AP - Russian state news agency RIA Novosti is reporting that former Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, who held the post in the turbulent 1990s as Russia was throwing off communism and developing into a market economy, has died at age 72.
AP - THE DEAL: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria is buying 24.89 percent of Turkey's Garanti Bank for 4.2 billion euros ($5.84 billion). It plans to issue 5 billion euros in capital to finance the transaction.
AFP - Europe's top stock markets rose on Tuesday as investors pored over strong company earnings, including results from embattled British energy group BP, before a key meeting of the US Federal Reserve.
AFP - The German retail giant Metro raised on Tuesday its 2010 profit target following a strong third quarter that saw a pick-up in key eastern European markets.
AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao said that Beijing's currency policy, under fire from the United States and European Union for keeping the yuan low so as to boost exports, is coherent and responsible.
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