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Investors stayed cautious ahead of a summit expected to deliver pledges to tackle the euro zone's debt crisis rather than firm commitments, keeping the euro above $1.39 as stocks markets traded little changed.

Swiss bank UBS AG overcame a 1.8 billion Swiss franc ($2 billion) rogue trading loss to post a smaller than forecast fall in third quarter net profit on Tuesday as its core wealth management business performed well.

The China hard-landing debate is a classic tail risk story -- an unlikely scenario, but if it materializes the consequences could be catastrophic.

The United States will likely suffer the loss of its triple-A credit rating from another major rating agency by the end of this year due to concerns over the deficit, Bank of America Merrill Lynch forecasts.

Wish I had seen the whole thing!

Occupy Wall Street has camped out at Zucotti Park in Lower Manhattan for weeks, but it probably isn't reaching as many bankers as it could. Which could have something to do with the fact that finance is no longer the area's biggest tenant.

otal revenues jumped by about 6.6 percent from $26.9 billion to $28.7 billion.

China's economic expansion slowed in the third quarter to its weakest pace in more than two years as euro-debt strains and a sluggish U.S. economy took a toll, but healthy domestic drivers suggest little room to relax monetary policy near term.

China's economic expansion slowed in the third quarter to its weakest pace in more than two years as euro-debt strains and a sluggish U.S. economy took a toll, but healthy domestic drivers suggest little room to relax monetary policy near term.

China's economic expansion slowed in the third quarter to its weakest pace since early 2009 as euro-debt strains and a sluggish U.S. economy took a toll, but healthy domestic drivers suggest little room to relax monetary policy near term.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has joined forces with U.S.-based carbon portfolio manager TerraPass Inc in a bid to enter the nascent Californian emissions market, the bank said on Tuesday.

The trailer for the long-anticipated Marvel Comics superhero epic, The Avengers, has debuted set for a May 4, 2012 release with a star-studded cast who each has appeared in their own film or made a cameo.

Fiction writer Mitchell Graham has been charged in a multi-million dollar scam in which prosecutors allege he swindled money from women he met online.

It is said that behind every successful man there is a woman. This seemed right in the case of Steve Jobs.

The whole process is to ensure that compensation is aligned with shareholder interest, Steve Rabitz, an attorney with Stroock & Stroock & Lavan who specializes in executive compensation, told International Business Times. But shareholders sometimes are angered by executive packages they believe are increasingly over-the-top.

Steve Jobs is survived by his wife Laurene Jobs, who was the love of the Apple co-founder's life.

Francois Gouws and Yassine Bouhara, the co-heads of UBS’ global equities, handed in their resignations, apparently taking responsibility for the actions of the London rogue trader who perpetrated illegal trades.

Major U.S. corporations often increase executive pay to ensure it is higher than the median in their industry, according to a report.

Gold rose more than 1 percent on Friday but was on track for its biggest quarterly gain this year as concerns that the euro zone debt crisis was far from resolved weighed on stock markets and the euro, lifting interest in bullion as an alternative.

Bank of America (BAC.N) Merrill Lynch has recruited three former Wells Fargo advisers and one former Morgan Stanley Smith Barney adviser to join its California, Connecticut and Wyoming offices, the firm said late on Monday.

Solar panel installer SolarCity said on Friday it was the second company in as many days that will not get finalization of U.S. government loan aid by a September 30 deadline.

UBS investors welcomed the Swiss bank's choice of caretaker chief executive, Sergio Ermotti, on Monday after Oswald Gruebel resigned in the wake of a $2.3 billion rogue trading scandal and cleared the way for a major overhaul of the investment bank.

UBS has said that Sergio Ermotti will be the caretaker chief executive following the resignation of Oswald Gruebel last week.

Solar panel installer SolarCity said on Friday it was the second company in as many days that will not get finalization of U.S. government loan aid by a September 30 deadline.

Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street, with futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones futures and Nasdaq 100 futures down between 1.4 to 1.8 percent at 0923 GMT.

The stock price has been languishing for more than two years -- shares have lost almost half their value year-to-date.

In the second quarter of 2011, the bank lost an astounding $8.8-billion, partially due to the burden of its enormous mortgage/legal liabilities.

Sany Heavy Industry Co Ltd , China's largest construction machinery maker, could raise up to $3.33 billion in the second biggest stock offering this year in Hong Kong, braving volatile markets to raise funds for expansion of its factories.

Investors obviously applauded the move, sending Morgan Stanley shares up 7.2 percent in Thursday’s trading.