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Bank of America earlier this year was chastised by the Federal Reserve for not anticipating problems with its "stress test" submission.

U.S. companies from Ford Motor to supermarket chain Kroger have boosted their pension plans' bets on hedge funds, a shift that left many of them on the short end of a stock-market rally.

From the $55 billion Charter-Time Warner deal to the nearly-$50 billion Heinz-Kraft merger and everything in between, the first half of 2015 has been a busy time for merger and acquisition activity. According to data fro...

James B. Lee, one of the best-known and most-successful investment bankers on Wall Street who played a key role in the evolution of deal making over a 40-year career, has died. He was 62.

U.S. stocks closed higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged. Rates have hovered at historic lows since the financial crisis began in 2008, but the central bank provided clues Wednesday abo...

The search to replace New York's former top financial regulator, Benjamin Lawsky, has attracted the involvement of one of the banking industry's harshest critics: Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

An improving wage picture sets the stage for the Federal Reserve to start raising interest rates in September.

One of Wall Street's top dealmakers, JPMorgan's Jimmy Lee, died unexpectedly Wednesday. In 2000, Lee graced the cover of Forbes as one of the bankers funding the new wave of leveraged buyouts.

The total investments made by AIFs increased by nearly 29% to `7,356.81 crore in the three-month period ending March

Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned cash to mak...

U.S. Bancorp (USB) has approved a 4.1 percent increase in the dividend rate on U.S. Bancorp common stock to $1.02 on an annualized basis, or $0.255 on a quarterly basis, payable July 15, 2015, to shareholders of record a...

The PowerShares International BuyBack Achievers Portfolio ETF (IPKW) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Wednesday, with over 195,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 26,000. Shar...

In trading on Wednesday, agriculture & farm products shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2.7%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Origin Agritech (SEED), down about 7.3% and shares of Cresud (...

UPDATE: 3 p.m. EDT The Fed chair said it is clear that most FOMC participants anticipate a rate increase this year. "Certainly an increase this year is possible," Yellen said. UPDATE: 2:58 p.m. EDT "Conceivably I think w...

The dollar weakened on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve lowered U.S. growth forecasts and pushed down longer-term projections for interest rates.

In trading on Wednesday, water utilities shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 1.4%. Leading the group were shares of CADIZ (CDZI), up about 4.9% and shares of Consolidated Water (CWCO) up about 3.6% on th...

In afternoon trading on Wednesday, Utilities stocks are the best performing sector, up 0.8%. Within that group, NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI) and CenterPoint Energy, Inc (NYSE: CNP) are two large stocks leading the way, showi...

The worst performing sector as of midday Wednesday is the Energy sector, showing a 0.3% loss. Within the sector, Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) and Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) are two large stocks that are lagging, sho...

In what could have been the most exciting Fed meeting of the year Janet Yellen and her team instead decided to stay the course.

The Office Comptroller of the Currency imposed restrictions on the mortgage-servicing operations of six banks, including the national bank arms of J.P. Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo, for failing to fully comply with enfor...

Ahead of the Tape: Kroger has looked super but investors may be less enthusiastic once fuel-price benefits fade.