AP Top Financial News At 11:09 a.m. EDT

Truck deals help boost US auto sales in September Stocks sink on US, European economic worries GM says parts are ready to fix recalled small cars Pace of US factory activity slipped in September US construction spending down 0.8 percent US companies added 213,000 jobs in September General Mills plans to cut about 700 to 800 jobs Pepsi to launch soda sweetened with stevia Coca-Cola to revise executive pay plan Could a merger follow the PayPal-eBay split?