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Whole Foods reported a profit for its fiscal second quarter that fell short of Wall Street expectations, and the upscale grocer cut its outlook for the year. The company, based in Austin, Texas, said sales …

The U.S. derivatives markets regulator is preparing a proposed rule for automated trading, a senior regulator said, after earlier asking market participants for insights on a long list of questions. “I understand that Commission staff is starting to work on a proposed rule,” Scott O’Malia, a member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said in a speech. The CFTC, which regulates futures and swaps markets, in September put out a study – known as a concept release – into computerized trading that was seen as a possible first step toward drawing up formal rules.

While we recently roasted IBM for engaging in an unsustainable debt-funded buyback program, in which IBM has used every dollar of debt issued since 2012 to buyback its stock, moments ago another company showed why management teams would much rather buyback their stock than invest in CapEx in a market that only reward instant gratification in the form of shareholder friendly activity and furiously punishes any attempts to grow for the future.

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Target Interim CEO and President John Mulligan told Reuters on Tuesday he’s not interested in becoming the company’s new CEO.

Stocks started Tuesday down mildly and continued to fall throughout the session as a stream of earnings reports poured in. The Nasdaq finished 1.4% lower, the S&P 500 0.9% and the Dow Jones industrial average 0.8%. Volume was higher on both exchanges, according to preliminary data. In the stockmarkettoday, oil stocks rallied. U.S.

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Walt Disney topped earnings and revenue expectations, thanks to strong performance of its blockbuster animated film “Frozen.”

JPMorgan & Chase Co. named two managing directors, John Anderson and Mike Camacho, to take over from Blythe Masters as co-heads of global commodities after the bank pulls back from physical…

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