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Discount broker Charles Schwab Corp. said Monday its third-quarter net income rose 77 percent as more investors turned to the company's advisory services amid increased market volatility and stock trading increased.

Retail stock broker Charles Schwab Corp.'s Chairman and Chief Executive, Walter Bettinger II, received compensation worth $10.02 million in 2010, almost the same as in 2009, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.

Charles Schwab said Monday it is buying online brokerage services provider OptionsXpress for $1 billion in a move to capitalize on the profitable business of options trading.

Charles Schwab said his firm was “on the side of the investor,” but it obfuscated the risks of a losing fund.

Even as it settles with the S.E.C., it is blaming others.

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Goldman Sachs upgraded Charles Schwab Corp. (NASDAQ: SCHW) from Sell to Neutral and raised their price target from $16 to $18.

Dec. 31 -- Randy Frederick, director of trading and derivatives at Charles Schwab & Co., talks with Bloomberg's Pimm Fox about U.S. stocks.

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The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed a lawsuit Monday against the brokerage unit of Charles Schwab Corp., claiming the firm misled customers about the safety of auction-rate securities.

New York’s attorney general filed a lawsuit against the brokerage unit of Charles Schwab, claiming that the firm misled customers about the safety of auction-rate securities.