A California appeals court has ruled that U.S. Bank conned Claudia Aceves out of her home by tricking her into giving up her bankruptcy protections. Now she can sue the bank for damages and fraud, and conceivably, so could othe…
Fourth-quarter 2010 earnings season ramps up this week. Analysts expect strong results from some big corporate names. And on the heels of last week’s big earnings beat from JPMorgan Chase, the financial sector will have plenty …
U.S. Bancorp agreed to pay as much as $35 million in cash for Bank of America’s securitization trust administration units in the U.S. and Europe. The deal is part of the U.S. Bank parent company’s efforts to expands its corpora…
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. was questioned earlier in the year by U.S. regulators on why the holding company didn’t write down $1.86 billion in losses largely from its investments in Kraft Foods Inc. and U.S. Banco…