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The safe-haven dollar further strengthened Friday and Treasury yields hovered around their lows for the year as worries about the economy in 2010 diminished traders' appetites for risky bets.
Stop giving the Fed chairman such a hard time; he prevented more bankruptcies than we'll ever know.
The bankruptcy filings of Lehman Brothers and General Motors took dramatically different turns.
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury two-year note yields fell to the lowest level this year on concern the rally in risk assets has outpaced growth prospects and as Federal Reserve officials signaled interest rates will remain near zero.
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- A former employee of DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd. has been suspended for three months by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority for failing to “diligently disclose and explain” risks when selling an investment product.
Shareholders tell the bank to give back ... to them.
Some big Goldman Sachs Group Inc shareholders have asked the U.S. bank to cut what could be the biggest bonuses in its history to pass more profit onto investors, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
Banks risk becoming addicted to cheap central bank cash used to fight the financial crisis and must prepare for its eventual withdrawal, the head of the ECB warned at a Frankfurt banking conference on Friday.
Big shareholders at Goldman Sachs have asked the U.S. bank, which is on track to pay out the biggest bonuses in the company's history, to pass more profit to investors, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
About a year ago, observers of the UK commercial property market would not have been shocked to see the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse riding around the corner.
Bankers and regulators should learn the lessons of the global financial crisis and drive through changes to prevent future breakdowns, financiers said on Friday.
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve officials are stepping up scrutiny of the biggest U.S. banks to ensure the lenders can withstand a reversal of soaring global-asset prices, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Costanera Center sits half-finished at the heart of Santiago’s financial district, its exposed concrete and reinforcement bars contrasting with the glass-faced skyscrapers surrounding it. A banner at the silent, empty building site says “Icon of Latin American development.”
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury two-year note yields touched the lowest level this year on concern the rally in risk assets has outpaced growth prospects and as Federal Reserve officials signaled interest rates will stay low. Longer-maturity yields rose.
Never mind the homeless lining up for food at East 51st Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. Never mind high vacancy rates at nearby office towers caused by companies folding and jobs evaporating.
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury two-year note yields fell to the lowest level this year on concern the rally in risk assets has outpaced growth prospects and as Federal Reserve officials signaled interest rates will stay low.
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