Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke's speech last Tuesday attracted the most attention for new mortgage lending rules, to be detailed this week, and for leaving the Fed's doors open to investment banks until next year.
Insurance agents who work primarily with equity index annuities say the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposal to regulate the products as securities would impose greater costs on their firms and hand over control of their production to broker-dealers.
Fears of short supply in the largest oil-producing nations and a weak dollar sent crude oil prices above the $147-per-barrel mark.
The U.S. trade deficit contracted by 1.2% in May as the value of goods and services exported increased faster than those that were brought in.
U.S. chain store sales rose 4.3% in June — the biggest gain in more than a year — aided by strong performances from discount stores.
The ratings have been raised to “buy,” from “hold,” and the target price has been upped to $33 per share, from $30.
SIFMA wants Finra to raise the threshold for reporting settlements with customers to $25,000, from $10,000.
A Chicago lawyer was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday by a federal judge who said his excessive loyalty to Refco Inc. led him to help the big commodities brokerage carry out a $2.4 billion fraud.
Investors, brokers and analysts believe the current bond-rating system should be reformed.
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Banc of America Securities cuts its earnings estimates and price targets on Blackstone Group and Fortress Investment Group.
Goldman Sachs' hard-to-value assets declined 19% in the second quarter, to $78.1 billion.
Janet Yellen predicts unstable housing and higher commodity prices will hamper recovery before 2009.
Americans reacted to soaring gasoline and food prices and the worst stock market since the Great Depression.
Smart advisers don’t rely on a client’s memory about beneficiary designations; they ask to see paperwork.
The European Central Bank raised its benchmark interest rate a quarter point to 4.25% to combat fears about inflation.
The decrease in non-farm payrolls follows a decline of 49,000 jobs last month.
