| Survey: Fewer bank customers hit with overdraft fees The skyrocketing savings rate among bank customers has helped them avoid expensive overdraft fees, according to a survey published by the American Bankers Association. feeds.bizjournals.com |
Should there be more government oversight of the financial services industry? Are you in favor of more government oversight over the nation’s financial systems given the problems the industry has faced because of a lack of regulation? Examples include AIG, Countrywide Financial and some of Wall Street’s biggest firms that exploited the system. feeds.bizjournals.com |
Mergers And Acquisitions In Gas And Manure Exxon scores XTO, but CF gets stiffed again. forbes.com |
Q4 fixed-income slump hurts U.S. bank earnings (Reuters) Fourth-quarter earnings for the big U.S. investment banks could disappoint investors if falling debt trading volumes hurt what had been the banks' key profit engines in the first three quarters of 2009. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Morgan Stanley fails to hit forecasts (at FT.com) Morgan Stanley on Wednesday underlined the challenges it faces in closing the gap with Wall Street rivalsby failing to meet analysts' expectations in the fourth quarter amid the continued underperformance of its trading operations. us.rd.yahoo.com |