MORGAN STANLEY

A sign is seen outside the JPMorgan office in Los Angeles

European, US Officials Struggle To Tighten Banking Rules

European Union finance ministers failed Thursday to hammer out new global banking regulations, highlighting the resistance regulators on both sides of the Atlantic face as they push for tougher banking rules to ensure banks won't spark another great recession, as they did in 2008.

Facebook IPO, 3 Months At SEC, Expected Soon

IBTimes Logo
As a result, the San Francisco company?s IPO could raise the $5 billion as outlined in the latest amendment to its IPO filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23.
Processing facility at Cortez project

Gold Prices Slide Towards $1,650

Gold prices slid towards $1,650 an ounce on Monday, taking a breather after four straight days of gains, as upcoming elections in France and Greece and a European Central Bank meeting later this week pressured the euro versus the dollar.
More news
Morgan Stanley CEO Gorman

Morgan Stanley 1Q Down But Beats Street

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) on Thursday reported weaker first-quarter profit but still beat analyst expectations, which helped lift shares up more than 2 percent.
IBTimes Logo

Morgan Stanley Seen Earning Somewhat Less Than Year-Ago, Barring Surprises

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), the exalted New York house of finance that is a veritable icon of white-shoe Wall Street firms, is expected to report first-quarter financial results Thursday somewhat weaker than a year-ago, a consensus of bank analysts has noted, as the firm is unlikely to have benefited as much as peers from positive developments that lifted large-cap U.S. banks during the first quarter.
IBTimes Logo

Chesapeake Sells Assets To Raise $2.6 Billion

Chesapeake Energy Corp, the second largest natural gas producer in the US, said on Monday that it has finalized three deals to sell its assets, which will raise $2.6 billion, as it faces cash crunch and a rising debt.
General Electric

GE, Best Buy Suffer Credit Rating Setbacks

Two of the most iconic American brands suffered setbacks to their credit ratings on Wednesday, evidence that some of the nation's most visible economic engines could face higher borrowing costs.
Rising PMI indicates increased activity in U.S. manufacturing sector according to an ISM report, Monday.

US Manufacturing, Economy Grew in March: ISM Index

U.S. manufacturing grew alongside the overall economy in March, rising 1 percent over the previous month's level, according to the March purchasing managers index (PMI) of the Institute for Supply Management.
IBTimes Logo

Asian Markets Dip On U.S., China Growth Worries

Asian shares eased for a second day in a row Thursday, as investors limited their risk exposures on concerns about growth prospects in the world's two largest economies, the United States and China.
Gasoline prices are shown at a gas station in Del Mar, California

Will Obama Release Oil From Strategic Reserve to Control Gas Prices?

With political pressures mounting, talk about the release of the strategic oil reserves has come back. Will the President decide to release the country's reserves in a last gasp effort to stem the gas price spike? And if he does, what kind of impact will it have on prices?
An employee works on a computer at the new headquarters of Facebook in Menlo Park, California January 11, 2012.

Stock Rater Sees Facebook On Par With Tech Titans

Facebook isn’t even trading yet but Rapid Ratings, a New York firm with an unusual risk-analysis model, rates the social networking company's stock as highly as that of technology stars Intel, Apple, Microsoft and Google.
John Edwards

John Edwards Named In 'Soccer Mom Madam' Anna Gristina Case

An alleged call girl and prostitute who worked for the madam of the alleged Millionaire Madam or Soccer Mom Madam Anna Gristina, informed New York City authorities that she was paid to have sex with 58-year-old former U.S. Sen. John Edwards while he was in New York raising money for a 2008 presidential nomination.

Pages

IBT Spotlight

We Help Businesses Find B2B Service Providers They Can Trust.