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J.P. Morgan was downgraded in a confidential government scorecard over concerns about the company's management and its board, a blow to a firm that has long been considered one of the best-run on Wall Street.

Marsh & Mclennan (MMC) maintained its quarterly dividend of 23 cents per share. The dividend is payable on May 15, 2013 to shareholders of record on April 10, 2013.

Iberiabank Corporation (IBKC) maintained its quarterly dividend of 34 cents per share. The dividend is payable on April 26, 2013, to shareholders of record as of March 29, 2013.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and his fellow members of the Federal Open Market Committee indicated that a pause in the economic recovery has given way to moderate economic growth once again, and offered no signa...

International creditors were set to reject an alternative bailout plan Cyprus cobbled together a day after lawmakers rejected a tax on bank deposits, officials said.

FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 rally following Chancellor's Budget speech.

Nine top Barclays executives including Chief Executive Antony Jenkins and investment banking head Rich Ricci received $60.8 million in shares from previous incentive plans, a month after the bank said it would take a str...

As risks mount that the Czech economy could fall into a deflationary spiral, the chief of the country's central bank said he is weighing intervention in foreign-exchange markets as an option to weaken the local currency ...

A little less than 60% of Las Vegas Sands’ value comes from its operations in Macau, which has a gaming market almost five times the size of Las Vegas and is still growing. The U.S. gaming and casino companies are...

FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 rally following Chancellor's Budget speech.

The Cyprus government is working with European officials on contingency plans in case of a crippling outflow of deposits from the island's banks.

U.K. Treasury chief George Osborne said growth would be much slower than expected and his government would have to borrow almost $90.6 billion more than planned, which is likely to fuel criticism of his austerity drive.

U.S. stocks rose broadly, pushing the Dow Jones industrials to a record intraday high.

In trading on Wednesday, music & electronics stores shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 1.7%. Leading the group were shares of Conns (CONN), up about 2.8% and shares of Radioshack (RSH) up about 2.8% on ...

In trading on Wednesday, rental, leasing, & royalty shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2.4%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Eca Marcellus Trust 1 Interest (ECT), down about 11% and shares...

Tuesday?s early decline in the stock market was again well supported, as the major averages closed well off the day?s lows. The futures are strong in early trading, with the S&P 500 futures up more than six points.

Gun sales in December alone--the month in which the Sandy Hook massacre occurred--nearly doubled to 2.8 million.

Both the FTSE 100 and mid-cap FTSE 250 rallied following the Chancellor's Budget speech.

The Eurozone?s policymakers have never made it easy for the 17-member single currency. From inception, the EUR has been trading against many odds. Socially and culturally the currency was supposedly destined to fail. A d...

The Cypriot finance minister has flown to Moscow to plead for aid, in defiance of calls from Angela Merkel to refrain from entering negotiations with Russia.

Dealers were also optimistic a new bailout plan for Cyprus would be reached.

The government-controlled mortgage investor alleges the lenders caused "substantial losses" by suppressing an interest-rate benchmark.