E*Trade, TD Ameritrade Talk Has Skeptic
TheStreet.com - Tue Nov 24, 5:11 pm ETThe chatter about a hookup between E*Trade and TD Ameritrade heated up again earlier this month, but Raymond James isn't buying it.
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BMO to Buy Diners Club North American Franchise From Citigroup
Bloomberg - Tue Nov 24, 6:58 am ETNov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- BMO Financial Group said it agreed to purchase the Diners Club North American franchise from Citigroup, a move that will immediately more than double BMO’s overall Corporate Card business.
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U.S. markets edge higher Wednesday morning
UPI - 2 hours 23 minutes agoNEW YORK, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. markets rose marginally Wednesday morning after the U.S. Federal Reserve cautioned the economic recovery would remain slow.
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Citigroup Sells Diners Club Franchise
TheStreet.com - Tue Nov 24, 6:55 am ETCitigroup reached an agreement to sell its Diners Club North American franchise to BMO Financial.
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World stocks buoyed by US data as dollar slides
Washington Post - 2 hours 28 minutes agoLONDON -- European and U.S. stock markets rose Wednesday after a batch of stronger than anticipated U.S. economic data on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Tribune lenders propose competing plan of reorganization
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 33 minutes agoDebtholders of bankrupt Tribune Co have asked a judge to deny the media company's request for more time to present a plan of reorganization so the lenders themselves can offer a plan, according to court filings.
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Weekly jobless claims drop below 500,000
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 36 minutes agoIn a hopeful sign, the number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, dropping below 500,000 for the first time since January.
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Federal Reserve: Super-low rates could fuel speculative bubble
Boston Herald - Tue Nov 24, 3:35 pm ETWASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve doesn't expect the recovery will be strong enough to quickly drive down the jobless rate, and acknowledged its efforts to keep the rebound...
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Rates on 30-year mortgages match record low
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 41 minutes agoFreddie Mac reports that average rates for 30-year fixed mortgages have matched a record low of 4.78 percent this week.
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Nordic Currencies: Krone Surges Versus Dollar on Fed Minutes
Bloomberg - 2 hours 42 minutes agoNov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Norway’s krone advanced versus the dollar after the Federal Reserve refrained from voicing concern over the greenback’s recent decline, encouraging traders to buy higher-yielding currencies.
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Goldman Sachs Said to Hire Back Christoffersen After Two Years
Bloomberg - 1 hour 8 minutes agoNov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , the most profitable securities firm in Wall Street history, hired back Kasper Christoffersen almost two years after he left to join a hedge fund in London.
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Bank of America Sued by BNP, Deutsche Bank Over Notes (Update2)
Bloomberg - 1 hour 16 minutes agoNov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp. , the largest U.S. bank by assets, was sued by BNP Paribas Mortgage Corp. and Deutsche Bank AG over hundreds of millions of dollars in losses they sustained by investing in asset-backed commercial paper.
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Bank of America Sued By BNP, Deutsche Bank Over Notes (Update1)
Bloomberg - 1 hour 52 minutes agoNov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp. , the largest U.S. bank by assets, was sued by BNP Paribas Mortgage Corp. and Deutsche Bank AG over its actions as custodian of more than $1.6 billion.
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Credit Suisse agrees to $79M Colorado settlement
AP via Yahoo! Finance - 2 hours 28 minutes agoCredit Suisse Securities LLC has agreed to buy back $79 million of auction rate securities from Colorado investors who struggled to sell them after the market for them froze.
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Brazil Real Is ‘Most Overvalued’ Currency, Goldman Sachs Says
Bloomberg - Wed Nov 25, 8:54 am ETNov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil’s real is the “most overvalued” currency, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which based its assessment on a framework it calls Goldman Sachs Dynamic Equilibrium Exchange Rate.
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Credit Suisse to buy back $79 million in auction rate securities from Colorado investors
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - 2 hours 19 minutes agoDENVER - Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC has agreed to buy back $79 million of auction rate securities from Colorado investors who struggled to sell them after the market for them froze.
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