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QUALCOMM TO BUY NXP FOR $39 BILLION IN BIGGEST CHIP DEAL 

Qualcomm agreed to buy NXP Semiconductors for $39 billion, adding the top supplier of automotive chips, a fast-growing market, to the San Diego company best known for designing smartphone chips.

U.S. STOCKS LITTLE CHANGED 

U.S. stocks swung between slight gains and losses Thursday as a selloff in government bonds kept investors on edge.

UPS GIVES BOEING JUMBO A BOOST 

United Parcel Service Inc. on Thursday said it was buying 14 Boeing Co. jumbo freighters, doubling the plane maker's order book for the jet even as it slows production.

FCC APPROVES NEW CUSTOMER PRIVACY RULES FOR BROADBAND PROVIDERS 

Federal regulators adopted a scaled-back version of a privacy regulation that would require broadband internet providers to get consumer approval before marketing sensitive information.

TWITTER TO CUT 9% OF WORKFORCE AS REVENUE GROWTH SLOWS 

Twitter posted another quarter of slowing growth and said it would slash 9% of its global workforce, including shutting down its Vine short-video app.

FORD'S PROFIT HIT BY RECALL COSTS 

Ford's net income fell 56% compared with the same period in 2015, with hefty recall expenses, softening U.S. volumes and product-launch costs denting margins in the core North American market.

UPS'S REVENUE TOPS VIEWS 

United Parcel Service reported that its revenue rose above expectations in its latest quarter as domestic deliveries grew.

U.S. PENDING HOME SALES REBOUNDED IN SEPTEMBER 

A gauge of coming home sales moved higher in September, a sign that last month's rebound in homebuying activity might be sustained in the coming months.

ZTO EXPRESS, BIGGEST U.S. IPO OF YEAR, DROPS IN TRADING DEBUT 

Shares of ZTO Express slid in their market debut, a disappointing turn after the Shanghai-based logistics company raised $1.4 billion in the largest U.S. initial public offering this year.

U.S. DURABLE GOODS ORDERS DECLINED IN SEPTEMBER 

Demand for long-lasting manufactured goods edged slightly lower in September, but the U.S. manufacturing sector appears to have found firmer ground as it closed out the third quarter.

U.S. JOBLESS CLAIMS FALL SLIGHTLY 

The number of Americans seeking first-time jobless benefits fell last week, suggesting the labor market continues to expand.

KANSAS CITY FED INDEX SHOWS MANUFACTURING ACTIVITY POSITIVE 

Manufacturing activity across the Plains states remained positive in October while producers' sentiment toward their future economic situation improved further.

SAMSUNG TALKS UP GALAXY S8 AS NOTE FIASCO BURNS PROFIT 

Two weeks after scrapping its Galaxy Note 7, Samsung revealed a big hit to its bottom line, pledged a widening investigation into the phone's problems and elevated heir apparent Lee Jae-yong to his first board seat.

HCA RAISES GUIDANCE AS QUARTERLY EARNINGS RISE 38% 

Hospital operator HCA raised its 2016 guidance as third-quarter earnings rose 38%.

AETNA REVENUE AND PROFIT RISES 

Aetna Inc. said revenue and profit rose in its latest quarter as some expenses were reduced but said it is still dealing with pressure in its Affordable Care Act business.

BLACKSTONE SWINGS TO A PROFIT ON STRONG REAL-ESTATE EXITS 

Blackstone Group's third-quarter profit rose as its private equity, real estate and credit holdings appreciated, amid a strong period for global markets and big asset managers.

CENOVUS ENERGY POSTS QUARTERLY LOSS 

Cenovus Energy swung to a third-quarter loss on lower revenue, hurt by asset-impairment charges and the absence of a big gain a year earlier from the sale of its oil-and-gas royalty business.

VALE CEO SIGNALS DISAGREEMENT WITH BHP OVER SAMARCO 

Vale's CEO signaled that a rift was starting to emerge between the Brazilian mining giant and BHP Billiton, its partner in the Samarco joint venture that experienced a disastrous dam failure last year.

AMTRAK TO PAY $265 MILLION FOR DEADLY PHILADELPHIA CRASH 

Amtrak will pay $265 million to settle claims related to a deadly derailment in Philadelphia that killed eight people and injured more than 200 others.

CHINA'S BIGGEST BANKS' EARNINGS SLIGHTLY HIGHER 

Two years into their longest stagnation since listing, China's biggest banks are still barely profitable, beset by asset bubbles and the worsening financial health of their corporate clients.

 
 
 
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Markets Main 
INFLATION FEAR FUELS BOND ROUT 
 

Investors worried for years about the prospect of deflation. Now another concern-inflation-is starting to rattle global markets.

 
Earnings Preview 
ALPHABET EARNINGS - WHAT TO WATCH 
 

Google parent Alphabet Inc. is scheduled to announce third-quarter earnings after the market closes Thursday

 
 
 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

October 27, 2016 13:15 ET (17:15 GMT)

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