AP - Auto parts supplier Robert Bosch GmbH said Monday it plans to reduce working hours for some workers at a German plant later this week as the car industry cuts costs and braces for economic recession.
AP - Turkey's consumer prices rose by a more-than-expected 2.60 percent in October, for a year-on-year rate of 11.99 percent, the Turkish Statistics Institute said Monday.
AP - Commerzbank AG said Monday that it swung to a net loss in the third quarter because of writedowns caused by the financial crisis and said it would take advantage of billions of euros in government bailout funds.
AP - The European Commission forecast Monday that the economy in the 15 countries that use the euro may already be in a recession and will barely grow next year, expanding just 0.1 percent as the financial crisis hits hard.
AP - Europe's stock markets rose modestly Monday ahead of an expected steady opening on Wall Street, with investors sitting tight ahead of a raft of U.S. economic news and Tuesday's presidential election.