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Bankrupt holding company Washington Mutual Inc asked a federal court to compel the U.S. Federal Reserve, U.S. Treasury and more than a dozen others to turn over documents relating to its collapse in 2008.

Swiss bank Credit Suisse said it was likely to pay a hefty $536 million to settle a U.S. probe into payments made between 2002 and 2007 involving parties that are subject to U.S. economic sanctions.

Morgan Stanley named a company veteran to run its U.S. prime brokerage business, which offers services ranging from clearing trades to lending money to hedge funds.

U.S. securities regulators may reduce the number of investment advisers who would have to undergo an annual surprise audit under a proposal to ensure that their clients' assets are safe, two sources familiar with the plan said on Tuesday.

A report says that 38 percent of all U.S. stock trading is now done by firms that have naked sponsored access to markets, the controversial trading practice said to imperil the marketplace, and which faces a regulatory crackdown.

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Refrigerated warehouse company Americold Realty Trust filed for an initial public offering worth $690 million on Monday.

Terreno Realty Corp on Monday filed for an initial public offering in a move that would let it profit from the economic recession and tight credit.

The U.S. Federal Reserve's executive compensation reforms are not significantly burdensome for Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs as the two Wall Street giants largely met the new standards even prior to the credit crisis, Sanford C Bernstein said.

Insurer Genworth Financial Inc, battered by losses from the downturn in the U.S. housing market, said its U.S. mortgage insurance business will not turn an operating profit until mid-2011.

DLF Assets, owned by the founders of India's top real estate firm DLF (DLF.BO), is reviving plans for a Singapore listing of its real estate investment trust, encouraged by the global equities rally, three sources said.

UBS AG will not sue its former bosses after risky bets on subprime mortgages and a strategy of helping U.S. clients dodge taxes by hiding money in secret accounts brought the Swiss bank to its knees.

Wells Fargo & Co said on Monday it would buy Prudential Financial Inc's minority stake in retail brokerage joint venture Wells Fargo Advisors for cash, instead of cash and stock as it planned earlier.

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U.S. stock index futures slipped on Tuesday a day after stocks hit a 14-month high and ahead of the start of a policy-setting Federal Reserve meeting.

The euro hit a 2-1/2 month low against a broadly firmer dollar on Tuesday while world stocks slipped as concerns grew about the European banking sector and the fiscal health of Greece.

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The dollar steadied on Tuesday and Asian stocks wavered, despite improving appetite for riskier assets, as investors turned cautious ahead of a meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve.

The dollar steadied on Tuesday while Asian stocks wavered as investors turned cautious ahead of a meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve although Abu Dhabi's decision to throw a lifeline to Dubai continued to bolster risk appetite.

Citigroup Inc and Wells Fargo & Co said they were paying back funds to the U.S. government, in transactions that will end taxpayers' capital support of the biggest U.S. banks much sooner than had been expected just weeks ago.