Consumer protections and state partnership arrangements with insurance companies were among the topics.
New orders for manufactured durable goods were up 0.8% in June for a total of $215.4 billion.
HealthMarkets Inc. faces up to $10 million in additional penalties if it doesn’t meet disclosure and oversight standards.
UBS could be parially suspended from operating until those who purchased ARS from the firm are reimbursed.
Economic activity has slowed in the past month, with Americans buying fewer goods in all categories.
This could be the first of several cases arising from an investigation into the auction rate securities market.
The Select 5 fixed-interest annuity is a single-premium product that is guaranteed for five years.
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.
Wachovia reported a second-quarter loss of $8.9 billion, or $4.20 per share, while slashing its dividend by 87%.
There will be conintued stresses "until the housing market stabilizes further," said Treasury secretary Henry Paulson.
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.
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.
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.
An index of leading indicators, which gauges the economic outlook for the next three to six months, fell 0.1% in June.
Although the stock prices of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were bruised, a handful of mutual funds continue to hold the securities, either because they underestimate the risk or because they are smarter than the average bear.
American Equity Investment Life Insurance has settled a class action for $16.4 million over abusive annuity sales.
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Economists at major U.S. corporations believe that the economy will steer clear of a recession.
Citigroup lost $2.5 billion in the second quarter while Merrill Lynch was down $4.65 billion.
the S&P 500 is down 2.95% this decade — well below the 2.04% real advance during the 1930s.
