points, amid uncertainty over next week’s elections. News that the U.S. economy rose at just a 2 percent annual pace in the three months ending in September had little effect on stock prices.

AP - STRONG OCTOBER: Every major stock index rose in October. The Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P 500 both rose more than 3 percent, while the Nasdaq composite gained 5.9 percent. Each index changed less than 0.1 percent in Friday’s trading.

AP - A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Friday: