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Bank of New York News Archives for October 2009

Oct 31, 2009 | Express India

Why the Goldman Sachs-AIG story wont go away

How did so much taxpayer money end up in the coffers of American International Group Inc's too- big-to-fail customers? The more we find out, the more it becomes obvious we still don't know the half of it.

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Services, Insurance, American International Group, Banking

Fri Oct 30, 2009

WNED.org

Stocks tumble on recovery jitters, financials

The Dow industrials suffered its worst slide since July on Friday on concerns that the economic recovery won't be robust enough to sustain the seven-month stock rally, while financials sank on renewed worries about Citigroup's balance sheet.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Banking, Financial Services, Citigroup, Mutual Funds, Personal Finance, 9

Bloomberg Business News

AIG `Backdoor Bailout' Fed Documents Need to Be Examined, Congressman Says

American International Group Inc. a s payments to banks face closer congressional scrutiny after a House Republican requested records to review whether the Federal Reserve Bank of New York quashed the insurera s effort to pay less than 100 percent on derivative contracts.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Edolphus Towns, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Insurance, American International Group, Republican, Darrell Issa, Banking, Financial Services

Thu Oct 29, 2009

WINS-AM New York

Ex-Bank Temp Worker Charged in $1M ID Theft

Prosecutors say a temp worker used a three-month stint at a New York bank to steal employees' identities, then used their ID's for years to loot about $1 million from charities.

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Related Topix: New York Metro, Financial Services, Banking

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Blogging Stocks

Bank of New York Mellon: Sideways action is Buy opportunity

The extended Buy opportunity continues at Bank of New York Mellon , and I'm Reiterating my Buy rating for the company's shares, first recommended on April 6, 2009 at a price of $28.16. Founded by Alexander Hamilton, The Bank of New York provides services that enable institutions and individuals to move and manage their financial assets in more than ...

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Banking

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Tech Confidential Blog

Deal Stocks: ING, UBS, BK, PEP, UTX, GE

Welcome to Deal Stocks. In the news Tuesday are ING Group NV , UBS , Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Industrial Machines, ING Group, Insurance, Banking, Financial Services, Beverages, PepsiCo, Security, United Technologies Corporation

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Scoop

NZ Dollar Outlook: Kiwi to fall, US$ in favour

Oct. 27 – The New Zealand dollar may fall this week as speculation the Federal Reserve will tighten monetary policy earlier than expected stokes the appeal of the greenback and appetite for higher-yielding, or riskier, assets dims.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Financial Markets, Australia, Oceania, World News

PR-inside.com

Federal Reserve Bank of New York - SWOT Analysis - research report released

The report examines the companyA's key business structure and operations, history and products, and provides summary analysis of its key revenue lines and strategy.

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Related Topix: New York Metro, Financial Services, Banking

Sun Oct 25, 2009

In The Money

Disappointing Housing Data Stalls Stock Rally

The S&P 500 touched the 1100 level yesterday, a new high, before pulling back by the close.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Financial Services, Comerica, Banking

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Securities Industry

Mellon Reports Loss of $2.5 Billion

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Tuesday reported a third quarter loss of $2.5 billion, compared to a profit of $303 million a year ago.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Banking

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Bizjournals

BNY Mellon settles with Russian customs service

The Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation, Moscow, and BNY Mellon, New York City, Thursday announced the settlement of the litigation filed by the customs service against the bank in Moscow City Arbitration Court.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Mellon Financial, Investment Services, World News, Russia, Asia, Banking

ABC News

$100,000 Reward for Three Added to FBI Top 10 List

Russian mobster Semion Mogilevich , known as the "brainy don," has overseen criminal enterprises stretching from Central Asia to Philadelphia specializing in arms trading, human trafficking networks, money laundering and securities fraud according to law enforcement officials.

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Related Topix: US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Best of 2007, Prison, Pennsylvania, Banking, Financial Services

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Times Online

Bank of New York will lend to Russia again as Moscow drops lawsuit

Bank of New York Mellon will begin lending to Russian state banks again after Moscow abandoned a $22.5 billion lawsuit against it.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Hillary Clinton, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Banking, Financial Services, Prison

Hispanic Business

New Madoff Case Alleges JP Morgan role; Money Used for Sex, Drugs

A new civil case against Bernard Madoff , the convicted Wall Street fraudster, charges that two major US banks abetted him in his $65 billion Ponzi scheme and that the stolen money was used for drugs and wild parties.

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Related Topix: Banking, JP Morgan Chase , Prison, Bernie Madoff, Financial Services, Accounting

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Fox News

Fed Buys $1.05 Billion In Treasurys

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York bought $1.05 billion in Treasurys that mature from 2027 through 2039 on Wednesday, its second-to-last such operation in its $300 billion program started in March.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Banking, New York Metro, Business News

The Philadelphia Tribune

Fed tests money-tapping tool

This is a test. This is only a test. The Federal Reserve is testing one of its tools for draining some of the unprecedented amount of money that's been plowed into the U.S. economy to ease financial problems and revive business activity.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Ben Bernanke

ClipSyndicate

Earnings Watch - Bank NY Mellon Earnings

Bank of New York reports 54 cents that beats the average estimates on the adjusted basis of the analysts.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Banking, Video, Business News

Tue Oct 20, 2009

TownHall.com

Madoff investors sue KPMG and major...

Some investors defrauded by epic swindler Bernard Madoff on Tuesday added accounting firm KPMG , JPMorgan Chase and Bank of New York Mellon to a civil lawsuit in a New York court, lawyer Joseph Cotchett said.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Accounting, Bernie Madoff, Banking, JP Morgan Chase , Insurance, Burlingame, CA

Reuters

Bank N.Y. Mellon profit ex-items tops expectations

Bank of New York Mellon Corp reported a third-quarter net loss amid higher loan loss provisions, but earnings excluding one-time items topped expectations.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Banking, Mortgage, Home

AmericanBankingNews.com

How New York Mellon (NYSE: BK), JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and State...

Although there are a few major institutions like Citibank and Bank of America that were hammered by the financial crisis, some banks, like JP Morgan Chase , Bank of New York Mellon and State Street got through the recession with relatively little pain because they avoided some of the riskiest plays made by some other nationwide banks.

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Related Topix: Banking, JP Morgan Chase , Financial Services, Home, Mortgage

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Bloomberg

Stocks in U.S. Extend Global Rally on Earnings Outlook as Dollar Retreats

U.S. stocks rose, sending benchmark indexes to a one-year high, on better-than-estimated earnings and speculation the economy is healthy enough for policy makers to unwind efforts to shore up the financial system.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Publishing, Media, Gannett Co, Semiconductors, Electronics, Texas Instruments, Banking, Financial Services, Elmira, NY

New York Times

New York Fed Developing New Tool for Withdrawals

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said on Monday it had been working on a market tool it can use to withdraw cash from the banking system but stressed that it was not about to use it.

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Related Topix: New York Metro, Banking, Financial Services, Business News

Fox News

Fed Says Testing Reverse Repos For Future Use

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Monday it has been working internally and with market participants to make sure it can use reverse repurchase agreements when and if Fed officials decide they should be used.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Banking, Business News

Sun Oct 18, 2009

Bloomberg

Summers Tells Finance Executives to Stop Fighting Tougher Government Rules

White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers told leaders of top financial companies last month the Obama administration a oewill not be lectureda by opponents of a proposed consumer-protection agency.

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Related Topix: US News, Financial Services, New York Metro, Banking, US Bancorp, US Politics, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat

Sat Oct 17, 2009

MELODIKA.net

Empire Resorts Clears Bank Defaults

Empire Resorts, Inc. announced today the reinstatement of a $4,400,000 secured credit facility with The Park Avenue Bank of New York and execution of a standstill agreement by the Company with the principal beneficial owners of over ninety percent of the Company's $65,000,000 Senior Notes .

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Related Topix: New York Metro, Banking, Financial Services, Manhattan, NY, New York, NY

Fri Oct 16, 2009

Bloomberg Business News

Treasuries Set for Second Weekly Loss as Data Add to Rate Increase Chances

Treasuries headed for a two-week decline before a Federal Reserve report that economists said will show industrial production rose for a third-straight month.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Ben Bernanke, Financial Markets, 9

Thu Oct 15, 2009

Business Insurance

Little attention to AIG pay during bailout: TARP official

Compensation plans at American International Group Inc. - including controversial retention bonuses - were given little consideration by the Treasury Department when the government bailed out the company last year, according to the special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

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Related Topix: Insurance, American International Group, US News, US Treasury, US Politics, Edolphus Towns, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Banking, Financial Services

ABS-CBN News

Asian currencies buoyant amid recovery hopes

Asian currencies ended the week generally up against the dollar amid greater optimism in the region and continued low interest rates in the United States.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Banking, Financial Services, Ben Bernanke

Wed Oct 14, 2009

SignOnSanDiego.com

Watchdog: Treasury and Fed failed in AIG oversight

In this Sept. 16, 2008 file photo, The American International Group logo is shown in New York.

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Related Topix: Insurance, American International Group, Apparel, Kenneth Cole Productions, Footwear, Banking, Financial Services

Tue Oct 13, 2009

MarketWatch

Bond Report: Treasurys gain as doubts about recovery hit stocks

Treasury prices rose Tuesday, sending 2-year yields down by the most since June, amid doubts about the strength of the economy's recovery.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets

Mon Oct 12, 2009

Seeking Alpha

Bank of New York and Bank of America vs. AIG: No Winner in Sight

It would appear that an important court case may go in favor of BofA and Bank of NY in a suit brought by AIG 's wholly owned subsidiary United Guaranty Mortgage Indemnity Co.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Bank of America, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Sat Oct 10, 2009

WCCO

U.S. Economic Meltdown: Where Are We Now?

Share + Oct 10, 2009 3:03 pm US/Central NEW YORK 1 of 1 New-home sales in June jumped nationally as home buyers took advantage of falling prices, with sales of single-family homes rising 11 percent.

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Related Topix: 9, Housing, Banking, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Real Time Economics

Court Grants Stay in Suit Seeking Fed Release of Borrowers' Names

The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Federal Reserve 's request for a stay Tuesday morning, delaying the release of public records containing information about banks' lending activities during the financial crisis.

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Related Topix: Second Circuit Court of Appeals, US News, Banking, Financial Services, Investment Banking, Bear Stearns, Investment Services

Thu Oct 08, 2009

Al Fin

US Small Business Choked for Growth

Normally, small business startups and hiring would already be leading the economy back to a cycle of growth and increasing employment.

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Related Topix: Small Business, Personal Finance, Financial Services, Banking

Wed Oct 07, 2009

Fox News

Fed Buys $1.3 Billion In Long-term Treasurys

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York bought $1.3 billion in Treasurys on Wednesday, the sole buyback this week as the central bank nears the end of its purchase program.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Banking, New York Metro, Business News

James Wolcott

Andrew Ross Sorkin on Wall Streeta s Near-Death Experience

Sunrise over the stock exchange, in Lower Manhattan, the traditional home of the city's famed financial firms, many of which have moved uptown or disappeared entirely.

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Financial Services, Investment Services, Banking, Staten-Island, NY, New York, NY, Morgan Stanley European Fund, Morgan Stanley

Pennlive.com

Federal Reserve employee from Elm Park pleads guilty in $1M scheme

A federal bank information analyst from Elm Park has admitted he stole his fellow employees' identities so he and his brother could apply for more than $1 million in student and boat loans.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Apparel, Kenneth Cole Productions, Footwear, Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY

Tue Oct 06, 2009

MacroBlog

Prospects for a small business-fueled employment recovery

In a speech yesterday, William Dudley, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, identified financial constraints for small businesses as a restraint on the pace of economic recovery.

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Related Topix: Small Business, Personal Finance, Financial Services, Banking

Sun Oct 04, 2009

AME Info

Bank of New York Mellon appointed as depositary bank by Hikma Pharmaceuticals

Jordan: 47 minutes ago Bank of New York Mellon, the global leader in asset management and securities servicing, has been selected by Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC as the depositary bank for its American depositary receipt program.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Jordan, World News, Marketing, US Energy Systems, Energy

Fri Oct 02, 2009

Asbury Park Press Online

Experts: Long road to recovery

The road to recovery from the current economic crisis will be a long and arduous one for New Jersey.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Rutgers University, Woodbridge, NJ

Thu Oct 01, 2009

Earth Times

AIG Media Backgrounder: How Much Does AIG Owe the Government?

In response to continuing confusion regarding the amount of assistance AIG has received from the government and the amount it must repay, AIG provides the following facts: The U.S. government has provided support to AIG in several forms: direct equity investments in AIG, loans to AIG, the extension to AIG of a mostly untapped equity capital ...

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Mortgage, Personal Finance

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