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ThinkstockU.S. Attorney General Eric Holder made the news recently in testimony that his office was now investigating high-frequency trading to see if it constituted insider trading. Now Holder is...
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When the EPA ruled last month that Northern Dynasty Minerals could not proceed with its plan for the Pebble Mine in Alaska, Rio Tinto had a decision to make. It made that decision Monday.
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Ford issued two recall notices Monday morning on some of its best-selling cars, including Escape compact SUVs. The total number of vehicles involved is more than 434,000.
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While the FDA has been far from a friend to MannKind over the past few years, the latest FDA panel backing may have given diabetes patients and investors some hope. That hope was diminished Monday...
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GM may have been able to hide the problem of its defective ignition switches for more than a decade because the U.S. Department of Transportation did not want to launch an investigation.
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Thinkstock Independent oil refiner Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) and Canada-based pipeline operator Enbridge Inc. (NYSE: ENB) have been granted licenses from the U.S. Commerce Depart to re-export...
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ThinkstockTyson Foods Inc. (NYSE: TSN) has recalled more than 75,000 pounds of chicken nuggets after some customers complained of finding bits of plastic in their food. The recall includes 5-pound...
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courtesy of Tesla MotorsThe state of California’s fund to provide $2,500 rebates to state residents who purchase an all-electric vehicle has run out of money. Expectations are high that funding...
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Criticism of high-frequency trading seems to have spooked investors in online brokers E*Trade and TD Ameritrade. Shares both of them are dropping for the second day in a row.
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The Department of Justice is getting in on an insider trading investigation regarding high-frequency trading. This method of trading has come under much more intense scrutiny after Michael Lewis...
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ThinkstockWhen is getting smacked with a bill for $5.15 billion a good thing? When the bill could have been $14.5 billion. That’s the good news for Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: APC) today after...
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J.P. Morgan announced Thursday that it has received clearance from U.S. regulators to process a transfer of funds from the Russian embassy in Kazakhstan to an insurance company partly owned by...
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In the first such action by a large U.S. financial institution as a result of sanctions against Russia, J.P. Morgan blocked a transfer of funds from a Russian embassy to an insurance company partly...
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General Motors delayed its report on March sales due out Tuesday morning until sometime in the afternoon. The company blamed a computer snafu. But that is not its biggest problem.
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When it rains, sometimes it pours, and it is pouring on GM right now. Since February the company has issued recall notices for some 5.5 million vehicles worldwide, including 1.5 million added late...
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