The new consumer bureau said Wednesday that it plans to target a kind of bank fee that makes customers see red: Overdraft protection penalty fees on checking accounts.
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After more than a year in the making, the Obama administration on Wednesday released its plan to overhaul the corporate tax code.
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In a switch to a more aggressive tax plan, Mitt Romney said Wednesday that he now favors cutting marginal tax rates for individuals by 20%.
- 14 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 7:37pm -

Outspoken New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had some rather harsh words for billionaire investor Warren Buffett on Tuesday.
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Employers are hiring, manufacturing is revving up and stocks are rallying. It looks like the recovery could finally be taking hold.
- 19 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 2:31pm -

Tableau Software is planning to go public in 2013, Fortune has learned.Here's how the story developed: Yesterday an outside spokesman sent over an unsolicited email, in which he said: "Next week—on the heels of yet another record year of earnings…
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MS drug developer nets big money.Receptos, a San Diego-based developer of G protein-coupled receptor therapeutics, has secured $50 million in new VC funding, according to a regulatory filing. The company's lead drug candidate is aimed at treating pa…
- 13 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 8:32pm -

The Greek bailout could keep investors from making additional sovereign debt purchases, further exacerbating the crisis. This will make the governments even more dependent on the ECB for funding -- something it may not always be able to provide.B…
- 16 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 5:37pm -

Chris Christie's blunt talk crosses the line.New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is tired of Warren Buffett's tax talk, telling CNN's Piers Morgan that the famed investor "should just write a check and shut up."No Chris, he shouldn't. And someone in y…
- 16 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 5:34pm -

A serious private equity discussion on America's top comedic newscast.Late last month I made a short cameo on The Daily Show, as part of a larger segment on Bain Capital.Being eminently narcissistic, I watched the clip without bothering to watch Jo…
- 16 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 4:42pm -

Apparently Bernie Madoff wasn't the only bad apple at Nasdaq.In the latest shining moment for the U.S. stock exchanges, the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday charged Donald Johnson, a former Nasdaq managing director, with ripping off i…
- 26 May 11, 8:19pm -

Behold an exciting new feature of the post-bailout era: the megabank that wanders the globe with the weapons of financial mass destruction strapped to its chest.UBS (UBS), the giant Swiss bank that took $59 billion in bailout funds three years ago…
- 26 May 11, 3:19pm -

Could it be time to start kicking the tires on AIG?It hardly seems like an auspicious moment. Shares have lost half their value this year, including a 3% walloping Wednesday, making the New York-based insurer the worst-performing big stock in the ma…
- 25 May 11, 3:55pm -

Should the guys at the European Central Bank have to sit through a screening of "Too Big to Fail"?It might remind them that a lesson of 2008 meltdown is that you can't extend and pretend your way out of the abyss, even if you're brandishing a bazook…
- 25 May 11, 10:32am -

The zombie banking industry took another half step forward Tuesday.The list of banks at risk of failing expanded at its slowest rate since before the credit crisis, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said. The so-called problem bank list rose by j…
- 24 May 11, 2:39pm -

After banks lured new customers with awards such as department-store gift cards and frequent-flier miles, the customers are getting a most unwelcome bonus: a visit from the tax man.
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As earnings season for the solar-panel-manufacturing industry gets under way, things are off to a bumpy start.
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Asian companies are tapping bond markets at a record pace, worried that the euro-zone crisis may deepen and make it impossible for them to secure funds later in the year, say bankers who arrange borrowing.
- 3 hours ago, 23 Feb 12, 5:46am -

SEC Chairman Schapiro said she is worried about the role of high-frequency traders in the stock market and hinted at new policies aimed at curbing frenetic market activity.
- 3 hours ago, 23 Feb 12, 5:46am -

Wednesday brought further evidence that housing has climbed out of the sub-basement. But it's a long way from heading up the stairs to expansion.
- 12 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 9:17pm -

Soaring oil prices in the spring of 2008 sent gasoline prices surging and accelerated the recession. Now, rising gas prices are threatening the recovery. But lower natural gas and utility costs this time around might limit much of the damage, says De…
- 1 day ago, 21 Feb 12, 10:10pm -

Directors from the Boston Fed called for a decrease in the discount rate to 0.50% last month, while directors of the Kansas City Fed voted for an increase to 1%.
- 2 days ago, 21 Feb 12, 7:55pm -

It's no secret that more Americans are shopping online, but the speed at which sales are moving to the Web is striking.
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Sen. Max Baucus (D., Mont.), who as chairman of the Finance Committee oversees trade issues, headed Friday to Russia on a fact-finding mission with the aim of lifting U.S. trade restrictions before the country is expected to join the World Trade Orga…
- 5 days ago, 17 Feb 12, 11:05pm -

A coalition of Internet companies including Google has agreed to support a do-not-track button to be embedded in most Web browsers—a move that the industry had been resisting for more than a year.
- 3 hours ago, 23 Feb 12, 5:45am -

An FDA panel backed Vivus's Qnexa, which could lead to approval of the first new prescription weight-loss drug in more than a decade.
- 3 hours ago, 23 Feb 12, 5:45am -

Hewlett-Packard's fiscal first-quarter earnings fell 44% as sales in the company's personal computers business continued to fall.
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General Motors and French car maker Peugeot Citroën are discussing a European auto alliance as the two grapple with weak sales and a raging price war on the continent.
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