AP Top Extended Financial Headlines At 9:15 a.m. EDT

Apple CEO apologizes for error-ridden map service, invites users to download competing apps

Bank of America to pay $2.43B to settle shareholder suit related to Merrill Lynch acquisition

If the polls prove correct, another battle over the budget may shake markets again

Stocks lock in 3Q gains after a choppy end to the quarter; Dow up 10 pct on year

US consumer confidence rises in September to 2nd-highest level in nearly 5 years

Giant stickers become tool of protesting workers at Paris auto show

US consumer spending rose 0.5 percent, driven up by higher gas prices; income barely grew

ESPN 3D and other networks still waiting for 3-D TV audience to grow

Chevron pays $17 million fine for last year's oil spill off coast of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro

Nissan offers discounts, cheap leases to spur Leaf electric car sales