Financial Service News

'It's miraculous': Stowaway, 16, walks away unharmed despite flying more than five hours from California to Hawaii in plane WHEEL WELL after running away from home Easter morning horror as sleeping girl, 16, is crushed to death when 'drunk' neighbor crashes his SUV through her bedroom at 80MPH 'Unforgivable, murderous acts': South Korean President ... (more)

Jacques de Larosiere says he is an isolated and modest man. Yet the 84-year-old former head of the International Monetary Fund is one of the most influential voices in European and global finance.

Legal woes: The New York Stock Exchange and Bank of America were among dozens of exchanges, brokerages and traders sued over high-frequency trading.

Barclays is planning to withdraw from parts of the metals, agricultural and energy markets, echoing moves by other major players like JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley away from the commodities business, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

The constitutional challenge comes after a Butte-Silver Bow district judge upheld a $52 million jury award in favor of Masters Group International Inc. earlier this month.

Shares in Net 1 UEPS Technologies plunged on Thursday as investors reacting to a Constitutional Court ruling dumped the volatile stock.

Dubai, April 19 : Qatar-based Doha Bank has agreed to buy HSBC Bank Oman's business in India that has gross assets of Rs.350 crore .

Vernon C. Sumnicht saw the writing on the wall about a decade ago. The certified financial planner and money manager, who at the time charged fees of 1.5% annually, submitted a carefully worded proposal to consult a foundation on its investment portfolio.

Writing in the Guardian newspaper on Saturday, journalist Dan Roberts details how newly released documents from inside the Clinton adminstration reveal how the president's economic advisors at the time downplayed the possible negative impacts of deregulating Wall Street as they pushed for measures that many critics say ultimately led to the ... (more)

It turns out a visit from Bill Clinton isn't the only thing Marjorie Margolies needs to complete her political comeback.

High finance is a small world just like Baltimore is a small town, and it showed as potential conflicts of interest cropped up during a fight over ownership of the city's biggest local bank.

Los Angeles, April 19: Singer Miley Cyrus is still in the hospital following a severe allergic reaction after she took antibiotics.

Wisconsin's largest homegrown bank produced more earnings than expected in the first quarter of this year -- but its profits were still less than a year ago.

NIGHT'S RAIN. LESLIE, DAVID? THANK YOU, DETECTIVE. NEW THIS MORNING A SCHOOL PRESENTATION BRINGS BACK SOME DISTURBING MEMORIES FOR A TEEN-AGE GIRL.

The suit says stock exchanges, investment banks and others defrauded investors by manipulating market data in favor of split-second stock-trading firms.

Steve Farris runs a $33 billion Texas oil and gas company and turns, for advice, to a bearded Vermont environmentalist.

Kaiser is president, CEO and primary owner of GBK Corp., parent of Kaiser-Francis Oil Company, which he has managed for 40 years.

U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan directed Gupta to surrender by 2:00 p.m. EDT on that date to start serving his sentence at an institution chosen by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, according to an order issued on Thursday.

Duke Energy told shareholders Thursday that cleanup costs resulting from its massive coal ash spill into the Dan River won't have a material effect on the $50 billion company's bottom line.

Finally, retailers and banks have agreed to work together to fight data breach incidents, foregoing the finger-pointing of who's responsible for prevention and recovery .