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Blockbuster plans to combine Class A and B stock
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Sat 12:14 pm ET
Blockbuster Inc. said late Friday it plans to combine its Class A and Class B common shares after receiving notice its stock didn't comply with the New York Stock Exchange's listing standards.
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Texas high court agrees to rehear Exxon case
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Fri 9:07 pm ET
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said it will again hear arguments in the nearly 15-year legal battle over accusations that Exxon Mobil Corp. loaded abandoned wells with junk, sludge and even explosives to keep other companies from drilling there.
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Pa. residents sue gas driller over polluted wells
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Fri 8:36 pm ET
Pat Farnelli says there's something in the water at her house. The last time she drank it, she says she vomited four times. It's made her children sick, too.
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Monsanto aims to stop leaks at Idaho mine dump
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Fri 7:28 pm ET
Monsanto Co. is installing a water management system at an Idaho phosphate mine the company depends on to make its Roundup weedkiller to stop the leakage of selenium and heavy metals into a tributary of the Blackfoot River.
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Monsanto aims to stop leaks at Idaho mine dump
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Fri 7:28 pm ET
Monsanto Co. is installing a water management system at an Idaho phosphate mine the company depends on to make its Roundup weedkiller to stop the leakage of selenium and heavy metals into a tributary of the Blackfoot River.
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Southwest Airlines changes board election rules
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Fri 6:40 pm ET
Southwest Airlines Co. said Friday it will require uncontested candidates for its board of directors to win a majority among shareholder votes cast to be elected, instead of just a plurality.
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Report: Hershey may launch bid for Cadbury
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AP
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Fri 6:19 pm ET
Hershey Co. may make a $17 billion bid for UK candy company Cadbury PLC, topping the recent $16.5 billion hostile offer by Kraft Foods Inc., the Wall Street Journal reports Friday.
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TD Ameritrade offering $1.25B in senior notes
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Fri 6:04 pm ET
Online retail brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. said Friday that it will sell $1.25 billion in senior unsecured notes in a public offering and use proceeds to retire debt and stagger the maturity of its long-term bonds.
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Movers roundup: Dress Barn, Hibbett Sports
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Fri 5:58 pm ET
Shares of Dress Barn Inc. climbed a day after the company raised its yearly profit estimate above analysts' forecasts. SAN FRANCISCO -- Shares of sporting goods retailer Hibbett Sports Inc. rose a day after its third-quarter results beat Wall Street expectations and it raised its 2010 profit forecast.
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Huntington Bancshares to buy $338.9M in notes
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Fri 5:57 pm ET
Huntington Bancshares Inc., parent company of Huntington National Bank, said Friday that it will pay $338.9 million for subordinated bank notes tendered for an offer that expired Thursday.
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TDS announces buyback authorization, 4Q dividend
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Fri 5:44 pm ET
The board of Telephone and Data Systems Inc. has authorized the company to buy back as much as $250 million worth of its common and special common shares, as market conditions permit.
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AK Steel to hike prices for carbon steel products
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Fri 5:41 pm ET
AK Steel Holding Corp., a supplier to the U.S. auto industry, said Friday that it will hike spot market prices for its carbon steel products, effective Jan. 1.
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J.M. Smucker 2nd-quarter profit soars on coffee
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Fri 5:37 pm ET
J.M. Smucker Co. nearly tripled its profit in the second quarter as the addition of Folgers coffee gave a jolt to its lineup and lower commodity prices for coffee beans and other items fattened its profit margins.
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J.M. Smucker 2nd-quarter profit soars on coffee
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Fri 5:37 pm ET
J.M. Smucker Co. nearly tripled its profit in the second quarter as the addition of Folgers coffee gave a jolt to its lineup and lower commodity prices for coffee beans and other items fattened its profit margins.
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Moody's downgrades Sprint rating
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Fri 5:27 pm ET
Moody's Investors Service said Friday that it downgraded ratings for Sprint Nextel Corp. because it is taking longer than expected to stanch a deterioration in its profit.
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D.R. Horton sees 26 perecent spike in 4Q orders
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Fri 5:20 pm ET
Homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc., saw new home orders spike 26 percent from a year ago in the latest quarter as buyers raced to close deals and take advantage of a federal tax credit. But a wider-than-anticipated loss fueled by write-downs sent shares tumbling more than 15 percent Friday.
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Medidata shares fall on offering announcement
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Fri 5:14 pm ET
Medidata Solutions Inc., a maker of software and services for clinical development of drugs and medical devices, said Friday it plans a public offering of 4.5 million shares of its common stock.
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Chase drops arbitration from card contracts
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Fri 5:10 pm ET
JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Friday it is dropping a clause from its credit card contracts that required disputes with customers to be handled through binding arbitration, a move that could lead to consumers filing class-action and other lawsuits.
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Duke Realty renews credit facility
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Fri 5:08 pm ET
Duke Realty Corp. said Friday it renewed an unsecured revolving credit facility, which now has a borrowing capacity of $850 million.
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Fitch raises rating outlook for Flowserve
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Fri 4:43 pm ET
Fitch Ratings boosted its rating outlook for Flowserve Corp. on Friday citing the pump making and fluid handling company's low leverage, good operating performance and other factors.
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