
US futures mixed as budget fight overshadows earns
Stock futures are mixed despite strong earnings from some of the nation's biggest financial institutions. Dow Jones industrial futures are down 58 ...
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 ...
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.
JPMorgan told to fix oversight tied to $6B loss
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has been ordered to take steps to correct poor risk management that led to a surprise trading loss last year of more than $6 ...

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 ...
Vatican surprised by bank's credit card block
A senior Vatican official says he is "truly surprised" that the Bank of Italy ordered credit card payments suspended in the tiny city-state and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fewer US banks failing as industry strengthens
U.S. banks are ending the year with their best profits since 2006 and fewer failures than at any time since the financial crisis struck in 2008.

Top business story in '12: Sluggish global economy
This would be the year when the global economy finally regained its vigor. At least that's what many had hoped. It didn't happen. The three largest ...