JPMorgan settles SEC 'pay-to-play' charges in Ala. (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:32:39 GMT FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2008 file photo, an exterior view of JPMorgan Chase offices is shown in San Francisco. JPMorgan Chase & Co. is paying more than $700 million to settle federal regulators' charges it made unlawful payments to friends of public officials to win municipal bond business in Jefferson County, Ala.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)

Countrywide ex-CEO Mozilo must face SEC fraud case (Reuters) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:24:08 GMT Reuters - A federal judge rejected a request by Angelo Mozilo, the former chief executive of mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp, to dismiss a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing him of securities fraud and insider trading.

Value Line, execs paying $45M to settle with SEC (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:47:27 GMT AP - Investment adviser Value Line Inc., its CEO and its former compliance chief have agreed to pay about $45 million to settle regulators' allegations the firm charged more than $24 million in bogus commissions on mutual fund trades.

Stocks give up gains in last hour, finish mixed (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:54:16 GMT Specialists Scott Wetzel, Michael Bonnano and Peter Gaicchi, left to right, and Gennaro Saporito, foreground right, work at a post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)

CA-CANADA Summary (Reuters) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:20:39 GMT Reuters - Canada took a step on Wednesday to scrapping a controversial gun registry, though rules will still remain much tougher than in the United States. The House of Commons approved in principle a bill that would eliminate a decade-old registry of long guns such as hunting rifles and shotguns.

Wall Street rally fades late after Fed; Cisco up late (Reuters) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:20:01 GMT Guests stand in line to checking in at the Hyatt Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona November 4, 2009. Hyatt plans to sell 38 million shares of stock for between $23 and $26 each under the ticker "H" (H.N) on the New York Stock Exchange. The full proceeds of the $931 million IPO will go to the Pritzker family, which controls the company. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)

How the major stock indexes fared on Wednesday (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:44:53 GMT AP - A late-day slump left stocks mixed Wednesday as investors couldn't hold on to their optimism after the Federal Reserve gave an encouraging assessment of the economy. A House vote to speed up the effective date of limits on credit card companies took bank stocks sharply lower in the last hour of trading.

Pulte Homes, Merck, Garmin are big movers (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:36:59 GMT AP - The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange:

Merge Healthcare, 2 execs settle fraud charges (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:30:32 GMT AP - Milwaukee-based Merge Healthcare Inc. and two former senior executives have settled charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission alleging accounting fraud that caused the company's stock to plummet by two-thirds in a seven-month period.

TSX edges higher on strong oil, gold (Reuters) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:13:25 GMT Reuters - Toronto's main stock index ended higher on Wednesday as strength in commodity prices boosted oil and gas companies and record gold prices sent Barrick Gold and other miners higher.