Starting Bell - Market Open 10.28

AIG Shares Rise to Highest on S P Bringing Insurers Up According to Wall Street Journal MetLife May Be Contender to Buy AIG Units Occidental Petroleum 3Q Profit Rises 73 Valero 3Q Earnings Beat Estimates Despite a Fall from Year Earlier U S Steel 3Q Earnings Rise Shares Rise Despite Pessimistic Outlook Whirlpool Also Gives Pessimistic Outlook Shares Fall 6 According to Pershing Square Target to Make Transaction Announcement Tomorrow GM CEO Personally Lobbying in Washington to Get Assistance in Chrysler Merger Kirk Kerkorian Sells More Ford Shares Now Only Own Less Than 5 After Losing Two Thirds of Value of Investments Volkswagen Becomes Biggest Company in the World Edging Out ExxonMobil