Nov 19 - By Associated Press
The House Financial Services Committee has voted to pull the curtain on the normally secretive Federal Reserve by subjecting the nation's central bank to a sweeping congressional audit.
Nov 18 - By Associated Press
E-Trade Financial Corp. shares surged late Wednesday after media reports fed speculation that rival online broker TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. could make a bid for the company.
Nov 17 - By Associated Press
The Principal Financial Group Inc. said Tuesday its president of insurance and financial services will retire at the end of this year.

Nov 17 - By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press Writer
Taking aim at Wall Street and the U.S. central bank, an important House committee voted Thursday to assess fees on large financial firms to pay for the failure of their peers and to require a sweeping congressional audit of the secretive Federal Reserve.
Nov 17 - By Marcy Gordon, AP Business Writers
As Congress crafts legislation to impose new oversight on complex instruments blamed for hastening the financial crisis, a major sticking point has emerged over companies that use the derivatives to hedge risk.
Nov 10 - By Associated Press
Shares of Ambac Financial Group Inc. plunged 33 percent Tuesday after the embattled bond insurer said it may be forced to file for bankruptcy protection if it cannot improve its cash position.

Nov 4 - By Associated Press
Prudential Financial Inc., an insurance and investment company, on Wednesday posted its second straight quarterly profit, buoyed by market gains and strong sales of its investment products.

Nov 4 - By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press Writer
Senate Democrats on Tuesday proposed stripping the Federal Reserve of its supervisory powers and creating instead three new federal agencies to police banks, protect consumers and dismantle failing institutions.
Nov 3 - By Associated Press
The Hartford Financial Services Group on Tuesday posted a much narrower loss for the third quarter, as its investment losses shrank as financial markets improved.
Nov 3 - By Associated Press
E-Trade Financial Corp. withdrew its application to obtain money from the government's $700 billion financial bailout program launched last fall, according to a regulatory filing.
Nov 2 - By Associated Press
Principal Financial Group Inc. said Monday net profit rose for the third quarter to the best result in two years as it saw investment losses improve.
Nov 2 - By Associated Press
CNA Financial Corp. said Monday that declining catastrophe losses and impairment charges helped improve its profitability in the third quarter.
Oct 28 - By Marcy Gordon, AP Business Writers
Federal regulators may establish a consolidated surveillance system for all markets as trading platforms rapidly proliferate and often cater to selected wealthy investors.

Oct 28 - By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press Writer
The House Financial Services Committee has voted to give federal regulators more power and money to police major players in the stock market.
Oct 27 - By Associated Press
President Barack Obama is cheering an effort to rein in large financial firms. He says proposed legislation in the House would let government take down failing institutions and make taxpayers whole.

Oct 27 - By Candice Choi, AP Personal Finance Writer
Online brokerage E-Trade Financial Corp. on Tuesday said its loss widened in the third quarter in large part because of a hefty charge it took to shore up its capital position.
Oct 26 - By Associated Press
Among the earnings stories for Monday, Oct. 26, from AP Financial News:
Oct 25 - By Betsy Vereckey, AP Business Writer
Capmark Financial Group, one of the nation's largest commercial real estate lenders, has filed for bankruptcy protection amid mounting bad debt.

Oct 23 - By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press Writer
Take a hard look now. A new agency that consumers were promised would make bankers, credit card companies and mortgage lenders treat them fairly will never look as strong again.
Oct 22 - By Tom Krisher, AP Auto Writers
Chrysler Financial, once the exclusive lending arm of the storied automaker, will liquidate and go out of business by Dec. 31, 2011, according to a letter from the U.S. Treasury Department.
Oct 22 - By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press Writer
The House Financial Services Committee has voted to speed up the enactment of tough new credit card rules from mid-February of next year to Dec. 1 of this year.
Oct 22 - By Sara Lepro, AP Business Writer
Shares of PNC Financial Services Group Inc. soared Thursday after the nation's fifth largest bank said its profit grew sharply during the third quarter, even as loan losses rose.
Oct 21 - By Marcy Gordon, AP Business Writers
Legislation to regulate for the first time globally traded derivatives, the complex instruments that helped touch off the financial crisis, moved closer to House enactment Wednesday.
Oct 21 - By The Associated Press, Only on msnbc.com
Highlights of legislation approved by the House Financial Services Committee to create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, or CFPA:

Oct 21 - By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press Writer
The House Financial Services Committee has voted to set new rules for credit rating agencies, which lawmakers say misled investors by giving high marks to risky securities tied to subprime mortgages.