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The futures industry is recommending more rigorous reporting and internal controls for brokerages as $1.6 billion of customer money is still unaccounted for after the bankruptcy of MF Global Holdings Ltd.
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Clorox Co., targeted last year by Carl Icahn, would consider acquisitions of health-care products and services to fuel what could become a $300 million business, according to its chief executive officer.
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HealthStream Inc., a provider of online continuing education for doctors, rose 3.4 percent after a Craig-Hallum analyst said the company may be a takeover target because it dominates the market.
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Newell Rubbermaid Inc. Chief Executive Officer Michael Polk said the company will shift more of its resources to the developing world, focusing on key brands and taking advantage of trends such as rapid urbanization.
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Netflix Inc., the online and mail- order video-rental service, reached an agreement with Weinstein Co. for rights to stream the Academy Award-nominated movie “The Artist” and other programming.
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Florida’s Senate blocked a plan to create the largest private-prison system in the U.S., handing a setback to a Geo Group Inc. unit that will instead seek to expand outside the Sunshine State, according to its president.
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The Maryland and Virginia suburbs of Washington are a lot alike, with similar populations of workers from the U.S. capital, incomes above the national average and unemployment rates below the norm.
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Move Inc., an owner of real-estate websites, rose to the highest since July as a stronger forecast and a jump in demand for online services signaled transaction growth in a weak housing market.
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The Federal Reserve said it will increase oversight of reform efforts in the market for borrowing and lending securities and consider policy options after an industry group failed to meet goals for reducing risk.
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Thomas Storrs, whose determination to expand North Carolina National Bank beyond state borders laid the foundation for today’s Bank of America Corp., has died. He was 93.
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