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By Cheyenne Hopkins, Bloomberg |
December 13, 2012
Volcker rule opponents are making their case for alternatives to the proprietary trading ban at a U.S. House Financial Services Committee hearing as regulators move closer to completing work on the Dodd-Frank Act measure.
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By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Allen Johnson Jr., Bloomberg |
November 27, 2012
BP Plc appeared in federal court in New Orleans to answer U.S. charges brought over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, entering a not guilty plea that won’t affect its $4 billion criminal settlement with the U.S.
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By Debarati Roy, Bloomberg |
November 12, 2012
Speculators cut bullish commodity positions by the most in five months as prices had their biggest gain in eight weeks on mounting speculation that stimulus measures will bolster economic growth.
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By Carter Dougherty and Cheyenne Hopkins, Bloomberg |
November 2, 2012
Mid-sized banks that mostly let Wall Street and small firms speak for the industry during the debate over the Dodd-Frank Act have decided it’s time to carve out their own agenda in Washington.
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By Rita Nazareth and Jonathan Morgan, Bloomberg |
September 24, 2012
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index fell a third day, its longest decline in seven weeks, as European leaders clashed on ways to stem the debt crisis and data from China and Germany signaled the slowdown is deepening.
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By Steve Matthews, Bloomberg |
September 21, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart said the central bank may ease beyond its current plan to buy mortgage-backed securities if the labor market doesn’t show signs of greater strength.
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By Maria Kolesnikova, Bloomberg |
September 20, 2012
The biggest advances in commodities this year may be over because of mounting concern that policy makers aren’t doing enough to bolster economic growth at a time when producers are expanding supply.
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By Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg |
September 13, 2012
Commodities surged to a five-month high after the Federal Reserve announced a third round of fiscal measures to bolster the U.S. economy, fueling expectations that raw-material use will increase.
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By Stephen Kirkland and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
September 10, 2012
U.S. benchmark stock indexes slipped from four-year highs and the euro fell for the first time in four days as Greece struggled to qualify for aid.
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By Alex Sosnowski |
August 27, 2012
AccuWeather.com reports while from a core meteorological standpoint Isaac will not be another Katrina in terms of intensity, it is still a dangerous storm.
