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...Nine of the ten biggest groups — including FirstEnergy, Dominion Energy and Southern — had resolutions for greater climate change disclosure in the spring of 2017, eight of which failed to pass....
...Another 177 companies in the S&P 1500 index, and 18 companies in the MSCI USA index of America’s 622 biggest businesses, have no female directors....
UK banks helped by unscheduled UBS trading update
...Ameritrade Holding, the US discount brokerage firm, on Wednesday appeared to have approved a deal to acquire TD Waterhouse USA, a rival, for about $3bn, according to people familiar with the matter....
...If confirmed, Ameritrade's takeover of TD Waterhouse, a unit of Toronto-Dominion, the Canadian bank, will reshape the struggling discount brokerage industry....
...In other deal news, shares in Ameritrade Holding climbed 2.1 per cent to $18.25 on Wednesday’s announcement that it would buy rival TD Waterhouse USA from Toronto-Dominion Bank....
...The other pick is Dominion Resources, which offers a 3.9 per cent yield and “has a little energy kicker story in that they have an energy trading side”....
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