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The leaders of the world's biggest emerging markets -- Brazil, Russia, India and China -- meet in the coming week for their first formal summit, seeking a louder voice on the global stage.

Brazil’s mining giant Vale has started iron ore price talks with China, the company released on Friday, two days after it announced agreements with Korean and Japanese steelmakers.

The U.S. Treasury Department is facing mounting pressure to ensure that taxpayers get a fair return on banks' warrants as the largest firms prepare to shake off government ownership stakes.

U.S. stocks racked up gains across a wide array of sectors on Thursday, aided by rising commodity prices and improving labor market conditions, along with a sharp drop in interest rates.

U.S. stocks racked up gains across a wide array of sectors on Thursday, aided by rising commodity prices and improving labor market conditions, along with a sharp drop in interest rates.

U.S. lawmakers accused the Treasury and Federal Reserve on Thursday of using threats and intimidation to force Bank of America to take over Merrill Lynch, a charge Bank of America Chief Executive Ken Lewis denied.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co's deal to sell IPO stocks through Fidelity Investments suggests it might be gearing up to take public some of the companies in its portfolio, despite a market that remains inhospitable to deals backed by private equity.

Stocks headed for a higher open on Wednesday, as surging prices for oil and other commodities drove a global equities rally and Home Depot raised its outlook.

Stock futures pointed to a sharply higher open on Wednesday, as surging prices for oil and other commodities drove a global equities rally and Home Depot raised its outlook.

JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and eight other top U.S. banks won clearance on Tuesday to repay $68 billion in taxpayer money given to them during the credit crisis, a step that may help them escape government curbs on executive pay.

The U.S. Treasury approved 10 banks to buy back $68 billion of government shares on Tuesday, a first crucial step for banks to be set free from government restrictions.

Stocks were set to open higher on Tuesday after Texas Instruments raised its quarterly outlook, underpinning other technology stocks, while rising oil prices boosted energy shares.

Treasury officials are expected to unveil Tuesday that up to ten of the biggest banks have approval to repay their Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, people familiar with the matter said.

The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to say Goldman Sachs Group Inc, JPMorgan Chase & Co and perhaps a few other banks will be allowed to repay money to the Troubled Asset Relief Program, The Wall Street Journal said on Monday, without saying where it got the information.

The Obama administration is expected to announce next week that a higher-than-expected number of large financial institutions will be allowed to repay their government bailout funds, the Washington Post reported in its Saturday edition.

Morgan Stanley is likely to be part of the first wave of major banks to exit the U.S. government's bank bailout program after recently selling more than $2 billion of shares, research analysts said on Wednesday.

Clinton-era Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt has signed on as an advisor to Goldman Sachs Group Inc , the Wall Street firm said on Tuesday.

Clinton-era Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Arthur Levitt has signed on as an advisor to Goldman Sachs Group Inc , the Wall Street firm announced on Tuesday.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc sold $1.9 billion worth of shares in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China on Monday, according to a source familiar with the pricing.

Goldman Sachs was on Monday selling up to about $1.9 billion worth of shares in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China at a discount of 4 percent to 6 percent to the Chinese lender's Monday closing price, according to a term sheet.

SunTrust Banks Inc , a U.S. Southeast regional bank ordered by federal regulators to raise $2.2 billion of equity capital, on Monday speeded up a previously announced capital-raising plan, hoping to benefit from recent investor demand for banks' securities.