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Moving to clear away an obstacle to passage of a Wall Street reform bill, key U.S. senators have struck a compromise balancing state and federal powers in bank consumer protection, aides said on Tuesday.

U.S. credit card delinquencies fell for the fourth straight month in April, the latest indicator that Americans are recovering from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc and a consortium of other top banks are part of an effort to save ShoreBank Corp, a Chicago bank with Washington ties, a community activist close to the institution said on Friday.

Prosecutors are conducting a broad criminal investigation of six major Wall Street banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co and Citigroup Inc, to determine if they misled investors, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Bank of America Corp said on Thursday that it had modified roughly 56,000 customer mortgages so far this year under the primary U.S. government program aimed at preventing bank foreclosures.

U.S. authorities are expanding their probes of past mortgage securities deals, with New York's attorney general opening an investigation into whether eight banks misled rating agencies, a source familiar with the matter said.

Five U.S. banks and four European lenders are being investigated by U.S. authorities, as they widen their probe of the role of banks in past mortgage securities deals, according to news reports.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a strong start for Wall Street on Monday, with shares set to rebound as confidence was boosted after global policymakers came up with an emergency rescue package worth around $1 trillion aimed at preventing Greece's debt crisis from spreading through the euro zone.

Countrywide Financial Corp, the mortgage lender acquired by Bank of America Corp , has agreed to a $624 million settlement of a lawsuit accusing it of misleading investors about its lending practices.

A British tax on bank executives' bonuses will cost two of the biggest U.S. banks a combined $1 billion.

Countrywide Financial Corp, the mortgage lender acquired by Bank of America Corp , has agreed to a $624 million settlement of a lawsuit accusing it of misleading investors about its lending practices.

Stocks plunged 9 percent in the last two hours of trading on Thursday before clawing back some of the losses as a suspected trading glitch and fears of a new credit crunch in Europe threw markets into disarray.

The Senate on Wednesday approved an amendment to a sweeping Wall Street reform bill that would prohibit the use of taxpayer funds to bail out financial institutions. It was the bill's first amendment.

The Senate on Wednesday approved an amendment to a sweeping Wall Street reform bill that would prohibit the use of taxpayer funds to bail out financial institutions. It was the bill's first amendment.

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved an amendment to a sweeping Wall Street reform bill that would prohibit the use of taxpayer funds to bail out financial institutions. It was the bill's first amendment.

Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus are to buy financial data provider Interactive Data for $3.4 billion in cash, including a $2 billion payment to majority owner Pearson which it will use to expand.

Bank of America Corp Chief Executive Brian Moynihan told Fox Business News on Friday that he supported a $50 billion orderly liquidation fund for large U.S. financial firms, but thought it should be built up over time.

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U.S. stocks fell on Friday as shares of Goldman Sachs tumbled on reports of a federal probe into the Wall Street powerhouse and after first-quarter gross domestic product came in weaker than expected.

Bank of America Corp named DuPont's long-time chief executive, Charles Holliday, as its chairman on Wednesday, hours after the largest U.S. consumer bank concluded its 2010 annual meeting.

Bank of America Corp named Charles Holliday as its chairman on Wednesday, hours after the largest U.S. consumer bank concluded its 2010 annual meeting.

Bank of America Corp investors peppered Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan with questions and complaints about its lending policies and dividend, but they rejected all but one of seven shareholder proposals at the company's annual meeting on Wednesday.

U.S. stocks edged lower on Monday as bank shares fell on fears that financial reform making its way through Congress will curb profits, while Caterpillar's strong results buoyed the Dow.

U.S. clinical research company Charles River Laboratories International agreed to buy Chinese rival WuXi PharmaTech for $1.6 billion to expand its presence in China and deepen its expertise in drug-discovery services.

Bank of America Corp intends to put more global in its global wealth management division.

Banks including Wells Fargo & Co reported first-quarter results that showed the loan losses that have plagued the financial sector amid the recession are easing.

Three Wall Street banks urged a Manhattan federal judge not to lift an injunction on Theflyonthewall.com Inc's quick publication of analyst rating changes, saying the financial news service failed to show the ban threatens its ability to stay in business.

Financial stocks plunged on Friday in the heaviest trading this year, dramatically ending Wall Street's six-day winning streak as fraud charges against Goldman Sachs and disappointing earnings sent investors running for cover.

Bank of America Corp posted its first quarterly profit since summer 2009 as it generated outsized bond trading revenue and set aside less money to cover bad loans.