Banking

Good Economic News out of China? SEC Takes on Goldman’s Big Bad Wolf; The Most Powerful Testimonial in the World

The Chinese National Bureau of Statistics released economic performance figures today for the world’s second-largest economy. In a...

Weaker U.S. Q2 Data Gives Far East Stocks a Lift; European Markets Mixed on U.S. & E.U. News; Citibank Goes to Baghdad

Global stocks rose on Thursday on hopes that the Fed’s stimulus program would regain support in the wake...

Smithfield Foods’ Pork Business May Gain Chinese Flavor; Canada’s Largest Bank also Booking Large Profits; Berkshire’s Abel to Grow Energy Holdings

Smithfield Foods, the largest U.S.-owned hog producer and pork processor, soon may be merely the largest U.S. asset...

Japan’s Nikkei Index Falls 7.3% for Several Reasons; Europe and U.S. Indexes Dip after Japanese Nosedive; JPMorgan Voters Keep CEO Dimon

The Japanese stock market's single-largest, one-day loss since the 2011 tsunami featured a 7.3 percent plunge yesterday that...

Is China Pushing away from Diet of U.S. Treasuries?; Meet the New Old-Boy Network; Banks Finally Draw a Line?

If China begins to unwind from U.S. debt at the same time the Federal Reserve scales back its...

Hedge Fund Manger Eyes Sony Break-up; J.P. Morgan’s Dimon is in the Crosshairs; Verizon-Vodafone Agrees to Slice $7 Billion Dividend Pie

Daniel Lieb, the man behind the ouster of Yahoo’s former chief and the hiring of Marissa Mayer away...

Eagle Eye Opener: Bank of America Leads U.S. Profit Performance; Japanese Economy Impresses Fund Managers

Bank of America Corp’s first quarter profits quadrupled as the banking behemoth cut expenses and earmarked less funds...

Daily Data Flow: Four-Day Winning Streak for Stocks; Cyprus Eases Bank Restrictions; Dollar Falls against Yen

The S&P 500 continued to rise, doing so for a fourth consecutive session on the back of March's...

Daily Data Flow: Stocks up after Last Week’s Drop; Crowdfunding Growing, Bank Lending Decreasing; Grecian Banks in Need of State Help

In the aftermath of 2013's biggest weekly drop for the S&P 500, stocks rose today as investors anticipated...

Making Money Alert: Europe is Far from Fixed

Last year, the world was worried about Europe and whether the European Union (EU) would come to an...