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Lessons learned, BofA makes a new mortgage push
Bank of America wants a bigger slice of the mortgage market. This time, the bank is being more careful about how to get it. On Thursday, the bank ...
Taxpayers will ease banks' costs in mortgage deal
Consumer advocates have complained that U.S. mortgage lenders are getting off easy in a deal to settle charges that they wrongfully foreclosed on many ...
S&P 500 surges on housing starts, jobless claims
The Standard and Poor's 500 index climbed to another five-year high after strong reports on housing starts and unemployment claims made investors more ...
Goldman, Morgan Stanley pay $557M in mortgage case
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley will pay a combined $557 million to settle federal complaints that they wrongfully foreclosed on homeowners who ...
Asia stocks mixed, Nikkei falls as yen slide halts
Japan's benchmark stock index toppled off a 32-month high Wednesday after the yen's slide went into reverse. Other benchmarks were mixed as investors ...
Banks say new agency's oversight is slow, costly
Bankers and financial industry leaders are criticizing the early efforts of the government's new consumer finance watchdog, saying a slow and ...
Stocks edge higher as retailers rally
Stocks edged higher on Wall Street after a rally in retail stocks offset concerns about flaring tensions in Washington over increasing the country's ...
Asia stocks gain on Bernanke comments, weaker yen
Asian stocks posted modest gains Tuesday after Fed chief Ben Bernanke said the central bank's bond buying is providing crucial support for the U.S.
Stocks little changed on Wall Street; Apple slides
Apple held down the Standard & Poor's 500, pushing it further below the five-year high it reached last week, after the technology giant's stock sank ...
Stocks open mixed on Wall Street; Apple slides
Stocks are opening little changed ahead of a speech on monetary policy from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Apple's stock slid 3 percent after ...
US stock futures subdued ahead of Bernanke session
Wall Street stock futures are subdued ahead of a speech on monetary policy from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Dow futures are up 6 points to ...
Stocks gain for second week, keeping S&P near high
Stocks gained for a second straight week as company earnings reports started to come in, keeping the Standard and Poor's 500 index within a fraction ...
Beset by risks, Japan seeks boost from stimulus
A 20 trillion yen ($224 billion) stimulus package announced Friday by Japan's newly installed prime minister Shinzo Abe will likely give the ...
Banks prepare for earnings; mortgages cast a pall
Legal troubles and regulatory scuffles keep piling up for the banking industry, a fact that's sure to drag down results when the banks start reporting ...
US banks to pay $8.5B in mortgage settlement
Hundreds of thousands of Americans stand to benefit from the latest mortgage-abuse settlement, but consumer advocates say U.S. banks may be getting ...
10 banks agree to pay $8.5B for foreclosure abuse
Ten major banks agreed Monday to pay $8.5 billion to settle federal complaints that they wrongfully foreclosed on homeowners who should have been ...
Stocks sink, pulling S&P 500 down from 5-year high
Investors started the week on a cautious note, pulling the Standard & Poor's 500 index down from the five-year high it reached Friday. The move lower ...
Fiscal-cliff deal no recipe for a robust economy
Housing is rebounding. Families are shrinking debts. Europe has avoided a financial crackup. And the fiscal cliff deal has removed the most urgent ...
US still faces political fights on spending, debt
A last-minute deal will keep the U.S. from driving off the so-called "fiscal cliff," but higher taxes and continued political fighting in Washington ...
Political brinksmanship still threatens US economy
Lawmakers managed to avoid driving the United States over the so-called fiscal cliff with a late-night vote Tuesday. But higher taxes and ...
A surprisingly good vintage as market logs gains
If you'd told investors what was going to happen in 2012 — U.S. economic growth at stall speed, an intensifying European debt crisis, a slowdown in ...