Activist investor Carl Icahn revealed a stock purchase that makes him the second largest investor in Dell track stock VMware, adding muscle to his fight against a plan that would allow the tech company to return to public markets without an IPO.

China’s manufacturing might is front and centre at its largest trade expo, the Canton Fair. But, as Samantha Vadas reports, the thousands of exporters who have turned up to show off their goods are facing an uncertain future as a bitter trade war rages between Beijing and Washington.

FiPlan Partners president Greg Powell outlines to Reuters’ Fred Katayama the investment scenarios to play if the Democrats were to retake the House and the Republicans keep control of the Senate.

Oct 15 – Jen Saba explains how bad things have become at famed but faded U.S. retailer Sears, which has filed for bankruptcy protection. Major investor and chairman Eddie Lampert may be at the end of the road.

Sears’ lawyers attended first bankruptcy hearing in White Plains, New York, after the retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Fred Katayama reports.