World Week Ahead: US earnings, Fed minutes

World Week Ahead: US earnings, Fed minutes
By Margreet Dietz Oct. 6 (BusinessDesk) - Investors will eye the start of the US third-quarter earnings season and the release of minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting, as well as a slew of central bank officials speaking in the coming days, after Friday’s jobs report showed American employers are confident enough to hire more workers than anticipated. Employers added a higher-than-expected 248,000 workers to their payrolls in September, pushing the jobless rate down to 5.9 percent, the lowest level since July 2008, according to...