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U.S. Bancorp on Friday acquired nine banks held by FBOP Corp, picking up $18.4 billion in assets after regulators seized a major Los Angeles lender and eight other banks in the latest failures to emerge from the financial crisis.

Corporate spending is showing signs growth despite still low levels, the chief executive of American Express Co. said on Thursday.

American Express Co posted stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings on Thursday as the credit card company trimmed costs, consumer spending declined at a slower pace and credit losses were lower than forecasts.

U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday, hurt by a late sell-off in financial shares after an influential bank analyst recommended selling Wells Fargo shares and a wider-than-expected loss from Boeing disappointed investors.

U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday, hurt by a late sell-off in financial shares after an influential bank analyst recommended selling Wells Fargo shares and a wider-than-expected loss from Boeing disappointed investors.

Wells Fargo & Co and U.S. Bancorp posted earnings that trounced Wall Street expectations, helped by outsized revenue from underwriting mortgages.

U.S. stocks gained on Wednesday as results from banks, including Morgan Stanley, topped expectations, and on increased optimism about the technology sector's profit outlook.

Stocks gained on Wednesday as results from banks including Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo topped expectations, and on increased optimism about the profit outlook for the technology sector.

Stocks rose on Wednesday, led by bank shares, after solid quarterly earnings from Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo.

The dollar rose from a 14-month low against a basket of currencies on Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the U.S. central bank will be ready to tighten monetary policy as a recovery takes hold.

American Express Co President Alfred Kelly will leave the company early next year to seek an opportunity as a chief executive elsewhere, the credit card issuer said on Monday.

Stocks were headed for an opening bounce on Monday, with investors scooping up shares beaten down in last week's selloff, while a report that Brocade Communications Systems Inc put itself up for sale may fan deal optimism.

Finisar Corp, which makes high-speed network gear, said it has agreed to establish a new $70 million credit facility with Wells Fargo Foothill.

Johnson & Johnson said on Friday U.S. regulators approved its new treatment for psoriasis, called Stelara, for patients 18 years or older with moderate to severe psoriasis.

JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) and Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N) said on Wednesday they are eliminating some overdraft fees altogether and trimming others, after Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) announced a similar move on Tuesday.

Wells Fargo & Co said on Tuesday former Chief Executive Dick Kovacevich will retire as chairman on January 1 and current Chief Executive John Stumpf will take on the added role.

Business development company Fifth Street Finance Corp said it began a public offering of 4 million common shares and expects to use most of the proceeds to make investments in small and mid-sized companies.

Wells Fargo Securities cut Starwood Hotels & Resorts IncGaylord Entertainment Co and Host Hotels & Resorts Inc to underperform from market perform on valuation.

U.S. homebuilder sentiment rose in September to its highest level since May 2008, the National Association of Home Builders said on Wednesday, bolstering the view that the battered housing market is stabilizing.

Some of the largest U.S. banks will remain caught in the government's financial bailout program for months, as officials do not expect to grant the next wave of exit approvals until near the end of the year, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Wells Fargo & Co has fired a senior vice president after investigating reports she held lavish parties at a foreclosed beachfront Malibu house owned by the bank.

American Express Co announced on Monday a new line of certificates of deposit as part of the largest U.S. credit card company's plan to diversify funding sources as the financial crisis tightened lending.

Reports that a Wells Fargo & Co executive used a bank-owned, beachfront Malibu home as her own private party pad reignited outrage over unbridled excesses at firms that received U.S. bailouts.

A community watchdog group expressed outrage and Wells Fargo said it was launching an investigation after a newspaper reported that a senior exec threw lavish parties at a beachfront Malibu house owned by the bank.

New applications for jobless benefits in the United States fell last week, while activity in the services sector was at its strongest in nearly a year in August, suggesting a modest recovery from recession had started.

Reports that Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) is in talks with the U.S. Treasury to repay $20 billion of its federal bailout was met by the market with joy -- and a little skepticism.

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WASHINGTON - U.S. drug reviewers questioned findings from biotech company Allos Therapeutics Inc (ALTH.O) on the effectiveness of its proposed drug for an aggressive type of lymphoma, documents released on Friday showed.

U.S. Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke on Friday offered his clearest signal yet that he thinks a global recovery is at hand, but warned growth would be sluggish and unemployment stubbornly high.