Tag: Financial services
Feds say Swiss company to pay $77M over US tax evaders
<p>NEW YORK — Switzerland’s biggest and oldest life insurance company will pay more than $77 million to the U.S. Treasury after admitting it helped...
US mortgage rates fall for 4th week; 30-year dips to 2.94%
WASHINGTON — Mortgage rates declined this week, marking their fourth consecutive week below 3% and further evidence of the strength in the economy’s recovery...
Ex-UK PM Cameron grilled over links to bankrupt finance firm
<p>LONDON — Former British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday he never suspected that a financial services company he lobbied for would go under,...
US mortgage rates fall for 4th week; 30-year dips to 2.94%
<p>WASHINGTON — Mortgage rates declined this week, marking their fourth consecutive week below 3% and further evidence of the strength in the economy’s recovery...
Ex-UK PM Cameron grilled over links to bankrupt finance firm
LONDON — Former British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday he never suspected that a financial services company he lobbied for would go under,...
Former investment executive gets 3 months in college scam
<p>BOSTON — A former private equity executive who cofounded an investment fund with U2′s Bono was sentenced Wednesday to three months in prison for...
Former investment executive gets 3 months in college scam
BOSTON — A former private equity executive who cofounded an investment fund with U2′s Bono was sentenced Wednesday to three months in prison for...
Millennial Money: A flashy credit card may not fit you best
The credit card you pluck out of your wallet can make as much of a statement as the purse or pants you keep your...
US Treasury sanctions 7 Lebanese tied to Hezbollah finances
BEIRUT — The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed new sanctions on seven Lebanese linked to the militant Iran-backed Hezbollah group and its financial...
Top Fed official says Fed far from achieving its goals
WASHINGTON — A top Federal Reserve official says the outlook for the U.S. economy is bright but the recent jobs report is a reminder...