Monday

• IPOs are a rare commodity these days, but that hasn’t stopped fuel-from-waste company Changing World Technologies from trying its luck. WR Hambrecht opens the books on an auction for the company, which has amassed losses of more than $80m over the past four years.
• Analysts expect a big drop in sales for Texas Instruments for the fourth quarter. Slumping demand overall, and the decision by Nokia, TI’s biggest customer, to work with multiple suppliers, could make for a grim 2009 forecast as well.

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