17-Oct-2014 22:24

Consumer Sentiment in U.S. Increases to a Seven-Year High - Bloomberg :: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-17/consumer-sentiment-in-u-s-unexpectedly-rises-to-seven-year-high.html

Stocks surge as Wall Street's wild week continues - Carlsbad Current-Argus :: http://www.currentargus.com/ci_26746936/stocks-surge-wall-streets-wild-week-continues

Starbucks lifts tattoo ban for workers, gives pay increase and a snack - Fox News :: http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/10/17/starbucks-lifts-barista-tattoo-ban-updates-dress-code-and-increases-pay/?utm_campaign%3D%253Fcmpid%253Drss_latestnews_leisure

Fannie, Freddie Plan Measures to Ease Lending to Riskier Borrowers - Businessweek :: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-10-17/fhfa-said-to-plan-steps-to-ease-lending-to-riskier-buyers

UPDATE 2-ITT says signed up more students than expected; shares soar - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/17/itt-educational-results-idUSL3N0SC5DF20141017

Stocks finish sharply higher as markets calm - USA TODAY :: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2014/10/17/stocks-friday/17423605/

ECB policymakers clash over how to 'treat sick economy' - Khaleej Times :: http://www.khaleejtimes.com/biz/inside.asp?section%3Dinternationbusiness%26xfile%3D/data/internationbusiness/2014/October/internationbusiness_October49.xml

UPDATE 5-Morgan Stanley profit jumps as trading activity rebounds - Reuters :: http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/10/17/morgan-stanley-results-idINL3N0SC46E20141017

RPT-UPDATE 2-Citing US values, Yellen says greatly concerned by rise in ... - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/17/usa-fed-yellen-idUSL2N0SC0QB20141017

Texas jobless rate at 5.2 percent for September - KVUE :: http://www.kvue.com/story/news/state/2014/10/17/texas-jobless-rate-at-52-percent-for-september/17442749/