
Stocks to Watch: Knight Capital, Chesapeake
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
(CHK) - Get Report
is expected by analysts Monday to post fiscal third-quarter earnings of 8 cents a share on revenue of $2.5 billion.
Tyson
TSN
(TSN) - Get Report
, 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
(CTSH) - Get Report
.
The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles is investigating whether
Las Vegas Sands
(LVS) - Get Report
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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