Business Highlights (AP) Tue, 9 Feb 2010 - Toyota plans to recall about 300,000 Prius hybrids worldwide over a brake problem and is likely to notify both the U.S. and Japanese governments Tuesday, news reports said, as a top executive will testify before U.S. lawmakers about defects that have tarnished its reputation for quality and safety....
Electronic Arts outlook disappoints, shares decline (Reuters) Tue, 9 Feb 2010 - Electronic Arts Inc warned that fiscal 2011 earnings would miss Wall Street expectations as it grapples with a lack of blockbuster new games after a succession of missed targets and restructurings....
Macquarie cautious on outlook; shares down 6 percent (Reuters) Tue, 9 Feb 2010 - Macquarie Group , Australia's top investment bank, spooked investors on Tuesday with a lukewarm outlook, warning them about weakening markets and sending its shares down 6 percent....
FMC Corp. CEO buys $1M of chemical maker's stock (AP) Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - FMC Corp. on Monday said Pierre Brondeau, who became CEO and president on Jan. 1, recently bought $1 million worth of the chemical company's common shares on the open market....
Euro zone debt worries sink Dow below 10,000 (Reuters) Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - The Dow industrials closed below 10,000 for the first time since November on Monday as investors sold bank shares due to heightened concerns about the euro zone's sovereign debt troubles....
Lower taxes, charges boost Nasdaq OMX profit (AP) Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - Eroding market share and weaker trading volumes hurt Nasdaq OMX Group Inc.'s fourth-quarter revenue, but sharply lower taxes and fewer charges helped the global exchange operator report better-than-expected profit growth....
CVS Caremark, Motorola, Hasbro are big movers (AP) Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:...
NYSE Euronext US equity options volume doubles (AP) Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - Trans-Atlantic exchange operator NYSE Euronext Inc. said Monday that its trading volume for U.S. equity options more than doubled in January, while European derivatives trading rose by about one-third....
NYSE to build technology for Southeast Asia (AP) Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - NYSE Euronext said Monday it will provide technology for a project to enable cross-border trading on four stock exchanges in Southeast Asia....
On the Call: Nasdaq OMX CEO Bob Greifeld (AP) Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., which operates equities and options exchanges in the U.S. and abroad, reported a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on Monday. Revenue declined, however, as trading volumes and pricing dipped....
Hasbro optimistic about 2010; shares soar (Reuters) Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - Hasbro Inc posted a much stronger-than-expected quarterly profit and said the momentum in its games and its toys for boys would help 2010 profit and revenue rise, sending its shares up nearly 14 percent....
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