WORLD FINANCIAL NEW

• Blackstone Will Buy Goodman's Hedge Fund Firm GSO Capital for $930 Million

• Trichet Says ECB May Act to Quell Inflation After Leaving Rates Unchanged

• Freddie Mac's Financial Strength Rating May Be Cut by Moody's Amid Losses

• Stocks in U.S. Drop on Capital One's Profit Forecast; Citigroup Declines

• Wal-Mart Sales Beat Estimates; Limited, American Eagle Cut Profit Outlooks

• Capital One Slashes 2007 Profit Forecast by 20% After Loan Losses Increase

• EADS Says Higher Airbus Prices, Eurofighter Orders Helped Earnings Growth

• U.S. Bombers, F-16s Hit More Than 40 Al-Qaeda Positions South of Baghdad

• Pakistan Suicide Attack on Lahore Police Post Kills 23 People, Injures 70

• Greenspan's `Superstar' Standing Suffers as Risk of U.S. Recession Grows

• Profit Gains in U.S. May Hit Six-Year Low on Subprime Loans, Holiday Sales

• Redford Takes On `Goliath' in Texas to Block NRG, TXU Coal-Fired Plants

• Lennar New Homes in September Fetch 60% Less in November as Slump Deepens

• Prodi Mimics Berlusconi, Turning to Tax Cuts as Italian Coalition Unravels

• Chile's Geysers Will Generate More Tourism Than Electricity, Defenders Say