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U.S. stock index futures rose on Thursday with investors eyeing a government report on weekly jobless claims and corporate earnings, one day after Wall Street ended a four-day rally.

U.S. stock index futures edged slightly higher on Thursday with investors eyeing a government report on weekly jobless claims and more corporate earnings, one day after Wall Street ended a four-day rally,

A U.S. federal judge has refused to approve Monday's settlement between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America Corp related to the acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission plans to issue more subpoenas and give people more incentives to cooperate with investigations as it works to tighten oversight of financial markets.

Gong Fangxiong, chief economist for the Greater China region and head of the China Research Department at JPMorgan Chase Co., has been appointed as deputy chairman of the JP Morgan Chase's China investment bank, according to local media Caijing.

Stocks rose on Monday, pushing the S&P 500 index above 1,000 for the first time in nine months, as data on the manufacturing sector underscored optimism that the economy was recovering.

U.S. stocks climbed on Monday after data showed the hard-hit manufacturing sector edged closer to growth in July, pushing the S&P 500 above 1,000 for the first time in nine months.

Bank of America Corp has agreed to pay $33 million to settle charges that it made false and misleading statements to investors about bonuses at Merrill Lynch & Co, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday.

BofA Charged, Google CEO, Apple Split, Ford's Fortune

Bank of America Corp was charged by the SEC on Monday with making materially false and misleading statements in the Merrill Lynch acquisition, court documents said.

Asian corporate earnings have shown signs of improvement, stock markets have rallied hard and fund raising activity has picked up, but the tone from company executives remains cautious.

India's Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN Group extended talks to combine their operations to create the world's third-largest mobile operator and analysts said Bharti might need to sweeten its offer to clinch the deal.

Bank of America Corp said on Friday three directors had resigned, the latest in a series of departures at the bank at a time when it is shaking up its board at the behest of the government.

Bank of America said on Friday that three more directors have decided to leave its board bringing the number of exits this year to 10.

Three more directors have decided to leave the Bank of America board bringing the number of exits this year to 12. According to reports from the Wall street Journal, their decision to leave is not due to any disagreement with the Banking group nor its management.

Bonuses paid to executives at nine banks that received U.S. government bailout money in 2008 were greater than net income at some of the banks, the office of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday.

Bonuses paid to executives at nine banks that received U.S. government bailout money in 2008 were greater than net income at some of the banks, the office of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday.

Bank of America Corp plans to set up a wholly owned subsidiary in China to expand in the world's fastest-growing major economy, people briefed on the plan said.

Bank of America Corp Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis downplayed growing concern that banks are indifferent to providing needed credit to get the economy moving again, while maintaining that vitriol over the industry's responsibility for the recession is overdone.

Bonuses paid to executives at nine banks that received U.S. government bailout money in 2008 were greater than net income at some of the banks, the office of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday.

Bonuses paid to executives at nine banks who received U.S. government bailout money in 2008 were in some cases greater than net income, the office of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday.

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust, which buys distressed home loans and is run by several former Countrywide Financial Corp executives, on Wednesday raised $320 million from an initial public offering, $80 million less than planned.

Spain's biggest bank Santander followed the trend for extra bad loan provisions against the continuing economic slump, lifting its bad debt cushion in the first half and warning the setaside could hit 10 billion euros by end-2009.

Spain's Banco Santander has appointed advisers to spin off its Brazilian business in a 2.6 billion-pound ($4.3 billion) initial public offering to create one of Brazil's largest banks, the Financial Times reported.

Incentive pay under fire, Energy markets pressured, Home prices look up

A House panel on Tuesday voted on a legislation banning corporate pay practices and will impose restrictions on the pay of top executives and give shareholders a vote on executive compensation that encourages financial companies to take inappropriate risks. The bill, which is opposed by Republicans, was approved in a 40-28 party-line vote.

Phibro LLC, the energy trading arm of beleaguered bank Citigroup , was mum Tuesday after the White House criticized a reported $100 million pay plan for its top trader Andrew Hall as out of whack.

Consumer confidence drops, US home prices rising, Bank of America to cut branches

Bank of America Corp said it plans to shrink its 6,109-branch U.S. network modestly over the next three to five years, an about-face for the nation's largest bank by assets after years of expansion.