Stocks off to an uneven start…Activist investor wins control of Olive Garden parent’s board…Recalls from Nissan, Mitsubishi

NEW YORK (AP) — The volatility continues on Wall Street. Major indexes have changed direction several times in early trading on the morning after the market’s worst day of the year. Oil stocks are falling again as the price of crude continues to decline. Shares of Exact Sciences are soaring after the company said its new colon cancer test will be covered by Medicare.

NEW YORK (AP) — An activist investor has won all of the board seats for Olive Garden parent company Darden Restaurants, according to preliminary results announced by the company. Starboard Value was seeking to replace all 12 board seats with its own slate of nominees at Darden’s annual meeting today. The hedge fund has criticized Darden’s management of Olive Garden, as well as how the company handled the sale of Red Lobster.

DETROIT (AP) — Nissan is recalling more than 220,000 Altima midsize cars in the U.S. because a secondary latch can fail and allow the hoods to fly open while the cars are in motion. Only Altimas from the 2013 model year are covered by the recall so far, but Nissan is investigating whether other models could be involved, according to documents posted today by U.S. safety regulators.

DETROIT (AP) — Mitsubishi is recalling nearly 166,000 small cars and SUVs in the U.S. because the engines can stall unexpectedly. The recall covers the Lancer and Lancer Evolution from the 2008 to 2011 model years, as well as the Lancer Sportback from 2009 to 2011. Also affected are the Outlander small SUV from 2008 to 2011 and the Outlander Sport from the 2011 model year. All the cars have the company’s 4B1 engine.

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese judge has ordered Google to remove search results of a man’s unflattering past. The Tokyo District Court ordered Google Japan to remove search results that hinted at the man’s relations with a criminal organization after he complained his privacy rights were violated. Google has run into this before. In May, Europe’s highest court ruled Google should delete references to negative past information, including old debts and past arrests.

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