U.S. lawmakers seek to shut banks that harm consumers U.S. lawmakers seek to shut banks that harm consumers:- U.S. House Democrats introduced legislation on Wednesday to direct banking regulators to review operations at the country’s largest banks and consider shutting them down if they exhibit repeated wrongdoing to consumers. The […]

Global stocks hit fresh highs, dollar slips despite data A gauge of global stocks and Wall Street rallied to fresh highs on Wednesday on encouraging growth worldwide, while the dollar fell even as data revealed an accelerating U.S. service sector that could lead to higher interest rates in December. The […]

U.S. budget deficit could obstruct Trump’s tax cut plan U.S. budget deficit could obstruct Trump’s tax cut plan:- The U.S. budget deficit is proving to be a major obstacle to the tax reform plan being offered by President Donald Trump and top congressional Republicans, with one leading Senate hawk saying […]

U.S. regulator eases part of new mortgage servicing rules U.S. regulator eases part of new mortgage servicing rules:- The U.S. regulator for mortgage servicers on Wednesday loosened the timing requirements for communicating with struggling borrowers under new rules that take effect later this month to help prevent wrongful home foreclosures. […]

U.S. financial regulator must beef up cyber security U.S. financial regulator must beef up cyber security:- The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), one of Wall Street’s top regulators, must strengthen its protections against hacking, according to a report the agency’s internal inspector released on Wednesday as the financial sector […]

Zika vaccine shows promise in early human trial A DNA-based Zika vaccine from Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc and South Korea’s GeneOne Life Science Inc induced anti-Zika immune responses in an early stage human trial, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday. Unlike conventional vaccines, which often use inactivated or killed versions of a […]