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06/22/2012
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Wall Street claws back after sharp decline, banks lead
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks ended higher on Friday, led by gains in bank shares, as the S&P 500 index bounced back from its second-worst decline of the year.
Moody's tilts playing field toward safe-haven banks
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Downgrades by ratings agency Moody's will make funding more expensive for banks that rely the most on capital markets, while reinforcing the competitive advantage of "safe-haven" banks that can fund themselves from stable customer deposits.
Insight: Wells Fargo's mushrooming mortgage risk
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - The new center of U.S. mortgage lending is a nondescript office building in the American heartland, far from the California subprime lenders and the New York investment banks that drove the housing market into a bust.
Morgan Stanley shifted derivatives in first quarter
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley shifted more of its derivatives positions to its U.S. bank unit in the first quarter, as credit rating downgrades from Moody's Investors Service weighed on its business, data from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency showed on Friday.
GM recalls 475,418 Chevy Cruze for engine shield
(Reuters) - General Motors Co is recalling 475,418 of its popular compact Chevrolet Cruze sedans to modify the under-engine shield so flammable liquids are not trapped in the engine compartment, the automaker said on Friday.
Exclusive: Merrill replaces law firm in broker pay cases
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merrill Lynch has replaced the law firm leading its battles against deferred-pay claims from more than a thousand former brokers.
Euro's big four agree growth boost, split on bonds
ROME (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel resisted pressure on Friday for common euro zone bonds or a more flexible use of Europe's rescue funds but agreed with leaders of France, Italy and Spain on a 130 billion euros ($156 billion) package to revive growth.
Euro risks have U.S. businesses readying for the worst
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three years into the European debt crisis, with the likelihood of the euro's demise still remote, U.S. multinationals are making preparations for a number of grim scenarios that include the worst: the collapse of the euro.
Analysis: Goldman judge cuts Wells notice disclosure burden
(Reuters) - A federal judge's decision that otherwise went against Goldman Sachs Group Inc has made it easier for companies to defeat shareholder claims that litigation threatened by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should be disclosed.
Exclusive: BlackRock senior strategist Capaldi leaves-source
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Robert Capaldi, who served as senior client strategist for BlackRock Inc Chairman and Chief Executive Laurence Fink, has left the firm, a source familiar with the move said on Friday.
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