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LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) - Democrat Terry McAuliffe was elected to serve as Virginia's next governor, various news agencies reported late Tuesday. McAuliffe defeated Republican Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia's attorney general, in a tight race that, for a while after voting... Full Story

By Daniel Inman Asia Markets Nov. 5, 2013, 10:08 p.m. EST

Asian stocks move lower as investors stay cautious ahead of the U.S. labor report and an important political meeting in China at the end of the week. Full Story

A German spa sparks outrage after using Kristallnacht, a mass attack on Jews at the start of the Holocaust, as an advertising slogan. Full Story

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Democrat Bill de Blasio late Tuesday was elected to serve as the next mayor of New York City, according to various news agencies that cited exit polls. De Blasio defeated Republican Joe Llohta to succeed Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has... Full Story

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- An explosion in front of a Chinese Communist Party building in the northern city of Taiyuan on Wednesday has injured one person, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported, citing local police. A homemade bomb was the suspected cause of the... Full Story

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Chinese stocks started lower Wednesday, with weakness in mainland Chinese banks shares weighing on the benchmark indexes. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 0.2% to 22,999.33, moving back and forth across the 23,000 mark, while the Hang Seng... Full Story

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie won his bid for re-election, according to the Associated Press late Tuesday. Christie's final margin of victory over his Democratic challenger, state Sen. Barbara Buono, was being calculated. Polls ahead of the... Full Story

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Australia's trade deficit narrowed to 678 million Australian dollars ($645 million) in September from August's A$727 million, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday. The result beat expectations for a A$600 million trade gap, with... Full Story

SF Fed President John Williams says consumer confidence will be key to taper decision. Full Story

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks limped lower in early Wednesday trading, with retailers among the weak spots, as the Nikkei Stock Average fell 0.4% to 14,169.38, with the broader Topix down less than 0.1% as the Japanese yen remained at about the same levels... Full Story

By Mike Ramsey Nov. 5, 2013, 6:58 p.m. EST

Electric sports sedan maker delivered 5,500 cars in last quarter. Full Story

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Australia stocks fell modestly early Wednesday, with the S&P/ASX 200 down 0.3% at 5,415.50, with energy shares among the weak spots after losses for oil and natural gas overnight. Shares of Origin Energy Ltd. lost 1.6%, Santos Ltd. and... Full Story

MELBOURNE, Australia--Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd. (CBA.AU), the country's largest bank by market value, reported a higher first quarter profit citing higher revenue and cost control. Bad debt charges also fell, helping lift net profit to 2.1 billion Australian... Full Story

Tesla Motors Inc. rolled out its third-quarter results after the close Tuesday to a resounding thud in the marketplace. We'll be live-blogging the company's call with analysts, set to begin at 5:30 p.m Full Story

21st Century Fox Inc. says its fiscal first-quarter profit slid 44% as last year’s results included a gain tied to an asset sale, masking the media company’s broad revenue growth. Full Story

By Rex Crum Nov. 5, 2013, 6:05 p.m. EST

Pandora Media saw its shares jump on Tuesday after the company released figures showing gains in active listeners in the U.S. radio market — which suggested that the Internet radio leader is withstanding the challenge from Apple’s new iTunes Radio service. Full Story

Tesla Motors Inc. reported third-quarter adjusted earnings and revenue that beat Wall Street’s expectations, but deliveries failed to meet some analysts’ expectations and shares dropped 12% in the after-hours trading session Tuesday evening. Full Story

By Rex Crum Tech Stocks Nov. 5, 2013, 5:37 p.m. EST

Online media company gets lift as revenue increases; Internet radio leader shows more gains in U.S. radio-listening hours Full Story

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The American Petroleum Institute late Tuesday reported a 871,000-barrel rise in crude supplies for the week ended Nov. 1, according to data from sources. Analysts surveyed by Platts forecast a rise of 2.5 million barrels. Sources also said... Full Story

Kaiser Family Foundation has some surprising numbers on the number of those eligible for health-insurance subsidies and what states will have the largest number of beneficiaries Full Story

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. ANF reported a steep drop in sales for the fiscal third quarter as the teen-apparel retailer continued to deal with a decrease in spending by young customers. The company on Tuesday also unveiled a restructuring plan for its intimate apparel brand... Full Story

The question of how successful Obamacare will be won't have an easy answer, and attempts to find one may be futile -- at least for a while if recent history is any indication. Full Story

Energy stocks fall Tuesday as investors weigh in lower euro-zone growth forecast against better-than-expected services sector data. Anadarko is top decliner following an earnings miss. Full Story

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Abercrombie & Fitch , ahead of its analyst meeting on Wednesday, said its third-quarter sales fell 12% to $1.03 billion. Comparable sales dropped 14%. That was worse than the 12.6% decline expected by analysts, according to Retail Metrics. The... Full Story

A roundup of the latest corporate earnings reports and what companies are saying about future quarters. Full Story

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Tesla Motors Inc. reported late Tuesday a third-quarter loss of $38.5 million, or 32 cents a share, narrowing a year-ago loss of $110.8 million, or $1.05 a share. Adjusted to exclude one-time items, the company earned $15.9 million, or 12... Full Story

A "monster" 20,000 contract sell order was placed on natural-gas futures Tuesday, according to Nanex Research. Full Story

Janet Yellen has picked up a Republican supporter in her bid to be the first woman to run the Fed. Full Story

By Sue Chang Movers & Shakers Nov. 5, 2013, 4:45 p.m. EST

GT Advanced Technologies rallies on Tuesday after it secured a multi-year contract from Apple to supply the iPhone maker with sapphire material, while Corning retreats on worries about possible adverse impact from the tie-up. Full Story

Ilene Gordon has been trying to reinvent Ingredion, a little-known producer of sweeteners and starches, into a full-scale ingredients maker for more modern tastes. Full Story

Hong Kong's Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings is considering a bid for Nordic company Fortum's electricity distribution business in Finland. The deal could be worth over... Full Story

The financial media are questioning the benefits of this stock for retail investors. Full Story

The Royal Charter is a blot on Britain's reputation as a free country. Full Story

The financial media are questioning the benefits of this stock for retail investors. Full Story

Corrections & Amplifications for the edition of Nov. 6, 2013 Full Story

Boeing and its largest union reached an agreement that would guarantee assembly work for its planned 777X jetliner will be done in Washington state. Full Story

Samsung will target a dividend yield of about 1% for 2013 and says the company will put more emphasis on shareholder return. Full Story

HTC said revenue will continue to decline, reflecting how the smartphone maker's management has failed to narrow a gap with Samsung and Apple. Full Story

Ralph Gardner Jr. discusses 'Finding the Next Steve Jobs' with author Nolan Bushnell. Full Story

Samsung Electronics will offer a rare public viewing Wednesday with its first 'analyst day' in eight years, as the world's largest smartphone and television maker attempts... Full Story

On the day he coasted to re-election as governor of New Jersey, Republican Chris Christie spent his time talking about issues facing the entire country, setting himself up... Full Story

Google's new Nexus 5 has some big advantages over its predecessor, but also a big minus, says Walt Mossberg. Full Story

Personal-computer maker Acer said its chairman, J.T. Wang, will step down in June next year, amid a wider restructuring that will see the elimination of hundreds of jobs. Full Story

Plots & Ploys: Houston-based Hines was named to do another Texas-size project in Washington: the conversion of Walter Reed Army Medical Center into a sprawling master... Full Story

Electric car maker Tesla reported a narrower third-quarter loss on higher deliveries of its $70,000 and up Model S, but its shares sold off sharply as investors focused on... Full Story

Teen-apparel retailer reported a double-digit percentage drop in sales for the recently completed quarter and expects the same for the coming holiday period. Full Story

Entertainment giant 21st Century Fox's profit fell sharply in the quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with a year earlier, when one-time gains from an asset sale boosted... Full Story

Shares of Colombian airline Avianca Holdings are due to begin trading Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange, capping a turnaround 10 years in the making by investor Germ... Full Story

A growing number of food and drink companies, including PepsiCo and Campbell, are quietly removing 'natural' claims from packages amid lawsuits challenging the description... Full Story