NEW YORK --

Knight Capital Group

(KCG)

is discussing a possible rescue involving

TD Ameritrade

(AMTD) - Get Report

,

Getco

and other investors, according to a report.

Under the plan being discussed, TD Ameritrade and Getco would be the primary investors in a consortium of more than six entities that would provide a total of $400 million in capital to Knight,

The Wall Street Journal

reported.

A Knight representative declined to comment, the

Journal

said.

Knight, the Jersey City, N.J-based market maker, last Wednesday suffered a software glitch that caused it to send out erroneous trading orders. On Thursday, the company announced it had suffered a $440 million pretax loss as a result.

Under the consortium plan, the investors would purchase debt that would convert into stock at $2.50 a share, the

Journal

report said.

Jefferies

(JEF) - Get Report

also is involved in setting up the arrangement, the report said.

Knight in Talks on Potential Rescue: Report

Chesapeake Energy

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is expected by analysts Monday to post fiscal third-quarter earnings of 8 cents a share on revenue of $2.5 billion.

Tyson

TSN

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, the meat and chicken processor, is expected Monday to post a profit of 55 cents a share on revenue of $8.75 billion.

Earnings are also expected Monday from

Dillard's

(DDS) - Get Report

,

Cache

(CACH)

and

Cognizant Technology

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.

The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles is investigating whether

Las Vegas Sands

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violated money-laundering laws by not reporting money transfers to its casinos from two big gamblers, according to the

Journal

.

Las Vegas Sands Target of Federal Probe: Report

Teva Pharmaceutical

(TEVA) - Get Report

, the Israeli generic drugmaker, is being investigated by the

Securities and Exchange Commission

for possible violations of a U.S. antibribery law.

-- Written by Joseph Woelfel

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