Morgan Stanley managed to boost revenue in its bond trading business, after posting a particularly weak first quarter in 2013
Expectations for U.S. company earnings are on a slippery slope down Wall Street.
Also, management has indicated that mortgage origination volumes have started the year off slowly.
Further, Citi last year agreed to pay $730 million to resolve claims that it did not reveal its exposure to toxic mortgage assets.
The hearing before competition and legal officials and their counterparts could determine whether the banks face hefty fines.
"Moneyball" author Michael Lewis' upcoming book on the dangers of high-frequency trading is already making waves in the world of high finance.
The business could be valued at $3.3 billion, though other sources said it was worth $2.5 billion.
The firm said it will add millions to its project focused on helping women entrepreneurs in the developing world.
Weibo, a Twitter-like forum in the Chinese social media market, is losing ground to Tencent's WeChat.
Activist campaigns targeting corporations have also been on the rise, according to Goldman Sachs analysts.
Gold has posted a return of 8 percent for the year to date, compared to a 2 percent gain in the NASDAQ.
Friar, formerly of Goldman Sachs and McKinsey, spoke to IBTimes about the challenges and opportunities for women in key sectors.
Gold, platinum and soybeans are among those markets most at risk, Goldman Sachs said.
Amid some of the world's biggest banks, Paul J. Taubman stood out as an adviser on Comcast's $45B merger with Time Warner Cable.
One quarterly stat institutional investors will scrutinize: Pepsi's sales in its declining North American beverage business.
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Neel Kashkari boasts an impressive résumé, including, top-line U.S. Treasury Department work under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
While Q4 should represent another robust quarter at Boeing, management will probably remain on the conservative side.
Goldman paid its staff the second lowest compensation total (as a percentage of revenues) since the firm went public.
Quarterly earnings were down $1 per share from a year earlier and fourth quarter revenue was more than $1 billion less than it was a year ago.