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JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) today announced that it has signed an agreement with LPL Financial to provide access to new issue municipal bonds to LPL financial advisors. Under the agreement, LPL, the nation’s largest independent broker dealer since 1996¹, will be a preferred retail dealer for J.P. Morgan, further expanding the investment bank’s distribution channels for new issue municipal bonds. JPMorgan Chase & Co. … Continue reading News Buzz: JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS), Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), Yingli Green Energy Holding (NYSE:YGE), Transcontinental Realty Investors Inc. (NYSE:TCI)

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Yingli Green Energy Hold. Co. Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:YGE) declared that all stock owner resolutions proposed at the Firm’s 2013 yearly general meeting conduct on November 17, 2014 were accordingly passed. The investors passed the resolutions by the Firm Re-election of Mr. Iain Ferguson Bruce and Mr. Ming Huang as directors of the firm; and Approval and appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Firm’s independent auditor. Yingli … Continue reading Active Stocks to Watch: Yingli Green Energy (NYSE:YGE), American International Group, (NYSE:AIG), Impax Laboratories (NASDAQ:IPXL), Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP), Companhia Brasileira (NYSE:CBD)

Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI) rejected a takeover approach from Halliburton because the offer wasn’t high enough (paywall). Emails showed a counter-proposal made on “a very reasonable basis on which to reach agreement,” which it says Halliburton didn’t engage with before it went hostile on Friday, seeking to replace Baker Hughes’ entire board (paywall). Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI) belongs to Basic Materials sector. Its net profit … Continue reading Morning Watch List: Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI), Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA), Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI), Aastrom Biosciences (NASDAQ:ASTM), Yingli Green Energy (NYSE:YGE)