Morgan Stanley European Fund News

Shares of online broker E-Trade Financial Corp. were up more than 4% at the start of Friday's session, amidst heavy talk of a possible takeover bid by TD Ameritrade Holdings Corp.

After a tumultuous year of falling sales, layoffs and shrinking markets, Deere & Co.

Profits at U.S. companies climbed in the third quarter by the most in five years, reflecting a rebound in bank earnings.

Tumbling labor costs have offset disappointing sales growth to help companies exceed third-quarter earnings projections, Gerard Minack and Jason Todd wrote in a report today.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc. filed for an initial public offering, joining five other private U.S. biotechs that have filed for a public listing, as industry experts debate whether the IPO window is really opening up for drug development firms.

City parking meters are a gold mine, and in Chicago, Morgan Stanley is rolling in parking riches.

Just half a year ago, the Treasury was rushing to rescue a gaggle of distressed banks with taxpayers' money.

Nine Greenway, left, is part of the Greenway Plaza complex, which has switched hands as part of Barclays Capital's takeover of Crescent's portfolio.

Protesters at the Washington office of Goldman Sachs this week demand that the bank's bonuses and compensation go to help prevent foreclosures.

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.

Exclusive: AOL Hires Bankers to Sell Off ICQ, as Internet Service Starts to Shed Non-Core Assets AOL has hired a pair of New York investment bankers, Morgan Stanley and Allen & Co., to manage the sale of its ICQ instant-messaging unit.

Nov. 19 -- Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Officer John Mack, speaking yesterday at the "Covering the Crisis" panel hosted by Bloomberg News and Vanity Fair in New York, says he appreciates the increased regulation from the Federal Reserve that's come after converting to a bank holding company in the midst of the financial crisis.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. may raise as much as 1 trillion yen selling shares and said Morgan Stanley will have greater control of the banksa planned securities joint venture in Japan.

In this Feb. 11, 2009 file photo, Citigroup Chief Executive Officer Vikram Pandit, right, accompanied by Morgan Stanley Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Mack, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Japan's largest bank will make the announcement along with its earnings for the first half of this fiscal year later today.

State comptroller says the recession's damage will tally some 35,000 securities jobs, considerably fewer than budget officials' previous estimate of 47,000. Sky-high profits at New York's largest investment firms mean the securities industry will likely shed about 25% fewer jobs in New York City than expected, a report by the state comptroller said ...

Morgan Stanley, the second-biggest U.S. securities firm, is hiring Terry Atkinson , the former head of UBS AGa s municipal securities group.

Chinaa s government signaled it rejects interpretations of a central bank report this week as indicating a shift in the nationa s currency policy, according to Morgan Stanley.

As the number of women having twins has increased, so has the odds of developing a serious pregnancy complication called twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome .

U.S. companies are gradually ratcheting up their search for workers, a new Labor Department survey showed, which some economists see as a signal the steep decline in the job market could be nearing an end.