Main market news here: Before the bell: Cisco (CSCO) earnings boost futures.The Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) announced Wednesday morning that it has closed its latest fund, Blackstone Capital Partners V. The $21.7 billion fund is the largest buyout fund ever.
Broadcom Corp. (NASDAQ: BRCM) has added insult to injury in its rivalry with Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM), following up a legal victory with news of a deal to supply chips to cell phone maker Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), which is currently squabbling with Qualcomm.
In addition to the Broadcom deal and its continuing contract with Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN), Nokia has also announced two new chip suppliers: Infineon Technologies (NYSE: IFX) and STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM).
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) unveiled its new iMac on Tuesday, which features a slimmer, aluminum casing and a suite of software targeted at winning over users of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)'s Windows.
Mattel Inc. (NYSE: MAT) has named the Chinese manufacturer of almost 1 million Fisher-Price toys that it had to recall last week for possible lead paint.
Closing Bell: Stock bulls and dollar death (DDRX,GMCR, PEET, SBUX, EBAY, CI, TECD)
So long peak oil, here comes peak uranium
Black Friday expected to be strong, no promises for Christmas
