Stocks climb for third day as financial shares rise
NEW YORK — A rally in financial stocks today helped the market extend its grind higher to a third day. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index cleared an important hurdle watched by traders when it closed...
View ArticleCitigroup, Fannie Mae offer mortgage relief to oil leak victims
DES MOINES, Iowa — Homeowners in areas of the Gulf of Mexico affected by the BP oil leak are getting mortgage relief from Citigroup Inc. and government sponsored mortgage purchaser Fannie Mae....
View ArticleStudy: Companies paid more to CEOs than in taxes
NEW YORK — Twenty-six big U.S. companies paid their CEOs more last year than they paid the federal government in tax, according to a study released today by a liberal-leaning think tank. The study, by...
View ArticleCitigroup far less bullish on housing market than peers
On Friday, executives at Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase declared that the long-struggling market had turned a corner. On Monday, Citigroup's top number-cruncher said he wasn't so sure.
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