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U.S. Stocks End Two-Week Slide as Manufacturing, Home Sales Top Forecasts U.S. stocks rose, halting a two-week retreat, after worker productivity, manufacturing and home sales beat economists’ projections and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. made its biggest purchase.

Builders FirstSource, Freddie Mac, RadioShack, Sun: U.S. Equity Preview Shares of the following companies may have unusual moves in U.S. trading on Nov. 9. Stock symbols are in parentheses.

Brazil's Bovespa Index Declines After U.S. Jobless Data; Real Retreats Brazil’s Bovespa index fell for the first time in four days as a jump in the U.S. unemployment rate hurt the export outlook for commodity producers, overshadowing a surge in profits at Lojas Americanas SA and Gafisa SA.

Canadian Stocks Rise, Led by Metals Producers, as Gold Rallies to Record Canadian stocks rose for a fourth day, led by gold producers, as bullion prices rallied to a record and Magna International Inc. reported a surprise quarterly profit.

STR Holdings, Sold by Credit Suisse's DLJ, Climbs After Cutting IPO Price STR Holdings Inc., the solar company that Credit Suisse Group AG’s private-equity unit DLJ Merchant Banking Partners took public, gained on the first day of trading after its underwriters cut the share price of its initial public offering twice to attract investors.

Gold Producer Stocks Poised to Underperform Bullion: Technical Analysis Gold stocks are near their most expensive level relative to the price of bullion in 14 months, a sign that they may start to underperform the metal, according to WJB Capital Group Inc.

Buffett Offers Possible 22% Profit to Arbitrage Traders on Burlington Deal Warren Buffett is giving arbitrage traders the chance to capture annualized earnings of 22 percent on his bid for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

Saudi Arabian Shares Advance as Sabic, Yanbu National Petrochemical Gain Saudi Arabian shares rose for the fourth session in five, led by Saudi Basic Industries Corp., the world’s biggest petrochemicals maker, known as Sabic.

European Stocks Advance for First Week in Three as Earnings Beat Estimates European stocks rebounded from a one- month low as better-than-expected earnings at companies from Swiss Reinsurance Co. to Delhaize Group SA fed investors’ expectations a seven-month rally will go on.

U.K. Stocks Advance, Extending Weekly Increase; British Airways, RBS Climb U.K stocks climbed, extending the FTSE 100 Index’s steepest weekly advance in a month, as gains in shares of British Airways Plc and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc overshadowed the highest U.S. unemployment rate in 26 years.

Berlin Wall Collapse Sparks German Boom, Confounds Skeptics: Chart of Day The toppling of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago sparked a surge in German stocks and bonds, confounding economists who’d predicted the cost of unifying East and West Germany would stunt economic growth.

Kuka Shares Upgraded to `Buy' From `Sell' at UBS on ebit Margin Recovery Kuka AG, the German robot maker that started in lighting systems in 1898, was raised to “buy” from “sell” at UBS AG, which said it expects the company’s “ebit margins to recover substantially.”

Daewoo, Filinvest, Jardine Cycle, Ssangyong: Asia Ex-Japan Equity Preview The following companies may have unusual price changes in Asia trading, excluding Japan. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are from the previous close, unless noted otherwise.

Asian Stocks Fall, Complete Longest Weekly Losing Streak in Eight Months Asian stocks fell for a third week, dragging the MSCI Asia Pacific Index to its longest stretch of declines in eight months, on concern the easing of government stimulus measures will jeopardize the global economic recovery.

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