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Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and billionaire investor Warren Buffett, from different sides of the political spectrum, expressed support on Tuesday for the U.S. government's aggressive steps in 2008 to keep the nation's banks and economy from a complete meltdown.

After a record-breaking year and speculation of a $100 million bonus payout, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

" An American International Group Inc. executive who received a retention bonus worth more than $742,000 after taxes has resigned publicly - " in an Op-Ed column in The New York Times.

An examiner probing Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s 2008 failure filed under seal his report investigating whether banks such as JPMorgan Chase & Co.

The biggest tumble in developing- nation stocks in 11 months is making investment strategists at Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse Group AG and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

U.S. stocks reversed slightly higher Monday, led by the consumer-discretionary sector following a better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings report from toy maker Hasbro and a number of ratings upgrades.

The former Merrill Lynch & Co CEO's salary includes $500,000 in cash, $2.5 million of restricted CIT stock with a holding period of one year and $3 million in stock restricted for three years, the company said in a regulatory filing.

Canadian contributions to RRSPs are likely to make a comeback this year, helped by a recovery in the stock market and a renewed focus on saving after the recession, a report by CIBC World Markets said.

Feb. 8 -- Former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt talks with Bloomberg's Jon Erlichman about CIT Group Inc.'s decision to name former Merrill Lynch & Co.

I testified yesterday to the Senate Banking Committee hearing on the "Volcker Rules" . My view is that while the principles behind these proposed rules are exactly on target - limiting the size of our largest banks and preventing any financial institution backed by the government, implicitly or explicitly, from taking big risks - the specific rule ...

U.S. regulators are investigating whether the mortgage insurance market was improperly distressed in 2008 because of payment demands that Goldman Sachs Group Inc and other banks made on American International Group Inc , The New York Times reported on Sunday.

Broadcom Corporation , a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, will be presenting at the following first quarter 2010 conferences: Thomas Weisel Annual Technology & Telecom Conference on February 8, 2010 Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference 2010 on February 23, 2010 Morgan Stanley 2010 Technology, Media ...

In this Sept. 15, 2008 file photo, former Merrill Lynch executive John Thain speaks during a news conference in New York.

On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System .

A bungalow on Singapore's Ocean Drive, a stretch of luxury homes lined with Bentleys and Ferraris, sold for a record S$30 million in October.

Rumor has it that Timothy Geithner is on his way out as Treasury Secretary, due to his involvement in the AIG scandal that is now unraveling in hearings before the House Oversight and Reform Committee.

The SEC is investigating whether the bank improperly hurt the mortgage market in a dispute with the insurance giant over demands for payments on sour securities.

Senate Democrats Barbara Boxer and James Webb proposed a 50 percent tax on bonuses of more than $400,000 at financial firms including Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Rumors were that when Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein's bonus was announced, it would be the bonus to beat all bonuses.

Dexia SA, which received billions of euros in capital and funding guarantees from France, Belgium and Luxembourg, agreed to sell assets in Italy, Spain and Slovakia to gain European Union approval of the taxpayer-funded bailout.