Creamed

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, maker of the Keurig single-cup brewing system, plunged 32.5 percent to $45.20 in after-hours trading after fourth-quarter sales trailed analysts’ estimates.

Home prices

US home prices fell in nearly three-quarters of metropolitan areas in the third quarter and the national median price dropped 4.7 percent as the housing market continued to show weakness.

MF creditors

MF Global Holdings creditors hired Martin Bienenstock of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP to represent them in the bankruptcy of the firm.

Feisty Rakoff

US District Judge Jed Rakoff made it clear he has big problems with the SEC’s approach to settling major securities fraud cases, perhaps imperiling a proposed $285 million settlement with Citigroup over the sale of toxic mortgage debt.

HSBC UK

HSBC Holdings, Britain’s largest bank, described the estimated $2.5 billion joint cost of the UK bank levy and the Independent Commission on Banking’s proposals as “too high.”