TD Ameritrade will not let funds inspect its books

(Reuters) - The funds have argued that any merger discussions by the
brokerage must be free of the influence of Toronto-Dominion
Bank , which owns 40 percent of TD Ameritrade.




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REFILE-BancFirst sees $7.5 mln gain in Q3 from investment sale

(Reuters) - The gain will result in a net income of about $4.2 million,
or 26 cents per share, the financial services holding company
said in a statement.




BancFirst said regulatory approval and other conditions
could alter the amount of the expected gain.



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Freightliner, striking Ore. machinists open talks

(Reuters) - The 670 union-represented machinists will remain on strike
until a new contract is ratified, he said, adding that
negotiations with management had re-started on Thursday night.




The union's current contract expired on June 30. Workers
rejected a tentative contract agreement on Monday in a dispute
that centers on retiree health benefits.


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Immtech Pharma files for $50 million stock shelf

(Reuters) - Those purposes could include clinical trials, research and
development expenses, general and administrative expenses, and
working capital.




Under a shelf registration, a company may sell securities in
one or more separate offerings with the size, price and terms
to be determined at the time of sale.


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CBOT, Genzyme, Macy's, Mannatech, Parametric: U.S. Equity Movers Final

(Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies
whose shares had unusual price changes on U.S. exchanges. Stock
symbols are in parentheses after company names. Share prices are
as of 4 p.m. in New York.

CBOT Holdings Inc. (BOT US) rose $17.85, or 8.7 percent, to
$224. Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (CME US) raised
its offer for the Chicago Board of Trade for a third time, to $11
billion, to fend off rival Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (ICE
US) and form the world's largest futures exchange. Chicago Merc
shares rose $19.11, or 3.4 percent, to $574.80, and
Intercontinental shares gained $4.28, or 2.8 percent, to $156.09.


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UPDATE 2-Chile's LAN director Pinera fined over share trade

(Reuters) - The regulator said Pinera should not have bought the 3
million LAN shares in July last year while he had information
about LAN's unpublished second-quarter results. But it also
accepted the transaction was not driven by his knowledge.




"At the moment at which he made the purchase, was
aware of details of the company's financial balance, which were
not in the public domain," the regulator said.


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Sugar Falls in New York on Speculation India May Export More Raw Supplies

(Bloomberg) -- Sugar in New York fell on speculation
India, the world's second-biggest producer, may boost exports of
the sweetener.

India's sugar output will rise to 30.4 million metric tons
this year from 20.9 million last year, Ratzeburg, Germany-based
F.O. Licht said in a report this week. India plans to export at
least 500,000 tons of raw sugar between December and March,
Jayanthilal B. Patel, chairman of industry-funded trading firm
Indian Sugar Exim Corp., said last month.


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