U.S. will buy stock in banks, Paulson says

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Friday that the Bush administration will move ahead with a plan to buy stock in financial institutions.

U.S. financial panic goes global

For a time, it appeared that the impact of the recent financial panic and ongoing economic downturn might be contained to the U.S. No more.

BofA to cut dividend in half, sell stocks

Bank of America Corp.'s third-quarter profit fell 68 percent and the bank says it's selling stock and halving its dividend to boost capital.

Fed OK's Japanese stake in Morgan Stanley

The Federal Reserve has granted approval for Japan's largest bank to purchase a stake in U.S. investment giant Morgan Stanley.

U.S. crisis fuels push for regulation in EU

Europeans are now calling U.S.-style capitalism fatally flawed as the financial crisis strengthens advocates of tighter regulation of banks and financial markets in Europe.

Options execs decry SEC' ban on short-selling

The leaders of two of the world's largest options trading and clearing entities criticized the Securities and Exchange Commission's emergency ban on short-selling scores of financial stocks.

Bank of America latest to settle securities probe

Bank of America says it will buy back about $4.5 billion of auction-rate securities as part of a settlement agreement with Massachusetts regulators.

Four Fannie Mae execs out in restructuring

Mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae, taken over by the government earlier this month, announced Friday the resignations of four senior executives and said it was restructuring its organization.

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