BRA approves 2 projects for colleges, 1 for business (Boston Globe)
Harvard University got the go-ahead for a $1 billion, 589,000-square-foot, four-building science complex in Allston. The complex, to be built starting this year with a package of neighborhood improvements, will house Harvard's Stem Cell Institute and is intended to keep Harvard and Boston in the forefront of research in how to treat and cure diseases. Harvard said it intends for ...

(AFX UK Focus) 2007-10-02 16:59 GMT: Standard & Poor's sees more Fed rate cuts diminishing risk of US recession (Interactive Investor)
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Additional interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve will help decrease the risks of a recession in the US, Standard & Poor's analysts said today.

U.S. recession or not, here's a game plan (MSN Money Canada)
There's no question you're hearing the R-word more these days, but experts disagree on what's likely to happen -- and when. Here are two views along with some just-in-case ideas for your portfolio.

Movers: GM, Microsoft, VMware, BHP Billiton, Apple, EMC (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
Monday's stocks in the news

Infosys Gets a Lift (TheStreet.com)
An analyst speculates that the company could boost profit targets.