Lehman Brothers profit up on stock trading, buyouts
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., the nation’s fourth-largest investment bank, said Tuesday robust stock trading and buyout business pushed second-quarter profit up 27 percent, in what may be a harbinger for other brokerage earnings due this week.
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Asian Stocks Fall for Second Day on Oil Drop, Toyota Target Cut
Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks fell for a second day after prices for copper and crude oil tumbled and Toyota Motor Corp. slashed its profit target.
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Unkept promises
Leroy McKnight retired in 2000 as an hourly employee and union officer after more than three decades with General Motors Corp., thinking his retiree health care needs were covered. Now, he's taking stock trading classes at a local college, just in case.
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Oracle buys private TimesTen for undisclosed sum
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) - Oracle Corp. on Thursday said it will acquire TimesTen Inc., a privately held firm that provides data-management software used for tasks including real-time billing and stock trading.
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