The Senate voted 80-13 to limit debate on the bill that would aid ailing mortgage giants and help struggling mortgage holders.
Consumer protections and state partnership arrangements with insurance companies were among the topics.
The insurance company will pay $786,655.87 as part of a settlement with the North Carolina insurance department.
New orders for manufactured durable goods were up 0.8% in June for a total of $215.4 billion.
Legg Mason today reported a loss of $31.3 million, or 22 cents a share, for the second quarter.
The pilot program will allow about 400 arbitration claimants to select a panel without an industry representative.
The bill would provide $300 billion in funding to troubled homeowners and aid the ailing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Economic activity has slowed in the past month, with Americans buying fewer goods in all categories.
UBS could be parially suspended from operating until those who purchased ARS from the firm are reimbursed.
HealthMarkets Inc. faces up to $10 million in additional penalties if it doesn’t meet disclosure and oversight standards.
E*Trade Financial reported a second-quarter earnings loss of $94.6 million compared to a net income gain of $159.1 million a year ago.
The Select 5 fixed-interest annuity is a single-premium product that is guaranteed for five years.
This could be the first of several cases arising from an investigation into the auction rate securities market.
There will be conintued stresses "until the housing market stabilizes further," said Treasury secretary Henry Paulson.
Wachovia reported a second-quarter loss of $8.9 billion, or $4.20 per share, while slashing its dividend by 87%.
In the wake of moves this month by Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. and First Allied Securities Inc. to acquire broker-dealers, more deals for independent-contractor firms are on the horizon, according to industry observers.
After weeks of slumbering on the sidelines, Christopher Cox and the Securities and Exchange Commission have become engaged in the financial crisis that has swept the markets.
A growing number of investors are looking beyond conventional office buildings and shopping malls, and parking their cash in the infrastructure that surrounds them — in particular, toll roads, bridges, electrical transmission lines, communication lines and pipelines.
An index of leading indicators, which gauges the economic outlook for the next three to six months, fell 0.1% in June.
The Charlotte, N.C.-based bank booked second-quarter net income of $3.41 billion compared to $5.76 billion in the year-ago period.
