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• UPDATE 1-Qatar Airways to join oneworld alliance - sources Tuesday, 2 Oct 2012 | 5:01 AM ET

  LONDON, Oct 2- Qatar Airways will become the first Gulf carrier to join the oneworld alliance of airlines with an agreement due to be announced early next week, according to sources close to the alliance.

• UPDATE 1-Lundbeck, Takeda seek US approval for antidepressant Tuesday, 2 Oct 2012 | 4:51 AM ET

  *Lundbeck, Takeda submit vortioxetine for FDA approval. *Lundbeck gets 250 mln DKK from Takeda if FDA. Lundbeck hopes the new antidepressant- vortioxetine- will provide a new source of revenue as its key anti-depressant, Cipralex, sold as Lexapro in the United States and Japan, comes off patent protection.

• Ukraine parliament scraps defamation bill before election Tuesday, 2 Oct 2012 | 4:40 AM ET

  KIEV, Oct 2- The Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday scrapped a draft bill which would have made defamation a crime punishable by jail, a move the opposition and media had feared was a step towards censorship before a parliamentary election later this month.

• BRIEF-Qatar Airways to join oneworld airlines alliance - sources Tuesday, 2 Oct 2012 | 4:30 AM ET

  *Qatar airways to join oneworld alliance, to be unveiled at press conference.

• "Sweet Magnolias" cookbook takes favorites from fiction to fact Tuesday, 2 Oct 2012 | 4:00 AM ET

  NEW YORK, Oct 2- The town of Serenity, South Carolina, the imaginary setting for author Sherryl Woods's "Sweet Magnolias" novels, now has real food in it. Dana Sue's Killer Guacamole, Helen's Lethal Margaritas and Sullivan's Crab Cakes are among the fictional staples made real by chef Teddi Wohlford, who takes a gourmet approach to Southern classics.

• UPDATE 1-Boeing engineers reject four-year contract offer Tuesday, 2 Oct 2012 | 2:59 AM ET

  Oct 2- In a widely expected show of force Boeing Co's engineers and technical workers rejected a pay offer late Monday, setting the stage for talks to resume Tuesday for labor agreements covering 23,000 workers.

• Australian shares jump to 5-month high after rate cut Tuesday, 2 Oct 2012 | 2:41 AM ET

  SYDNEY, Oct 2- Australian shares rallied 1 percent on Tuesday to their highest close in five months after the central bank cut its main cash rate in a bid to bolster growth in the face of weak commodity prices and global uncertainty.

• UPDATE 2-Brent holds near $112, growth woes keep sentiment shaky Tuesday, 2 Oct 2012 | 2:39 AM ET

  *Fed's Bernanke says U.S. growth too slow* Coming up: API weekly oil stocks; 2030 GMT By Luke Pachymuthu and Manolo Serapio Jr. SINGAPORE, Oct 2- Brent crude futures steadied near $112 a barrel on Tuesday as investors weighed a weaker outlook for demand due to a sluggish global economy against potential supply disruptions.

• Australia shares close at 5-month high after rate cut Tuesday, 2 Oct 2012 | 2:23 AM ET

  SYDNEY, Oct 2- Australian shares rallied 1 percent to their highest close in five months after Australia's central bank cut its main cash rate in a bid to bolster growth in the face of weak commodity prices and global uncertainty.

• PRESS DIGEST-New York Times business news - Oct 2 Tuesday, 2 Oct 2012 | 2:01 AM ET

  Oct 2- The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages on Tuesday. *New York's attorney general, under the aegis of a federal mortgage task force, filed a civil suit against Bear Stearns, now part of JPMorgan Chase& Co, asserting that it defrauded investors who purchased mortgage securities.

• PRESS DIGEST - Wall Street Journal - Oct 2 Tuesday, 2 Oct 2012 | 1:50 AM ET

  *New York's top prosecutor opened a new front in efforts to hold banks accountable for the financial crisis by filing a civil lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase& Co, alleging widespread fraud by the company's Bear Stearns unit in the sale of mortgage-backed securities. *The judge overseeing the patent dispute between Apple Inc.

• UPDATE 2-Kazakhstan sets eyes on ConocoPhillips Kashagan stake Tuesday, 2 Oct 2012 | 1:28 AM ET

  *More assertive Kazakhstan sets eyes on ConocoPhillips stake. *Kashagan key to rapid rise in Kazakh oil output* Kazakh minister hopes field to produce first oil in March By Robin Paxton ASTANA, Oct 2- U.S. oil firm ConocoPhillips.

• GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares, euro rise as US factory data soothes; RBA cuts rates Tuesday, 2 Oct 2012 | 1:23 AM ET

  *MSCI Asia ex- Japan up 0.3 pct, Nikkei recovers from 3- week low. inched up 0.1 percent, suggesting a firm start on Wall Street, but financial spreadbetters expected London's FTSE 100.

• STOCKS NEWS SINGAPORE-Index rises; Tiger, Myanmar stocks in play Tuesday, 2 Oct 2012 | 1:22 AM ET

  Singapore shares rose after a surprising expansion in factory activity in the United States, with traders buying small and mid-cap stocks such as Tiger Airways Holdings Ltd and firms with exposure to Myanmar. The Straits Times Index was up 0.5 percent at 3,072.96 points, while the MSCI index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan added 0.3 percent.

• UPDATE 2-Australia c.bank cuts rates, more seen likely Tuesday, 2 Oct 2012 | 1:21 AM ET

  SYDNEY, Oct 2- Australia's central bank cut interest rates by a quarter point to a three-year trough of 3.25 percent on Tuesday as a slowdown in China, falling export prices and a high currency all dimmed the economic outlook at home.

• RESEARCH ALERT-Baird cuts Thor, Winnebago Industries to neutral Tuesday, 2 Oct 2012 | 1:13 AM ET

  *Baird cuts Thor Industries Inc and Winnebago Industries Inc. Reuters Station users, click. 1568. Reuters Station users, click. 4899.

• Oil near $92 after US manufacturing improves Tuesday, 2 Oct 2012 | 1:05 AM ET

  BANGKOK-- Oil prices dwelled near $92 a barrel Tuesday in Asia after a report showed U.S. manufacturing rose in September for the first time in four months. Benchmark oil for November delivery was down 17 cents to $92.31 a barrel at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

• Mobile computing wars pose tough choices for Internet publishers Tuesday, 2 Oct 2012 | 1:00 AM ET

  *Windows, multiple versions of Android complicate decisions By Bill Rigby. SEATTLE, Oct 2- For Microsoft Corp, and Amazon.com, and the clutch of other companies that hope to carve out a big slice of a mobile computing business currently dominated by Apple Inc, the future depends on people like Scott Porad.

• Diamondback Energy prices IPO Tuesday, 2 Oct 2012 | 12:58 AM ET

  MIDLAND, Texas-- Diamondback Energy Inc. said Tuesday that it plans to sell 12.5 million shares in its business for between $17 and $19 per share in an initial public offering of the oil and gas company.

• INSTANT VIEW 5-Australia central bank cuts rates 25 bps Tuesday, 2 Oct 2012 | 12:57 AM ET

  SYDNEY, Oct 2- Australia's central bank cut its main cash rate by a quarter point to 3.25 percent on Tuesday, saying the growth outlook for next year looked a little weaker, while inflation was likely to remained contained within its target. The Reserve Bank of Australia announced the decision after its monthly policy meeting.