Reuters Morning Digest: October 5, 2015

Click to View in Browser Monday, October 5, 2015 Nobel medicine prize awarded for work on parasitic diseases STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - William Campbell, Satoshi Omura and Youyou Tu jointly won the 2015 Nobel Prize for medicine for their work against parasitic diseases, the award-giving body said on Monday. Kyrgyz polls tarnished by ballot secrecy concerns BISHKEK (Reuters) - Western monitors said on Monday weekend polls in Kyrgyzstan, a country struggling to build Central Asia's first parliamentary democracy, allowed lively campaigning but were marred by lack of impartial media coverage and concerns over ballot secrecy. Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund takes $2.5 billion stake in GE (Reuters) - Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management said it has bought $2.5 billion in General Electric shares since May, making it one of the company's top 10 shareholders. Bye bye Google, hello Alphabet After U.S. markets closed on Friday, Alphabet replaced Google as the publicly traded company that will house Google's search and Web advertising businesses, maps, YouTube and its "moonshot" ventures such as driverless cars. Brees, Saints pass Cowboys on second play of overtime (The Sports Exchange) - According to local lore, the Mercedes-Benz Superdome is built over an old voodoo pit, and for the first 60 minutes against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night, it looked as though the New Orleans Saints were sticking pins all over their bodies. 'The Martian' triumphs with $55 million debut LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - "The Martian" blasted off with a massive $55 million this weekend, nearly surpassing another space-based adventure, "Gravity," as the highest-grossing October debut in history. Canada politician mistakes Bank of England governor for actor OTTAWA (Reuters) - One of the world's most famous central bank chiefs, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, briefly became the late American actor Art Carney during a Canadian election debate on Friday. Related Video Typhoon Mujigae lashes southern China Portugal coalition wins election, loses majority Great Debate Why the U.S. military can't succeed in training foreign armies Vladimir Putin's secret weapon for a Syrian end game? Diplomacy. A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today » » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2015 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add newsletters@email.reuters.com to your address book. Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook