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10/11/2012
Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between
Wall Street ends mixed as Apple dents gains
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended little changed on Thursday as gains brought by a sign of improvement in the labor market were capped by a drop in Apple shares after a legal setback in a court ruling.
Icahn offers to buy Oshkosh Corp, shares jump
(Reuters) - Activist investor Carl Icahn offered to buy all the outstanding shares of Oshkosh Corp Thursday for a 21-percent premium to the U.S. truckmaker's closing price on Wednesday, sending its shares to their highest in more than a year.
U.S. jobless claims fall to lowest in four and half years
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits slid last week to the lowest level in more than four and a half years, according to government data that may provide a boost to President Barack Obama a month before voters go to the polls.
Plosser worries Fed could face losses on assets
AVONDALE, Penn. (Reuters) - When the Federal Reserve eventually begins to sell some of the assets it has accumulated over the last few years it risks logging losses if longer-term interest rates are rising, a top central bank official said on Thursday.
Europe accuses U.S. of failing to cut Boeing aid
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union accused the United States on Thursday of ignoring a World Trade Organisation ruling to stop subsidies to planemaker Boeing Co and asked the Geneva-based body to investigate, prolonging the world's largest trade dispute.
World economy to improve only slightly next year: Reuters poll
LONDON (Reuters) - Next year offers only a slight improvement for a global economy hit by recession in Europe and slowing or moribund growth in Asia and the United States, according to Reuters polls of hundreds economists worldwide.
U.S. court clears Samsung phone, setback for Apple
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court overturned a preliminary injunction on the sale of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's Galaxy Nexus smartphone on Thursday, dealing a setback to Apple Inc in its battle against Google Inc's increasingly popular mobile software.
Analysis: Fund firms cut back on new ETFs, closing more
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fund companies are growing more wary of introducing new exchange-traded funds, and more willing to kill those that have not caught on, as they grapple with a price war in an overcrowded $1.2 trillion market dominated by the three largest providers.
Porsche SE sued for 213 million euros in damages
BERLIN (Reuters) - The holding company of German carmaker Porsche has received a fresh lawsuit linked to its 2008 attempt to take over Volkswagen - a 213-million-euro ($275 million) claim from the family of a deceased industrialist.
Back to drawing board after Berlin halts BAE, EADS deal
BERLIN/LONDON (Reuters) - Europe's two biggest aerospace firms will go back to the drawing board to find new strategies after Germany stymied the world's biggest arms and aviation company merger.
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