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Toronto-Dominion Bank , Canadaa s second-largest lender, may target takeovers in the U.S. with help from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Chief Financial Officer Colleen Johnston said.

Goldman's top executive says wealth management headcount has to get to the "high hundreds"; also plans to expand asset management unit's third party sales force Bloomberg Goldman's Lloyd Blankfein wants to expand his firm's wealth management business The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

American Express Co. said Tuesday that spending on its credit cards increased in October for the first time this year, an encouraging sign that consumers may be feeling more confident about the economy.

Bank of America Corp.'s outgoing CEO Ken Lewis said Tuesday that the economy may be improving but the recovery in the financial industry remains slow.

Just a few weeks after officially joining UBS AG as the head of its U.S. wealth management business, Bob McCann has snared four veterans from his former firm, Merrill Lynch & Co.

A key U.S. House panel is asking Bank of America Corp. to make consumer banking head Brian Moynihan available to testify on Nov.

Japanese investors who lived through a decade of deflation and recessions say U.S. Treasuries are a bargain even with yields at about the lowest levels since at least the 1960s.

Outgoing Bank of America CEO, Kenneth Lewis, has made it very clear who he would like to see succeed him in the position, but Bank of Americaa s board of directors choice to follow Lewisa suggestions may determine if the megabank is ready to turn a new corner.

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Bank of America Merrill Lynch has replaced Goldman Sachs as a key adviser on the $30bn stock market listing of Russian aluminium giant United Company Rusal.

Although it's unclear as to what the implications are at this time, the top lawyer from Bank of America , Brian T. Moynihan, wasn't legally allowed to practice law during the period the Merrill Lynch deal was going down.

If Jamie Dimon ever needs fatherly advice, he can turn to his newest employee: Dad.

A group of plaintiffs lawyers is testing whether Bank of America's waiver of attorney-client privilege in the Merrill Lynch flap might apply to shareholder suits against BofA related to its merger with Merrill.

A congressman investigating Bank of America's purchase of Merrill Lynch wants to know why the bank ousted its general counsel last December and hired a replacement with an inactive license.

The New York Post reports Bank of America Corp.'s Brian Moynihan, who is a top candidate to replace Ken Lewis as CEO, may have not been a member of the bar when he offered legal advice for a little over a week during the bank's merger with Merrill Lynch.

Greektown Holdings LLC, the bankrupt hotel and casino in Detroit, had a hearing on its turnaround plan postponed after noteholders including Manulife Financial Corp.

Bloomberg reported Tuesday morning that the Bank of America board of directors has expanded its search for the bank's next CEO to include people who want to live and run the company from New York, not its current headquarters in Charlotte.

Add Bob Kelly to the list of financial services executives who aren't clamoring for the top job at Bank of America Corp.

PHH Corp. , the mortgage and auto- leasing company trying to rebound from three years of losses, expects to increase loans through its partnership with Realogy Corp.

Congressional overseers and many analysts are skeptical about the post-bailout prospects of success for General Motors Corp.