Mark Brooks

Benchmark oil fell $2.67, or 3 percent, to $86.04 per barrel Wednesday in New York.

Wheat for December delivery rose 11 cents to $8.77 a bushel; December corn rose 5.50 cents to $7.41 a bushel; December oats rose 2 cents to $3.60 a bushel; while January soybeans rose 12.25 cents to $15.1550 a bushel.

The euro rose to $1.2816 from $1.2792 late Monday.

The move comes amid growing scrutiny over the possible manipulation of an interest rate known as LIBOR.

The rebel lawmakers said Tuesday that three of them will resign from Parliament. Without their opposition, the austerity package is expected to pass the vote.

Benchmark crude rose $2.20, or 2.5 percent, to $87.85 in early afternoon trading in New York.

A two-day Asia-Europe Meeting in Laos was attended by leaders and ministers from 51 countries, including new members Norway, Switzerland, and Bangladesh.

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Zillow earned $2.3 million, or 7 cents per share, in the July-September period. That compares with a loss of $570,000, or 2 cents per share, in the same period a year earlier.

Traders also bought dollars a day before the U.S. presidential election, which is expected to be a tight race.

The accelerated stock buyback is the second tranche of share repurchases under a $2 billion stock buyback authorized by the company's board earlier this year.

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Gold for December delivery gained $8 to finish at $1,683.20 per ounce. Other commodities were mixed in light volume.

Wheat for December delivery rose 1.50 cent to $8.66 a bushel; December corn fell 4 cents to $7.3550 a bushel; December oats fell 9 cents to $3.58 a bushel; while January soybeans dropped 23.50 cents to $15.0325 a bushel.

The conservative-led coalition that has governed Greece since June will later Monday present the country's fourth austerity package in more than two years to Parliament.

Even people in the Northeast now standing or sitting in long lines for gas should catch a break, one analyst believes, as the "hysteria" in New York and New Jersey subsides.

Benchmark oil rose 21 cents to $85.07 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

France needs a "competitiveness shock" to restart its economy, a respected businessman said Monday as he presented a list of reforms, including a €30 billion ($39 billion) cut to payroll taxes, that the government asked him to write.

From storm-scarred New Jersey to parts of Connecticut, a widespread lack of gasoline or electricity to pump it brought grousing, gridlock and worse, compounding frustrations as millions of Americans struggled to return to normal days after Superstorm Sandy.

The reporting agency said that employment in the private sector — regarded as the most indicative of economic strength — fell by 20,300 jobs.