TOP STORIES 
 
U.S. STOCKS FINISH HIGHER 

U.S. stocks rose, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite posting their biggest weekly gains in more than a year, as investor confidence in the health of the U.S. economy continued to strengthen.

 
FORD'S PROFIT FALLS 34% 
 

Ford's net income fell to $835 million from $1.27 billion a year ago as lower truck production and higher warranty and recall costs hurt results in its core North American operations and losses in Europe widened. Shares fall 4%.

 
H-P SEEKS BUYER FOR CHINESE-NETWORKING BUSINESS 
 

Hewlett-Packard is said to be seeking a buyer for its corporate-networking business in China, in a deal that could return the operation to local control.

 
ABOUT 25 EUROZONE BANKS TO FAIL ECB STRESS TESTS 
 

About 25 eurozone banks failed the ECB's financial-health checks on the continent's leading lenders, although more than half of these banks are said to have taken the necessary steps to shore up their balance sheets this year.

 
U.S. NEW-HOME SALES UP 0.2% IN SEPTEMBER 
 

New-home sales rose slightly in September after surging in August, hitting their fastest pace of the recovery despite downward revisions to sales during the summer months. Economists had expected a September decline.

 
U.S. QUARANTINE PROCEDURES QUESTIONED 
 

Lawmakers called for clearly defined protocols for military personnel and aid workers returning to the U.S. after working in Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa, with some saying a 21-day quarantine should be required.

 
PENTAGON BELIEVES NORTH KOREA MADE NUCLEAR-ARMS ADVANCE 
 

North Korea may now have the ability to miniaturize warheads, a top general says, a capability that could let Pyongyang mount nuclear weapons to missiles.

 
FCC DELAYS AUCTION OF TV AIRWAVES FOR MOBILE BROADBAND 
 

The Federal Communications Commission said it is delaying to 2016 a highly anticipated spectrum auction in which TV broadcasters will sell airwaves so they can be used for mobile broadband.

 
ROKU WORKING ON PLANS FOR IPO 
 

Roku, maker of streaming media players, TVs, and software, is said to be working on plans to file confidentially for an initial public offering that could raise as much as $150 million.

 
P&G TO EXIT DURACELL BATTERY OPERATIONS 
 

Procter & Gamble reported fiscal 1Q profit of $1.99 billion as sales edged down to $20.79 billion. It also plans to exit its Duracell battery business and will likely split the operation off into a separate company. Shares up 2%.

 
UPS GROWTH FUELED BY INCREASE IN SHIPMENTS 
 

United Parcel Service reported robust growth, fueled by an increase in package shipments both in the U.S. and abroad and the strongest increase in domestic business-to-business deliveries in several years.

 
 
 
 
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Data Week Ahead 
CONSUMER DATA, GDP AND FED ON TAP 
 

With consumer-confidence data, growth figures and a Federal Reserve policy meeting all on tap, next week has something to offer for economists, investors and policy wonks alike.

 
Heard on the Street 
GM AND FORD SHOULD BE PUMPED ABOUT GAS 
 

The world beyond America's borders is an ugly place for U.S. car makers. But the decline in gasoline prices that has come alongside the global slowdown might give them a boost back home.