Finance News Archives February 2013

• Feb 28, 2013 Climbing Student-Loan Delinquencies Pinch Young Home Buyers

• Feb 28, 2013 Rep. Garrett: Bernanke Forces Retirees Into Risky Stocks

• Feb 28, 2013 Freddie Mac Profits from Higher Home Prices, Lower Delinquencies

• Feb 28, 2013 Vanguard Shuts $68 Billion Wellington Fund to Some Investors

• Feb 28, 2013 JPMorgan: 'London Whale' Didn't Cause Lehman Bankruptcy

• Feb 28, 2013 Fed Governor Raskin: Bank Reputations Harmed by Bailouts

• Feb 28, 2013 Regulators Move Forward on Foreclosure Relief

• Feb 28, 2013 IMF Set to Slash Growth Forecasts if US Spending Is Cut

• Feb 28, 2013 JPMorgan: London Whale Didn't Cause Lehman Bankruptcy

• Feb 28, 2013 Rate on 30-Year Mortgage Declines to 3.51%

• Feb 28, 2013 Too-Big-to-Fail Rules Hurting Too-Small-to-Compete Banks

• Feb 28, 2013 EU Agrees to Limit Banker Bonuses

• Feb 28, 2013 Economist Steil: Don’t Hold Your Breath for Another Bretton Woods

• Feb 28, 2013 NYT: Regulators Probe Heinz Derivatives Deal in London

• Feb 28, 2013 Lew Set to Start at Treasury as Budget Cuts Loom

• Feb 27, 2013 Dow Chemical Loses $1 Billion in Deductions in Tax Case

• Feb 27, 2013 Senate Approves Lew as New Treasury Chief

• Feb 27, 2013 MBIA Doubts Viability of Unit in BofA Mortgage Case

• Feb 27, 2013 OCC's Curry: Banks Shouldn't Cut Loan Reserves to Boost Profits

• Feb 27, 2013 Fed’s Fisher: Cut QE to Avoid Stimulus ‘Overkill’

• Feb 27, 2013 ECB's Draghi: No Rush to Tighten Monetary Policy Soon

• Feb 27, 2013 'Bond Cliff' Looms With Slowest Sales Since 2008

• Feb 27, 2013 Bernanke Sees Three-Year Trek Toward 6% Jobless Rate

• Feb 27, 2013 Fitch: US Spending Cuts Won't Spark Ratings Downgrade

• Feb 27, 2013 Bernanke: 'We Are Not Engaged in a Currency War'

• Feb 27, 2013 JPMorgan's Dimon: Banks to Have More Capital Than They Can Use

• Feb 26, 2013 BlackRock Replaces Portfolio Managers to Boost Fund Performance

• Feb 26, 2013 Connecticut Hedge Fund Managers Arrested on Fraud Charges

• Feb 26, 2013 BB&T Books $281 Million Charge Amid Doubts on Tax Case

• Feb 26, 2013 Court Scuttles Encore Capital's ‘Robo-Sign’ Accord

• Feb 26, 2013 Jumbo Mortgages Are Back, but at Far from 2007 Levels

• Feb 26, 2013 Ireland to End State Guarantee to Bank Bondholders

• Feb 26, 2013 Senate Panel Backs Lew for Treasury Secretary

• Feb 26, 2013 Boehner: Obama Using Military as 'Prop' in Sequester Debate

• Feb 26, 2013 NY State Comptroller: Wall Street Bonuses Climb 8% to $20 Billion

• Feb 26, 2013 US Bank Earnings Soar 37% to Highest in 6 Years

• Feb 26, 2013 Bernanke Defends Fed Stimulus, Warns Budget Cuts Threaten Recovery

• Feb 26, 2013 JPMorgan: Mortgage Unit, Community Bank May Lose 19,000 Jobs

• Feb 26, 2013 Fed Faces Explaining Billion-Dollar Losses in QE3 Exit Stress Test

• Feb 25, 2013 Fed's Lockhart: Continue Asset Purchases into Second Half

• Feb 25, 2013 Moody’s: Wells Fargo Credit Profile Hurt by Heinz Deal

• Feb 25, 2013 S&P Attorney Abrams to Moneynews: ‘There Was No Fraud’

• Feb 25, 2013 ITT Educational Discloses SEC Demand for Loan Documents

• Feb 25, 2013 Bipartisan Group Lays Out Plan to Shutter Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

• Feb 25, 2013 Sequester ‘Will Slow Tax Refunds’

• Feb 25, 2013 Goldman to Begin Fresh Round of Job Cuts, Sources Say

• Feb 25, 2013 Investors Face Two Sets of Rules for Banks' Loan Losses

• Feb 25, 2013 WSJ: Lew's Citi Deal Reflects Street's 'Turnstile' for Democratic Elite

• Feb 25, 2013 Government Starts to Sell Remaining Stake in GM

• Feb 25, 2013 CME Said to Approach Deutsche Boerse to Consider Deal Talks

• Feb 25, 2013 Moody's Downgrade Fuels Investor Swing Away From Pound

• Feb 25, 2013 Japan Seen Nominating 'Deflation Basher' as BOJ Head

• Feb 24, 2013 Pimco, Invesco Favor TIPS Despite Low Inflation

• Feb 24, 2013 Fed’s Rosengren Sees Need to Raise Big Banks’ Capital Standards

• Feb 24, 2013 European Companies Stockpile $475 Billion Cash

• Feb 24, 2013 Senate Panel to Vote Tuesday on Lew Nomination for Treasury

• Feb 22, 2013 Moody's Strips Britain of Triple-A Credit Rating

• Feb 22, 2013 Democrats Embrace Lew, Despite Ruffled Sensibilities

• Feb 22, 2013 Rosengren: Fed’s Asset Purchases Improve Fiscal Outlook

• Feb 22, 2013 Fed’s Powell: Central Bank Could Refrain From Asset Sales

• Feb 22, 2013 Krawcheck: Banks Looking for ‘Right Thing’ on CEO Pay

• Feb 22, 2013 S&P Probe by Massachusetts Said to Extend to Post-Crisis Ratings

• Feb 22, 2013 Trends Journal’s Gerald Celente: Currency War Will Lead to World War

• Feb 22, 2013 Worry About Banks’ Tight Lending Shifts to Worry About Loose Policies

• Feb 22, 2013 Fed's Bernanke Said to Minimize Asset-Bubble Concern at Dealer Meeting

• Feb 22, 2013 Bullard: Fed to Keep Stimulating Economy for Long While

• Feb 22, 2013 Regulator: Corzine Avoids Lifetime Futures Ban — for Now

• Feb 22, 2013 Global Central Banks Will Keep Taking it Easy

• Feb 21, 2013 Fed Unlikely to Curtail Stimulus Despite Rising Doubts

• Feb 21, 2013 Pimco's Gross: Treasurys Advance This Week for Wrong Reason

• Feb 21, 2013 Carlyle's Earnings Drop as Private Equity Stumbles

• Feb 21, 2013 Markets on Edge as Fed Officials Differ on Bond-Buying

• Feb 21, 2013 Banks Increasing Mortgage Forgiveness as Deadline Looms

• Feb 21, 2013 Watchdog: US Banks on Track With Mortgage Relief

• Feb 21, 2013 Goldman Private Wealth Client Holds Suspect Heinz Account-Filing

• Feb 21, 2013 Corzine Ban Faces Uphill Battle at Futures Regulator

• Feb 21, 2013 Harvard's Feldstein: Cut Tax Deductions, Credits to Curb Budget Deficit

• Feb 21, 2013 Serious Mortgage Delinquencies Decline to Lowest Since 2008

• Feb 21, 2013 Mortgage Deal Brought Homeowners $45 Billion in Relief

• Feb 21, 2013 Wells Fargo Ramps up Private Equity Despite Volcker Rule

• Feb 21, 2013 Fed Signals Possible Slowing of QE Amid Debate Over Policy Risks

• Feb 21, 2013 Justice Department Probing JPMorgan Over Bear Stearns Mortgage Products

• Feb 20, 2013 Municipal Bond Yields Hit 6-Month High on Sequester Fears

• Feb 20, 2013 Rickards: Fed Inflating Bubbles in Stock, Housing Markets

• Feb 20, 2013 Fed Minutes Show Concerns About Bond Purchases

• Feb 20, 2013 WSJ Editorial: G20 Nations Content with Easy Money

• Feb 20, 2013 Einhorn: S&P Lawsuit Pressures Rating Agencies

• Feb 20, 2013 Obama Seeks US Bond Program to Increase Public Works Spending

• Feb 20, 2013 JPMorgan Leads US Banks Lending Least Deposits in 5 Years

• Feb 20, 2013 Mortgage Applications Fell Last Week as Rates Rose

• Feb 20, 2013 Boehner to WSJ: Obama Raging Against Self-Created Budget Crisis

• Feb 19, 2013 Bank of America Chief Got 73% Pay Increase in 2012

• Feb 19, 2013 Isaac: Banks Strengthen, But Fed's Low Rates Pose a Challenge

• Feb 19, 2013 FBI Joins Probe of Insider Trading in Heinz Merger

• Feb 19, 2013 Michigan Review: Detroit Is in Financial Emergency

• Feb 19, 2013 EU Talks to Cap Bankers' Bonuses Stall

• Feb 19, 2013 Bowles: Grand Bargain on Deficit 'on Life Support'

• Feb 19, 2013 Simon Johnson: A Valuable US Export: Banking Regulations

• Feb 19, 2013 Yield Forecasts Climb as Morgan Stanley Warns on Fed Report

• Feb 19, 2013 Rising Labor Force Keeps Fed at Ease as Jobless Drop Slows

• Feb 18, 2013 ECB's Draghi Dismisses Talk of Currency War

• Feb 18, 2013 EU Parliament Members Threaten to Reject Budget Accord

• Feb 18, 2013 Big Banks Flunk Corporate Governance 101

• Feb 18, 2013 Some American Homeowners Spurn Mortgage Aid

• Feb 18, 2013 French Bank Natixis Unveils Surprise Payment to Holders

• Feb 18, 2013 Core Eurozone Banks Relying Less on Crisis Funding

• Feb 18, 2013 Mediobanca Analyst: Berlusconi Win May Prompt ECB to Bail Out Italy

• Feb 18, 2013 Spanish Banks' Bad Loans Decline After Transfers

• Feb 17, 2013 Mortgage Bill Faces Tough Road in Congress

• Feb 17, 2013 G-20 Signals Support for Japan Stimulus – But No ’Loose Talk’

• Feb 15, 2013 Suspicious Heinz Trades Before Buffett Takeover Spur SEC Lawsuit

• Feb 15, 2013 Obama Says Costly Penny Should Go

• Feb 15, 2013 Foreign Holdings of US Debt Hit Record $5.56 Trillion

• Feb 15, 2013 Fed's Pianalto: QE Could Stop Before Year End

• Feb 15, 2013 German Appointed to Head Scandal-Hit Vatican Bank

• Feb 15, 2013 Dick Bove: US Dollar Will Be ‘Overthrown’ as World’s Reserve Currency

• Feb 15, 2013 G-20 Draft Omits G-7 Reference to Economic Policy Aims

• Feb 15, 2013 WSJ: Bernanke Abdicates World Leadership Role on Currencies

• Feb 15, 2013 Currency War Fears Threaten Fragile Global Economic Recovery

• Feb 15, 2013 JPMorgan Said to Cut Traders, Realign Pay Amid Equities Slump

• Feb 14, 2013 Fitch Upgrades Iceland's Credit Rating by One Notch

• Feb 14, 2013 Mortgage Rates Steady; 30-Year at Five-Month High

• Feb 14, 2013 Jim Rogers: 'We Should Be Terrified' Because Fed Tactics Will 'End Badly'

• Feb 14, 2013 Switzerland, US Sign Pact to Crack Down on Tax Evasion

• Feb 14, 2013 Foreclosure Filings Drop to Lowest Since 2007 on California Law

• Feb 14, 2013 MarketWatch: Virtual Currencies a Growing Threat to Central Banks

• Feb 14, 2013 WSJ: Soros Makes $1 Billion Since November Betting Against Yen

• Feb 14, 2013 Buffett’s Berkshire Part of Group Buying Heinz for $23.3 Billion

• Feb 14, 2013 Struggling Southern Europe Doesn’t Want to Ditch the Euro

• Feb 13, 2013 Obama Medicare Rebate Plan Could Hurt Drug Companies

• Feb 13, 2013 US Chamber of Commerce: Raise Gas Tax to Fix Highways

• Feb 13, 2013 NYT: Banks to Review Foreclosures

• Feb 13, 2013 Fed’s Stein: Banks Could Be Smacked by Bursting Bond Bubble

• Feb 13, 2013 Treasury Chief Nominee Lew Faces Sharp Questions About Citi Job

• Feb 13, 2013 Congress Lacks Plan to Halt Spending Cuts as Deadline Nears

• Feb 13, 2013 ING Cutting 2,400 Jobs as Quarterly Profit Misses Estimates

• Feb 13, 2013 Audit Watchdog Is in Sequestration Line of Fire

• Feb 13, 2013 Peter Schiff: US Will Win Currency War; Economy Will ‘Implode’

• Feb 13, 2013 WaPo's Samuelson: The Obama Administration's Vendetta Against S&P

• Feb 13, 2013 G-7 Ministers Agree Exchange Rates Market-Driven

• Feb 12, 2013 Rubio Urges Obama to Abandon ‘Obsession’ With Raising Taxes

• Feb 12, 2013 Speech Analysis: Obama Isn't in the Mood for Compromise

• Feb 12, 2013 Text of Sen. Marco Rubio's GOP Response to Obama

• Feb 12, 2013 Obama Challenges Divided Congress to Back His Job Proposals

• Feb 12, 2013 Text of Obama's State of the Union Address

• Feb 12, 2013 Moody’s Upgrades Citigroup’s Bank Rating Outlook

• Feb 12, 2013 Forbes: Fed’s ‘Failed Policies’ Leave Economy in a Funk

• Feb 12, 2013 Pentagon Urges Delay in 'Devastating' Budget Cuts

• Feb 12, 2013 January Surplus Shrinks 2013 US Budget Deficit

• Feb 12, 2013 Putin Bans Officials From Owning Foreign Bank Accounts

• Feb 12, 2013 S&P Parent McGraw-Hill: Government's Fraud Case Is Flawed

• Feb 12, 2013 OECD Urges International Tax Clampdown on Multinationals

• Feb 12, 2013 UK Regulator Fines UBS $15 Million Over High Risk Investments

• Feb 12, 2013 Asia Confidential’s Gruber: Singapore Seen as Big Winner in Currency War

• Feb 12, 2013 G-7: Monetary Policy Must Not Be Directed at Devaluing Currencies

• Feb 12, 2013 Barclays to Cut at Least 3,700 Jobs in Major Restructuring

• Feb 12, 2013 Goldman’s Cohn: Public May Not Understand Bond Risks

• Feb 12, 2013 Moody's: Downside Risks to Global Economy Have Abated

• Feb 11, 2013 S&P Lifts Outlook on Ireland to Stable After Bank Pact

• Feb 11, 2013 Pimco’s Gross Lifts Holdings of US Treasurys to 6-Month High

• Feb 11, 2013 Treasury Cuts Estimated Cost of TARP Financial-rescue Program

• Feb 11, 2013 Obama Rules Out Raising Medicare Eligibility Age

• Feb 11, 2013 LA Times: Why Is No One Being Charged in the S&P Fraud Case?

• Feb 11, 2013 BBC: Barclays Expected to Ax its Tax Avoidance Unit

• Feb 11, 2013 ECB Member Warns Against Trying to Weaken Euro

• Feb 11, 2013 House Lawmaker Prepares Bill to Limit Too-Big-to-Fail Bank Risk

• Feb 11, 2013 Credit Rating Victims Didn’t Know S&P’s Toxic AAA Born of Greed

• Feb 11, 2013 Fed Wrestles With Smooth End to Bond Buying

• Feb 11, 2013 The Libor Scandal: Adding Up a Scorecard of Shame

• Feb 11, 2013 G-7 Said to Discuss Statement to Calm Currency War Concern

• Feb 11, 2013 Brazil: Global Currency War Could Get Nastier

• Feb 10, 2013 UK Will Raise Inheritance Tax to Fund More Care for Elderly

• Feb 10, 2013 Accounting Risk Clouds Big US Business Bets in China

• Feb 10, 2013 Warren Buffett's Ace in the Hole: Insurance?

• Feb 10, 2013 Schork: Don't Like High Oil Prices? Blame the Fed, Not OPEC

• Feb 08, 2013 NY Attorney General Looks at Ratings Agencies

• Feb 08, 2013 ProPublica: Democrats May Peddle Voter Opinions to Corporations

• Feb 08, 2013 Richmond Fed’s Lacker: End Too Big to Fail Banks by Ending Bailouts

• Feb 08, 2013 Rubin: Breaking up Big Banks Won’t Eliminate Systemic Risk

• Feb 08, 2013 Would It Make Sense (Or Cents) to Kill the US Penny?

• Feb 08, 2013 Justice Department, States Said to Weigh Action Against Moody's

• Feb 08, 2013 Virginia to Study Accepting Gold, Silver Coin as Tender

• Feb 08, 2013 Fed Still Gauging Extent of Hacker Breach, FBI on Case

• Feb 08, 2013 Japanese Finance Chief: Yen Has Weakened More Than Intended

• Feb 08, 2013 S&P as Sole US Target Has Wall Street Asking About Moody’s, Fitch

• Feb 07, 2013 ECB Chief Draghi: Euro's Strength May Hurt Recovery Efforts

• Feb 07, 2013 Deep Cracks Emerge as EU States Begin Budget Talks

• Feb 07, 2013 JPMorgan Overtakes Wells Fargo as Most Valuable Bank in US

• Feb 07, 2013 Ex-S&P Analyst Who Warned Bosses Says He’s No Whistle-Blower

• Feb 07, 2013 Fed's Evans: Unemployment Won't Drop to 6.5% Until 2015

• Feb 07, 2013 Rate on 30-Year Mortgage Stays Steady at 3.53%

• Feb 07, 2013 ECB, Ireland Said to Reach Bank Debt Deal

• Feb 07, 2013 Draghi Counts Cost of Euro’s Salvation as Currency Rebounds

• Feb 07, 2013 S&P Hires Top Defense Attorney for $5 Billion Lawsuit

• Feb 07, 2013 Jim Rogers Echoes Bill Gross in Warning Treasurys Rout Not Over

• Feb 06, 2013 James Rickards: Global Monetary System Headed for Collapse

• Feb 06, 2013 Barclays Moves to Dismiss 275 Traders in Manhattan

• Feb 06, 2013 Treasury Resumes Borrowing, Repays Pension Fund

• Feb 06, 2013 JPMorgan Said to Cut Trader Pay as Asset Managers Get Raises

• Feb 06, 2013 RBS Fined $612 Million by Regulators for Manipulating Libor

• Feb 06, 2013 S&P Lawsuit Undermined by SEC Rules That Impede Competition

• Feb 06, 2013 Buffett Moody’s Stake May Have Plunged $292 Million on S&P Suit

• Feb 06, 2013 Govt Lawsuit Casts Pall Over S&P, Revives Fears Over Pre-Crisis Ratings

• Feb 06, 2013 Fed: Internal Site Breached by Hackers, No Critical Functions Affected

• Feb 05, 2013 Some Charge ‘Revenge’ From Downgrade as US Sues S&P Over Ratings

• Feb 05, 2013 Fitch Cuts Outlook for Netherlands Debt Rating

• Feb 05, 2013 Treasury Sells Last of Its Citigroup Securities

• Feb 05, 2013 Bernanke Voiced Alarm Over Credibility of Rating Firms in 2007

• Feb 05, 2013 CBO: Budget Deficit to Shrink 23% This Year, Growth to Slow

• Feb 05, 2013 Fed's Bernanke to Testify on Monetary Policy on Feb. 26-27

• Feb 05, 2013 Rockefeller Institute: Slow Revenue Growth Still Haunts States

• Feb 05, 2013 US Accuses S&P of Fraud, Seeks $5B in Financial Crisis Suit

• Feb 05, 2013 Obama’s Tax Crackdown to Target Foreigners' Accounts in US Banks

• Feb 05, 2013 Lawsuits Contribute to UBS' $2.1 Billion Loss

• Feb 05, 2013 MasterCard Doubles Dividend, to Buy Back $2 Billion of Shares

• Feb 05, 2013 Fed’s Duke: Smaller US Banks Poised to See Profits Rise

• Feb 05, 2013 Barclays Raises Mis-selling Costs by $1.6 Billion

• Feb 05, 2013 US Sues S&P Over Debt Ratings at Center of Financial Crisis

• Feb 04, 2013 Dallas Fed’s Fisher: Ease Back on QE as Growth Picks Up

• Feb 04, 2013 Treasury Trims Borrowing Needs as Cash Balance Rises

• Feb 04, 2013 Fed: Banks Report Stronger Loan Demand, Easier Standards

• Feb 04, 2013 JPMorgan Entices Millionaires to Become Landlords

• Feb 04, 2013 EU: Rescue Program for Spain's Banks on Track

• Feb 04, 2013 Sources: Italy Prosecutors in Trani Probing Five Foreign Banks

• Feb 04, 2013 UK Prepares New Law to Break up Reckless Banks

• Feb 04, 2013 Technical Analysis: Euro May Advance 2% After Breaking Barrier

• Feb 04, 2013 Commerzbank Reports Massive Loss as One-Time Charges Erase Profits

• Feb 04, 2013 Pension Funds Sue BlackRock, Allege 'Looting' at iShares

• Feb 04, 2013 NBC News: Equifax Has America’s Number … and Its Paystubs

• Feb 04, 2013 Obama Questions 'Carried Interest' Tax Break

• Feb 04, 2013 Small Lenders Ride US Mortgage Wave as Big Banks Cut Back

• Feb 04, 2013 'Too Big to Fail' Too Hard to Solve Amid Calls to Curb US Banks

• Feb 03, 2013 Watch What Central Bankers Say, Not What They Do

• Feb 01, 2013 Fed’s Bullard Urges Cutting QE Pace If Data Stay Strong

• Feb 01, 2013 Bank-Fraud Software Takes Aim at Government Secrets

• Feb 01, 2013 Germany Warns Eurozone Crisis Isn't Over

• Feb 01, 2013 Pimco's Gross: Higher Unemployment Gives Bond Yields Room to Fall

• Feb 01, 2013 Fed’s Dudley Calls for ‘Reform’ of Wholesale Funding Markets

• Feb 01, 2013 Barclays CEO Refuses to Take Bonus for 2012

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