Ford seems more enthusiastic about its electric Focus program, but it too is making very conservative volume estimates.

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Corning cut its fourth-quarter profit and volume growth estimates.

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For a variety of factors, given the global economic recovery, the increased interconnectedness and digitalization of the global financial system and the ballooning of financial markets, we could see volume of contracts increase even higher than our estimates.

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Getco already casts a tall shadow over daily trading, by some estimates roughly 20% of stock market volume, so for it the move is symbolic of changes it has been trying to lead over the last decade.

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We currently feel that the threat to CME Group from the merger of NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Boerse is low as CME already competes with them individually and still managed to increase its average daily volume of energy contracts, its most valuable segment in our estimates, from 1.35 million contracts in 2008 to 1.67 million in 2010.

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While these estimates are not directly comparable to Nielson ratings, the sheer volume of the difference reinforces that the World Cup and Olympics are more popular worldwide.

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Shares in MasterCard hit a fresh all-time high on Wednesday after posting solid third quarter results before the bell, blowing estimates out of the water on strong growth in spending and volume both in the U.S. and internationally.

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