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Sep.26
7:48 PM ET

Maria Bartiromo discusses Friday's top business and financial stories, and looks ahead to Monday's events.

(Watch her on-air on CNBC TV's Closing Bell.)

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Topics discussed in video, above:

Washington Mutual [WM  Loading...      ()   ]: the biggest bank failure in history. JPMorgan Chase [JPM  Loading...      ()   ] sells stock to help pay for WaMu unit purchase.

Pilgrim's Pride [PPC  Loading...      ()   ]: The poultry company may need to seel assets to offset soaring feed costs. Will debt overwhelm the firm?

Oil prices. U.S. light, sweet crude [US@CL.1  Loading...      ()   ] slipped $1.13 to end Nymex trade at $106.89.

KB Home [KBH  Loading...      ()   ]: The homebuilder's third-quarter loss quadruples, as inventory is stagnant and home prices drop. (But Jim Cramer thinks KB Home has a chance.)

The New York Times reports that Citigroup [C  Loading...      ()   ] and Wachovia Bank [WB  Loading...      ()   ] are in "early" deal talks

Monday's earnings reports:
- Walgreen's [WAG  Loading...      ()   ]
- Circuit City [CC  Loading...      ()   ]

Monday's personal income & spending report

University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index;
Commerce Dept. report: second-quarter U.S. GDP growth of 2.8 percent annualized rate; down from previous estimate of 3.3 percent.

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