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As of right now, good economic news -- particularly on the job front -- outweighs the bad.
In strikingly unenthusiastic fashion, federal Judge Jed Rakoff signed off on the Securities and Exchange Commission's plan to fine Bank of America $150 million after failing to tell shareholders of about $16 billion in impending losses at Merrill Lynch.
Bank of America Corp., the nation's largest lender, spent $1.18 million in the fourth quarter to lobby the federal government on issues such as executive compensation, credit cards and mortgage lending practices, according to a recent disclosure report.
Bond ETFs are gaining a substantial following among portfolio managers and investors.
A bill introduced yesterday in the California Legislature would require money manager placement agents to register as lobbyists and regulate their compensation.
From the start, the man accused of killing motivational speaker Jeffrey Locker told a startling tale: He said Locker asked for help stabbing himself to death so his family could collect life insurance money.
After all of the controversy and consolidation in the wirehouse sector, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC remains the top-rated firm among high-net-worth investors, according to Cogent Research LLC's 2010 Investor Brandscape report, released today.
American International Group Inc. is in talks with MetLife Inc. to sell one of it's largest insurance units for between $14 billion and $15 billion, according to news reports Tuesday citing people familiar with the matter.
Bank of America Corp.'s new CEO Brian Moynihan said Monday his company is continuing to recover from the financial crisis but will remain cautious even as it expects to grow in 2010.
After just three months as head of embattled insurer American International Group, Robert Benmosche has threatened to leave his post as he struggles to deal with heavy government oversight and restrictions on what the bailed-out company can pay employees, according to a published report.
If the Securities and Exchange Commission won't protect shareholders, then the courts must — and they will.
MetLife Inc. is licking its chops at the opportunity to expand overseas, according to published reports.
A lawsuit accuses an energy company owned by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones of aiding and abetting an alleged $15 million securities fraud.
Recent stock market volatility won't prevent the bull market rally from lasting another year or more, according to Eugene Peroni Jr., a portfolio manager with Advisors Asset Management Inc.
Nationwide Financial Network, the sales and marketing arm of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., has informed the 200 independent financial advisers that clear through its brokerage to find a new broker-dealer by April 30.
Major life carriers' earnings will take just a minor hit from President Obama's proposed Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee, according to a report from securities firm Keefe Bruyette and Woods.
