Suicide, boycotts, takeovers and more. Investing updates from India, China, Finland, Brazil, Norway, Canada, Israel, Ireland, and Britain.

The latest updates from the Bank of Nova Scotia (Canada), Santander, Telefonica, and the Spanish government, Ecopetrol (Colombia), AmBev (Brazil), Hadasit (Israel), the JF China Region Fund, and more.

The hairy crab population in the waters of Shanghai is likely to grow significantly thanks to the crackdown on corruption. More sea creature news follows along with other tidbits.

Today is information overload day for stock watchers because the 13F files of US funds have been filed and collated by the wire services. Many large cap shares were heavily traded in Q3, including many of ours.

Updates on Teva, Barrick Gold, Bombardier, AmBev, Ecopetrol, Dr Reddy, Posco's, Paddy Power plc, Odontoprev, Maxichem, Israel Chemicals and Potash of Saskatchewan.