Yahoo! News: Business
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                  as of Thu, 29 Sep 2005 12:03:16 GMT

    E*Trade to buy BrownCo for $1.6 bln (Reuters)

Reuters - Online brokerage E*Trade Financial Corp.  said on Thursday it
 would buy BrownCo from J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.  for $1.6 billion,
 its second major acquisition in the rapidly consolidating discount
 brokerage business since August.

    Stocks set to gain on earnings hopes (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. stock futures indicated a higher opening on Thursday on
 optimism company earnings will

    PepsiCo 3rd-qtr profit falls after charge (Reuters)

Reuters - PepsiCo Inc.  said on Thursday quarterly profit fell after a
 charge related to the company's repatriation of $7.5 billion in
 international earnings.

    Japan's eAccess in talks with GS (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs  will invest 25 billion yen
 in a new mobile service in Japan that eAccess Ltd. (9427.T) aims to
 start next year, eAccess said on Thursday.

    Oil holds above $66 (Reuters)

Reuters - Oil held firm above $66 a barrel on Thursday stoked by fears
 that hurricane-wrecked U.S. refineries would be unable to churn out
 ample heating fuel to warm American consumers this winter.

    Durable Goods See Biggest Rise in 3 Months (AP)

AP - New orders for big-ticket manufactured products rose in August at
 the fastest pace in three months, providing a reassuring sign that
 American factories are not headed for another slump.

    Stocks set to gain on earnings hopes (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. stock futures indicated a higher opening on Thursday on
 optimism company earnings will

    Fund invests in hurricane reconstruction (Reuters)

Reuters - Once again we're rebuilding the South -- or at least the
 hurricane-hit swath that runs along the Gulf Coast. If you've already
 given away the charitable portion of your family's budget to help
 Katrina victims, but you'd like to do more, there's a mutual fund that
 allows you to invest in the reconstruction effort.

    Consumers move up to higher-priced goods (Reuters)

Reuters - Soaring oil costs have not stopped consumers from trading up
 to higher-priced products, whether it's plumbing, clothing or
 furniture, industry experts said this week.

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