The Commerce Department said Tuesday that construction of new homes and apartments jumped 17.2% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 532,000 units.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. yesterday adjusted its variable annuity suitability rule, releasing the final version of the much-debated Rule 2821. Originally, the rule had four major components.
Some lawmakers and economists say making the Fed a "systemic risk regulator" would itself be a high-stakes risk that would distract from its core mission: reviving the economy.
Americans are slightly less pessimistic about their financial security than they were in April, according to the results of a bimonthly survey.
The Labor Department said Tuesday that the Producer Price Index increased by a seasonally adjusted 0.2 percent from April. That's below analysts' expectations of a 0.6 percent rise.
Nouriel Roubini, chairman of research firm RGE Global Monitor of New York, said today that a 1970s-style stagflation could reappear.
Aquiline Capital Partners LLC has purchased Conning & Co., the research, consulting and asset management firm, from Swiss Reinsurance Co. Ltd.
Because the insurance industry has grown to $6.3 trillion in assets under management and $1.2 trillion in annual premiums, the regulations that govern the industry need to be modernized, according to House Capital Markets Subcommittee Chairman Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa.
Net purchases of stocks, notes and bonds obtained by foreigners fell to $11.2 billion in April.
American International Group Inc. and its former chairman and chief executive, Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, have a court date today related to a fight over a block of AIG shares that was sold for $4.3 billion.
The British Bankers' Association said the rate on three-month loans in dollars — known as the London Interbank Offered Rate, or Libor — was down 0.01 of a percentage point to 0.61 percent.
Sun Life Financial Inc. today said that it will buy Lincoln National Corp.’s business in the United Kingdom for about $318.6 million.
The company, which markets itself under the name Lincoln Financial Group, said it will accept as much as $950 million in capital as part of the government's $700 billion TARP program.
The Office of the Illinois State Treasurer may reach a settlement with OppenheimerFunds Inc. by the end of this month to recover $77 million for the state’s Bright Start College Savings Program as a result of losses from the Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund last year.
Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its outlook on TARP recipients The Hartford (Conn.) Financial Services Group and Lincoln National Corp.
The “liquor indicator” is showing that consumers are still worried about losing their jobs.
City National Corp., the bank holding company that owns Convergent Capital Management LLC, has agreed to buy a majority interest in Lee Munder Capital Group, a firm with more than $3 billion in assets under management.
A sprawling case of alleged securities fraud involving an independent broker-dealer and two brokers may wind up costing an insurance company $10.3 million.
Despite the intense scrutiny on executive compensation by legislatures and regulators, major brokerage firms continue to offer generous recruitment packages to top brokers.
Two-thirds of affluent parents with children under 18 aren't using Section 529 college savings plans, according to a report by The Phoenix Cos. Inc.
