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Obama administration pay czar Kenneth Feinberg plans to review past compensation at 419 companies that received bailout funds, including JPMorgan Chase , Goldman Sachs , according to a source close to the Treasury Department.

E*Trade Financial Corp named Steven Freiberg as its new chief executive and said it plans a reverse stock split, betting a former Citigroup Inc executive with consumer experience but a limited online brokerage resume will help it emerge from lending problems.

Stocks rose on Monday, helped by gains in the healthcare sector as passage of a bill to overhaul the system eased uncertainty for investors.

Shares of Medicaid insurers, hospital companies and even drugmakers rose on Monday as many investors concluded that passage of landmark U.S. healthcare legislation will add millions of new paying patients.

Williams-Sonoma Inc beat quarterly profit estimates and forecast strong results for the current fiscal year on signs that consumers are ready to spend more on home decorating, and its shares rose 10 percent.

Tiffany & Co reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly profit as sales of lower-margin rough diamonds rose faster than its pricier and more profitable jewelry, and its shares fell 2 percent.

Stocks rose on Monday led by the healthcare sector after the House of Representatives passed a healthcare reform bill, providing clarity following months of uncertainty.

Wall Street was set to open lower on Monday as investor risk aversion was revived by concerns over Greece's debt crisis and the passage of sweeping healthcare reform.

Stock index futures fell on Monday as the passage of sweeping healthcare reform and uncertainty over Greece's debt crisis revived investor risk aversion.

Cheap U.S. healthcare stocks should perform well in the next few months now that legislative uncertainty about reform in the sector has been removed, said Legg Mason Inc fund manager Bill Miller.

Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.52 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.38 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.47 percent.

The former chief executive of American International Group Inc, Maurice Hank Greenberg, reached a deal to sell most of the shares he holds in the insurer to a unit of Swiss bank UBS.

Washington's bid to put finishing touches on healthcare reform this weekend should help lift uncertainty on Wall Street, but there may be some turbulence along the way this week as the recent rally appears to be fraying.

Dubai's debt restructuring proposal will determine the fate of UAE equity markets as the ailing emirate seeks support from Abu Dhabi, with markets poised to rally if the deal includes guarantees, analysts said.

Washington's bid to put finishing touches on healthcare reform this weekend should help lift uncertainty on Wall Street, but there may be some turbulence along the way next week as the recent rally appears to be fraying.

The Dow industrials snapped an eight-session winning streak on Friday, as renewed worries about Greece sparked a climb in the dollar and weighed on U.S. stocks.

Stocks ended down on Friday, with the Dow snapping its eight-session winning streak, as renewed worries about Greece sparked a climb in the dollar and weighed on commodity prices.

Boeing Co said on Friday it will accelerate planned increases in production of two of its popular wide-body planes to accommodate heightened demand from airlines that had curbed orders in the last two years because of the economic crisis.

Stocks fell on Friday, following the Dow's eight consecutive days of gains as a rising dollar hurt oil prices and weighed on energy stocks.

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The head of the House of Representatives' Oversight Committee said on Friday he had asked the Federal Reserve to provide all documents relating to a rule waiver that allowed then-New York Fed Board Chairman Stephen Friedman to hold and purchase stock in Goldman Sachs Gorup .

U.S. stocks slipped on Friday, after the Dow's eight days of gains, as a rising dollar hurt crude oil prices and weighed on energy stocks.

Wall Street edged lower on Friday, weighed down by energy shares as crude oil prices tumbled under pressure from a rising U.S. dollar.

Stock index futures were little changed on Friday, with bank stocks in focus after bailed-out British lender Lloyds Banking Group Plc said it would return to profitability in 2010.

Stock index futures were little changed on Friday, with bank stocks in focus after bailed-out British lender Lloyds Banking Group Plc said it would return to profitability in 2010.

Stock index futures pointed to a mixed opening on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.02 percent, Dow Jones up 0.1 percent and Nasdaq 100 down 0.01 percent at 1008 GMT (6:08 a.m. ET).

European shares rose modestly on Friday, lifted by gains in banking stocks, but concerns over Greece's large debt burden remained, keeping the euro on the back foot against the dollar.

Asian stocks rose for a sixth straight week on Friday, their longest string of weekly gains since a global bull market began a year ago, with consumer-related shares leading the way on hopes of a steady economic recovery.

A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday barred the financial news service Theflyonthewall.com from issuing immediate news about analyst research from several Wall Street banks, often before recommendations are shared with clients.