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Profit Surges at Morgan Stanley
July 17th, 2014
Morgan Stanley said on Thursday that its second-quarter earnings surged, driven largely by growth in the firm’s wealth management operations and by strong performances in investment banking and equity sales. Excluding certain charges relating to its debt and a ...
Litigation costs hit Bank of America quarterly profit
July 16th, 2014
Bank of America Corp (BAC.N), the second-largest U.S. bank by assets, reported a 43 percent drop in second-quarter profit as mortgage revenue fell and litigation costs soared. Earnings attributable to shareholders fell to $2.04 billion, or 19 cents per ...
BlackRock’s second-quarter profit rises 11 percent
July 16th, 2014
BlackRock Inc (BLK.N), the world’s largest money manager, reported an 11 percent jump in second-quarter profit on Wednesday, boosted by strong markets that helped drive flows into its products across asset classes. The New York-based asset manager reported net ...
Goldman Sachs earnings rise, beating estimates
July 15th, 2014
Wall Street powerhouse Goldman Sachs’ earnings rose in the second quarter, defying pessimistic forecasts betting on a sharp drop-off. Strong results in Goldman’s investment banking and investing and lending units helped drive the firm’s quarterly earnings to $2.04 billion ...
Tech earnings may boost market in flux
July 14th, 2014
Move over, underperforming banking sector. This week, major players in the tech space will report second-quarter results, and it could be a boost to a direction-seeking market in flux. Analysts project the tech sector will have a 12.3% growth ...
Co-heads of ICAP’s EBS Market FX trading platform leave
July 11th, 2014
ICAP, the world’s largest brokerage, said on Thursday that the co-heads of its flagship electronic foreign exchange trading platform, EBS Market, had left the firm amid a management shake-up at the broader business. Darryl Hooker, who has been head ...
Global M&A at seven-year high as big corporate deals return
June 30th, 2014
Investor support for large acquisitions and a desire to trump rivals in consolidating markets have led chief executives to strike big transactions so far in 2014, raising year-to-date global deal volumes to their highest level in seven years. Corporate ...
Goldman Sachs Bolsters Asia Mergers Team Amid Rising Volumes
June 5th, 2014
Goldman Sachs (GS.N) has named John Kim as its new head of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for Asia ex-Japan and will relocate Christos Tomaras from London to join that team, amid surging deal volumes in the region. Kim takes ...
U.S. lawmakers probe Treasury unit’s hiring, will object to Obama nominee
June 3rd, 2014
Two powerful congressmen have opened separate inquiries into whether a Department of the Treasury bureau charged with policing money laundering may have flouted federal hiring rules, including regulations that require military veterans be given preference for government jobs. Darrell ...
P&G Hopes New Razor Keeps Its Results On The Cutting Edge
April 22nd, 2014
It’s been said that if you build a better mousetrap the world will beat a path to your door, but what about razors and tooth whitener? We’ll find out on Wednesday when Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE:PG), the Cincinnati ...
