Wells Fargo & Co. on Wednesday named a pair of former Wachovia Corp. executives, Robert A. Engel and Jonathan G. Weiss, to run its investment banking and capital markets businesses.
The incoming Obama administration has asked Comptroller of the Currency John Dugan to leave - but so far he has no intention of complying with the request, sources said.
Citigroup Inc., in the midst of a massive cost-cutting initiative as it tries to right itself, has chosen yet another executive to handle the effort.
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank said he plans to unveil legislation Friday that would condition the release of the remaining $350 billion of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds.
The Internal Revenue Service has sent an advisory to caution taxpayers about how to choose a tax preparer and avoid preparer fraud.
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Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., has introduced legislation that would exempt all private-activity bonds, including refunding bonds, from the alternative minimum tax.
John Sorice has joined RBC Capital Markets as a managing director in the firm's US financial sponsors group.
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