July 15, 2019
“Citigroup kicked off bank earnings season on Monday with solid results that were boosted by a splurge in share buybacks. The stronger-than-expected earnings from Citi (C) suggest America’s big banks continued to chug along during the second quarter in the face of a challenging economic… Continue Reading…
July 8, 2019
“Deutsche Bank shares slumped more than 7 percent as the German lender announced a mass restructuring program over the weekend. In one of its boldest overhauls, the bank will see 18,000 jobs cut by 2022 and the closure of its global… Continue Reading…
June 28, 2019
“Stocks opened higher on Friday as bank shares got a boost after the release of the Federal Reserve’s stress test results while investors looked ahead to a key meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The Dow… Continue Reading…
April 10, 2019
“The approval percentage for small business loan applicants hit a record high of 27.3% at big banks ($10 billion+ in assets) in March, up one-tenth of a percent from February, according to the latest Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index™. Approvals… Continue Reading…
April 9, 2019
“Growing monopoly power is seen across the developed world, which could be a contributor to ills ranging from lackluster investment growth to growing income inequality, a new International Monetary Fund report finds. The IMF paper, released ahead of its World… Continue Reading…
March 30, 2019
” The federal government spent $1,822,712,000,000 in the first five months of fiscal 2019, the most it has spent in the first five months of any fiscal year since 2009, which was the fiscal year that outgoing President George W.… Continue Reading…
March 25, 2019
“In an interview earlier in the day, Moore said he had not been contacted at that point about an appointment. “I could just say that I’ve been talking to some people about it, but I’ve not been formally offered a… Continue Reading…
March 12, 2019
“A key figure in the financial crisis is not convinced that the U.S. government has fixed its “too big to fail” problem… Barofsky told Yahoo Finance that the largest banks have only gotten larger and more interconnected than they were… Continue Reading…
March 11, 2019
“Following December’s plunge, housing starts rebounded 18.6% in January, mostly the result of a surge in single-family starts, explained analysts at Wells Fargo. They point out “residential building should continue to improve as permits run ahead of starts”… “Despite recent… Continue Reading…
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