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Tuesday | Business Journal

George Soros buys up Fifth Third stock

He made the investment through his Soros Fund Management, which mainly manages money for the Soros family.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Fifth Third Bancorp, Soros Fund Management, Investment Services, Suntrust Banks, JP Morgan Chase

Fri May 25, 2012

Reuters

UPDATE 1-Court OKs JPMorgan fee pact;Capital One talks fail

JPMorgan Chase & Co won preliminary court approval of its agreement to pay $110 million to settle nationwide litigation accusing it of charging excessive overdraft fees.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Banking, JP Morgan Chase

Seeking Alpha

12 Undervalued Financials Being Bought Up By Hedge Funds

After a tough year for the financial sector, do you think financial stocks are on the verge of a comeback? For a closer look at financials currently favored by hedge funds, we ran a screen.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Financial Services, Mortgage

Thu May 24, 2012

Fox News

What the Big Guns are Doing

Big gun investors John Paulson, Steve Cohen, Anton Schutz and Eddie Lampert all made surprising investment moves this past quarter that investors may want to take note of, according to Wall Street research shop SNL Financial.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Banking, Financial Services, Suntrust Banks, Bank of America, Hartford Financial Services Group, Insurance

TheStreet.com

Capital One: Financial Winner

Meanwhile, the U.S. Commerce Department reported that durable goods orders rose 0.2% in April, which was less than the 0.5% increase expected by economists polled by Thomson Reuters.

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Related Topix: Media, Medicine, Reuters, Triad Hospitals, Computers, IT Services, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Thomson, EPS, Financial Services, Business News

Business Journal

Small businesses more optimistic

Small businesses are more optimistic about their prospects and the economy, according to a quarterly small business survey by Capital One Financial Corp.

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Related Topix: Small Business, Personal Finance, Financial Services

Business Wire

Fred. Olsen Production ASA: Expiry of Letter of Intent

As previously announced on the 9th December 2011 Fred. Olsen Production ASA , on behalf of a joint venture to be established with Marubeni Corporation, Japan, entered into a letter of intent with PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation, Vietnam, relating to contracts for the construction and installation and subsequent chartering of an FPSO for ... (more)

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Related Topix: Sweden, World News, Financial Services

CisionWire

Klarna Appoints Two New Directors to Board

Nigel Morris, co-founder of Capital One, and Anton Levy, Managing Director of General Atlantic join Klarna Board of Directors.

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Related Topix: Klarna, Capital One, Financial Services

Wed May 23, 2012

Reuters

TEXT-Fitch affirms all Capital One ratings, removes from watch negative

May 23 - Fitch Ratings has removed Capital One Financial Corporation's and its primary operating subsidiaries from Rating Watch Negative and has affirmed all ratings for COF.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Capital One, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Tue May 22, 2012

Patch.com

McLean Women Gather for Day of Networking

There's a lot of good news for women.A Over the past twenty-five years, for instance, women have started new businesses at twice the rate of men.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Capital One, McLean, VA

Wed May 16, 2012

Gilmer Mirror

Capital One Bank Appoints Jared Green East Texas Area President

Capital One Bank announced today the appointment of Jared Green as East Texas Area President.

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Related Topix: Texas, Financial Services, Capital One, Palestine, TX, University of Texas at Dallas, Baylor University

American Banker

FirstMerit to Slash Hundreds of Jobs

Just weeks after Capital One Financial said it was cutting 500 assistant manager jobs at its branches, FirstMerit in Akron, Ohio, announced this week that it would eliminate all assistant branch manager jobs as part of a broad cost-cutting initiative.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, FirstMerit, Akron, OH

Credit.com

Defaults Rise Slightly for Capital One

Analysts recently suggested that the record-low instances of delinquency and default observed by credit card lenders since the end of the recession were expected to bottom out at some point this year, and already, this might be taking place for at least one major lender, according to a report from Dow Jones Newswires .

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Capital One

Mon May 14, 2012

Seeking Alpha

9 Stocks With Recent Positive EPS Surprises And Upgrades Last Week

I ran a screen for potentially undervalued stocks which have strong fundamentals and growth, have recently have beaten analyst estimates and have been upgraded by brokers last week.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Financial Services, CPU, Science / Technology, Food, Hershey Foods, Marketing

Thu May 10, 2012

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Virginia business briefs for May 11

The Fairmont, W.Va., center said complaints nationally topped 300,000 and totaled more than $500 million in losses to individuals.

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Related Topix: ING Group, Insurance, Financial Services, Capital One

Wed May 09, 2012

MarketNewsVideo

Daily Dividend Report: COF, MMM, TEVA, CSX, SCI

Capital One Financial Corporation maintained its quarterly dividend of 5 cents per share.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, CSX, Railroads, MMM, Financial Services, Business News, Video

Tue May 08, 2012

Crain's New York Business

In the Markets: Trial looms over Kanas' banking

In late 2006, John Kanas, New York's most successful community banker in the past 30 years, sold his institution, North Fork Bancorp, to Virginia-based Capital One Financial Corp.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, North Fork Bancorporation, Banking, Alexandria, VA

Live Charts

US broker round-up

CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL: Aurgus upgrades to hold from sell. COGNIZANT TECH SO-A: JP Morgan reiterates overweight, price target of $72 . DEVON ENERGY: Pritchard Capital Partners initiates coverage at buy, price target of $83. EL PASO: Atlantic Equities downgrades to underweight from overweight, price target of $31 . ELECTRONICS ARTS: Needham & Co ... (more)

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Related Topix: Capital One, OneSource Information Services, Media, Financial Services, Computers, IT Services

The Salinas Californian

Smiles & Scowls

Fairbank is reported by Forbes Magazine to be personally making a six-year average of more than $57 million, and his company reported a profit of nearly $3.7 billion for the quarter ended March 21, according to financial statements filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Salinas, CA, US Securities and Exchange Commission, Opinion

MyBankTracker

Capital One Equipped With Tech for Geo-Located Offers

Capital One is showing signs of intent to introduce location-based offers through its mobile applications.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Capital One

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