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Investors are wondering just how far Congress will go toward breaking up big banks.

The National Urban League is teaming with a small-business financial specialist to offer loans to companies unable to get approved by banks.

The newspaper said JPMorgan , Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley that received approval to buy back government stake worth $68 billion earlier this year are among the firms seeking operational efficiencies by outsourcing non-core IT and back-office projects to India Monday, November 23, 2009 MUMBAI, INDIA: Leading Indian outsourcers such as Tata ...

Ernest Scheyder and Michael Erman New York - Reuters Published on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 11:09AM EST Last updated on Friday, Nov.

A New York Times editorial slammed Goldman Sachs for its role in the financial crisis and said that instead of paying big bonuses to its employees it should make a multibillion-dollar gift to help reduce the U.S. national debt.

Microvision Inc., which focuses on light scanning technology, said Thursday it is publicly offering $21 million in common stock.

DEVIN LEONARD ESTERO, Fla. Banks often hire Norman Radow to handle the myriad unpleasantries of the real estate mess.

Over the years, I have warned a seemingly countless number of undergraduates that Fed's hold on monetary independence was tenuous at best.

The full House of Representatives will likely pass Rep. Paul Kanjorski 's "Too Big to Fail" amendment, which allows regulators to break up big, complex, dangerous banks and other companies so they won't have to be bailed out.

Nov. 18 -- Charles Ellis, founder of Greenwich Associates and author of "The Partnership: The Making of Goldman Sachs," talks with Bloomberg's Deirdre Bolton and Erik Schatzker about yesterday's apology by Goldman's Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein for the firm's role in some of the activities leading to the financial crisis.

JPMorgan Chase , the second- largest US bank, will buy out its venture with Cazenove Group for 1bn , sealing the takeover of a 190-year-old British brokerage whose clients include the queen.

Morgan Stanley Chairman John Mack is becoming a YouTube sensation. A 26-minute video of a talk he gave on "Leadership in Crisis" at University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School last month has garnered more than 18,600 page views and 4.5 stars.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urged US banks to boost lending to small businesses and consumers, who still face "very challenging'' credit conditions and rising unemployment.

A year ago, when markets were plunging, a down day was all of that: The numbers sank with little hope financial news could provide any traction at all.

Morgan Stanley agreed to hand over a real-estate business acquired in 2007 to Barclays Capital, ending the New York firma s obligation on a $2 billion loan after taking almost $1 billion in losses.

Nov. 18 -- Larry Kantor, head of research at Barclays Capital Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu, Adam Johnson and Jon Erlichman about the outlook for job growth in the U.S. Kantor, speaking from London, also discusses the prospects for a double-dip recession, productiviand the impact of China's growth on the U.S.

The number of meals is 10 times as many as last year and come at a time when more and more Americans are struggling to put food on the table.

The number of claims against collapsed Lehman Brothers could top $1 trillion , according to the man running the investment bank's liquidation.

In the global war for talent, the likely winners are U.S.-based global companies that offer border-crossing career opportunities and appeal to the wanderlust of a new generation.

So now we know the value Goldman Sachs Group Inc. places on salving its conscience for screwing up what Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein called ''God's work.'' It seems that $500 million is all it takes to compensate the world for Goldman's role in creating the credit crunch.