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Reuters - Spain's Banco Santander SA was in advanced talks late Sunday to acquire full control of Sovereign Bancorp Inc, the largest remaining U.S. savings and loan, a source familiar with the matt...

Reuters - Three major British banks could take 37 billion pounds ($64 billion) in government money to boost their capital, the UK Treasury said.

Reuters - Most Asian stock markets rose on Monday after policymakers around the world took increasingly bold steps to rescue the financial system, including guaranteeing bank deposits and taking st...

Reuters - The world readied on Monday for a slew of bank bailouts worth hundreds of billions of dollars in an effort to staunch the credit rout that threatens to tip the global economy into recession.

Reuters - Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group , which watched Morgan Stanley's share price plunge last week, is amending its $9 billion deal to include only convertible preferred shares and no c...

Reuters - What's good for General Motors Corp is good for the country.

AFP - Stock markets in the energy-rich Gulf states opened the week's trading Sunday sharply down with the Dubai Financial Market shedding six percent.

Reuters - The Federal Reserve said on Sunday it approved the takeover of Wachovia Corp and its banking subsidiaries by Wells Fargo & Co of San Francisco.

Reuters - Despite its best efforts to fortify its defenses, Morgan Stanley's fate hangs in the balance after the market's relentless assault last week.

Reuters - Top executives at American International Group Inc knew of potential problems in valuing derivatives contracts, known as credit default swaps, long before questions about the risky transa...