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NY Attorney General Andrew Cuomo wants blood from the banks that marketed auction-rate securities but have not made settlements with…
The SEC informal investigation of Bank of America’s (BAC) recently acquired Countrywide Financial has been in progress for months and…
Ambac Financial (ABK) Cut To Underweight at JPMorgan. Ann Talor (AMM) Cut to Market Perform at FBR Bank of America…
The safe-house for money center banks closed and locked its doors long ago. The mortgage-related paper crisis rolls on like…
Regulators may be trying to keep short sellers out of a few financial stocks, but that is not keeping large…
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) just made key announcements regarding the dividend and the share buyback plans. It has…
At the start of the year, many Wall St. analysts and much of the media give the impression that the…
The most important financial lifeline for most small businesses and consumers is their bank. More often than not these banks…
The federal government has decided that Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) are too big to fail. The Fed…
Twenty-seven of the Dow components are down. And, three are playing defense in an brutal market: Coca-Cola (KO), GE (GE),…
The short interest in most financial and industrial companies rose sharply for the period ending June 30. Shares sold short…
Fannie Mae (FNM) hit by rumors that it and Freddie Mac may have to raise $75 billion. Drops to $14.65…
Europe’s banks need to head back out on the fund-raising circuit. They may have to bring in as much as…
KBW, the bank research firms, thinks Bank of America (BAC) will have to raise $10 billion in new capital. Its…
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