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Sentinel Trustee Wants Bank Of NY Mellon To Return $337 Million

Bank of New York Mellon should be ordered to return about $337 million to Sentinel Management Group Inc, a U.S. futures broker that went bankrupt in 2007, according to a court filing made by the bankruptcy trustee. Sentinel's bankruptcy trustee,...

JPMorgan Seeks More Than $1 Billion From FDIC Over WaMu Claims

JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) sued the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in federal court on Tuesday, saying the agency owes it more than $1 billion in compensation for not assuming legal claims arising from its acquisition of Washington Mutual's...

U.S. Preparing Civil Charges Against Citigroup, Merrill Lynch: Sources

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The Justice Department is preparing to file civil fraud charges against Citigroup Inc and Bank of America's Merrill Lynch unit over their sale of flawed mortgage securities ahead of the financial crisis, according to people familiar with the probes. Civil...

Fed Faces Tough Call On Bond Buying As Economy Strengthens

The Federal Reserve will decide on Wednesday whether the U.S. economy is finally resilient enough to withstand less policy support, or whether it is prudent to wait a bit longer. With the world's financial markets on edge, the U.S. central...

GlaxoSmithKline Overhauls Sales Practices After Scandals

GlaxoSmithKline will stop paying doctors to promote its products at events and remove individual sales targets for its marketing staff in a first for the drugs industry looking to recover from scandals over improper sales practices. It also said on...

Asian Shares Head Higher, Euro Gains Ground Ahead Of Fed

Asian shares pushed higher on Tuesday on the back of rising U.S. manufacturing output and a jump in euro zone business activity, ahead of a momentous U.S. Federal Reserve policy decision later this week. Investors are on tenterhooks over when...

Facebook To Begin Selling Video Ads: WSJ

Facebook Inc will begin selling video ads later this week and plans to make an announcement on Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The ads will play automatically in users' news feeds and may...

Insight: U.S. Asks If Car Dealers Ganged Up On Shopping Website TrueCar

It used to be that people in the market for a new car could go to the car-shopping website TrueCar.com, which collects bids from auto dealerships, and get dealers to undercut one another on price. Dealers could see the...

GM To Cut South Korean Jobs As Chevy Pullout Looms In Europe

General Motors Co (GM.N) plans to slash its headcount in South Korea next year as it prepares to withdraw its Chevy brand in Europe, a major export market for South Korean-made cars. GM Korea CEO Sergio Rocha has said it...

Stock Futures Flat As Investors Turn Eyes To Fed Meeting

Stock futures were little changed on Monday, suggesting investors were reluctant to buy even after a steep decline last week, as they turned their focus to an upcoming Federal Reserve policy meeting. Equities are coming off their worst week in...