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ThinkstockFederal Reserve Governor Elizabeth Duke is speaking at the Community Bankers Symposium in Chicago, Illinois today. She brought up new…
thinkstockThe 30-Year Treasury’s long bond auction generated $16 billion in long-term debt today. The 2.75% coupon bonds will mature on…
ThinkstockThe bank sector suddenly finds itself in a state of flux, and as Yogi Berra might say, “It’s like deja…
ThinkstockThe ECB left is rates unchanged but we now have many of the comments from Mario Draghi on how the…
ThinkstockTo virtually no one’s surprise, the European Central Bank (ECB) this morning announced that it will leave its key interest…
thinkstockThe European Central Bank has decided to leave interest rates unchanged. This means that the refinance rate will remain at…
ThinkstockE*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) is getting a chance to refinance its borrowing costs at what should obviously be far…
ThinkstockWe have two investment banking forms merging to become one larger firm. In a surprising merger transaction, Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE:…
ThinkstockHSBC Holdings PLC (NYSE: HBC) reported third-quarter 2012 earnings this morning in London. The banking and financial services firm posted…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Treasury Department today said that it will collect gross proceeds of $67 million from the sale of shares…
Brian Katt / Wikimedia Commons / GNU Free Documentation LicenseThe Financial Stability Board released its evaluation of G-SIBs. Another way…
ThinkstockMarket maker Knight Capital Group Inc. (NYSE: KCG) has shut down equities trading today after a backup power source failed…
ThinkstockThe NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) has just released that The NASDAQ Stock Market and other NASDAQ OMX-owned U.S. exchanges…
Jon OggMore global quantitative easing is happening. Unfortunately, it is coming on a day when the U.S. markets are closed…
ThinkstockConcern about the Japanese economy has increased as the Bank of Japan extended its bond-buying program. The central bank increased…
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