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       <title>Investment Banking - livepress.com</title>
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  <updated>2006-07-17 12:05:37</updated>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Citigroup's Q2 Profits Rise Amidst Rising Costs]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?122831"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?122831</id>
    <updated>2006-07-17 12:00:51</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc. on Monday announced its second-quarter profit rose 4 percent due to an improvement in  investment banking . The company said consumer banking results improved, while loan losses fell. The increase in profits was also motivated by growth in the volume of international credit card...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Citigroup 2nd-qtr profit rises 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?122615"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?122615</id>
    <updated>2006-07-17 06:11:53</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    Reuters -  Citigroup  Inc. , the world&#039;s 
largest bank by market value, on Monday said second-quarter 
profit rose, helped by growth in corporate and investment 
banking.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Bear Stearns profit soars 81 percent 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?106435"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?106435</id>
    <updated>2006-06-15 08:27:23</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    Reuters -  Bear Stearns  Cos.  said on 
Thursday its quarterly profit rose 81 percent as investment 
banking and capital markets revenues jumped.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs' Earnings Skyrocket]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?104974"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?104974</id>
    <updated>2006-06-13 10:01:14</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on Tuesday announced its second-quarter profits doubled following an increase in  investment banking  and trading.
                    
                
                
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs earnings surge 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?104926"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?104926</id>
    <updated>2006-06-13 08:44:08</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Investment bank  Goldman Sachs Group  
Inc.  on Tuesday said its second-quarter earnings more 
than doubled, boosted by strong  investment banking  and trading 
results.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Bank of America net up 13.5 pct on trading, MBNA 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?72235"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?72235</id>
    <updated>2006-04-20 10:52:08</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    Reuters -  Bank of America  Corp.  on 
Thursday said first-quarter profit rose 13.5 percent, topping 
Wall Street forecasts, helped by record  investment banking  fees 
and trading profit and the purchase of credit card issuer  MBNA  
Corp.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[JPMorgan Chase Q1 profit rises 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?71301"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?71301</id>
    <updated>2006-04-19 07:19:11</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - JPMorgan Chase & Co. , the 
third-largest U.S. bank, on Wednesday said first-quarter profit 
surged, beating expectations with help from growth in 
 investment banking , credit cards and consumer banking.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Citigroup leads US banks in posting higher profits 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?70017"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?70017</id>
    <updated>2006-04-17 11:53:34</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters -  Citigroup  Inc.  on Monday led 
large U.S. banks in reporting higher first-quarter profits, as 
strength in  investment banking  and trading offset a slowing 
growth in consumer banking.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Citigroup's 1Q Profit Beats Projections]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?69877"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?69877</id>
    <updated>2006-04-17 07:36:58</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[  Citigroup  Inc., the nation's largest financial institution, on Monday reported its first-quarter profit sailed past Wall Street projections due to record  investment banking  returns.
 
 The company reported a profit of $5.64 billion, or $1.12...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Citigroup first-quarter profit rises 4 percent 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?69838"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?69838</id>
    <updated>2006-04-17 06:35:21</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    Reuters -  Citigroup  Inc.  on Monday said 
first-quarter profit rose 4 percent as record revenue from 
corporate and  investment banking  and from its non-U.S. units 
offset weakness in U.S. consumer banking operations.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley 1st-quarter earnings rise 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?53737"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?53737</id>
    <updated>2006-03-22 08:29:10</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Morgan Stanley on Wednesday said 
quarterly profit and revenue rose 17 percent, both to record 
highs, as  investment banking  surged,  retail  businesses 
rebounded from past disappointments and trading income remained 
strong.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Bear Stearns Posts 1Q Profit, Fined $250M 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?50401"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?50401</id>
    <updated>2006-03-16 20:35:41</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AP - Bear Stearns Cos. on Thursday became the third brokerage in as many days to post record first-quarter earnings and revenues, but the good news was overshadowed by old problems &amp;#151; illegal market timing practices that bilked mutual fund investors out of millions.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Bear Stearns Posts 1Q Profit, Fined $250M 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?50187"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?50187</id>
    <updated>2006-03-16 15:47:33</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AP - Bear Stearns Cos. on Thursday became the third brokerage in as many days to posted record first-quarter earnings and revenues, but the good news was overshadowed by old problems &amp;#151; illegal market timing practices that bilked mutual fund investors out of millions.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[NYSE, SEC Fine Bear Stearns $250 Million 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?49977"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?49977</id>
    <updated>2006-03-16 10:14:54</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AP - Bear Stearns Cos. said Thursday it was fined &#36;250 million by the New York Stock Exchange and the Securities and Exchange Commission for fraudulent market timing and late trading of mutual funds.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Bear Stearns first quarter profit rises 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?49911"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?49911</id>
    <updated>2006-03-16 08:29:28</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Bear Stearns Cos.  said on 
Thursday its quarterly profit rose 36 percent, boosted by 
strong equities trading and  investment banking  results.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers quarterly earnings rise 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?49180"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?49180</id>
    <updated>2006-03-15 09:01:07</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. on 
Wednesday reported record quarterly profit and revenue amid 
surprisingly strong trading results, robust  investment banking  
activity and investment gains.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Profits Up]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?48620"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?48620</id>
    <updated>2006-03-14 14:37:59</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ Yvonne Lee - AHN Staff Reporter
 New York, NY (AHN) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc. reports its first-quarter profits climbed 62 percent.
 The  investment banking  firm's earnings totaled $2.45 billion, or $5.08 per share in the quarter ending Feb. 24. This compares to $1.51 billion, or $2.94 per share...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Profits Up]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?48604"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?48604</id>
    <updated>2006-03-14 14:22:57</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ Yvonne Lee - AHN Staff Reporter
 New York, NY (AHN) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc. reports its first-quarter profits climbed 62-percent. The  investment banking  firm's earnings totaled $2.45 billion, or $5.08 per share in the quarter ending Feb. 24. This compares to $1.51 billion, or $2.94 per share...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[JPMorgan Cazenove revenues rise 18 pct in 2005 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?38766"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?38766</id>
    <updated>2006-02-28 02:42:06</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - JPMorgan Cazenove, the UK investment 
banking joint venture, said on Tuesday total revenues rose 18 
percent in 2005 to 342 million pounds ($594.9 million) on a 
pro-forma basis.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[HSBC plans investment bank unit shake-up: source 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?35714"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?35714</id>
    <updated>2006-02-23 05:41:04</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Europe's biggest bank, HSBC Holdings 
, is planning a shake-up of its  investment banking  
operation following a personnel change at the head of the unit, 
a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Barclays 2005 profit up 15 pct on BarCap boom (Reuters)]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?34254"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?34254</id>
    <updated>2006-02-21 06:02:10</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Barclays Plc , Britain's 
third-biggest bank, said on Tuesday profits jumped 15 percent 
to a record last year, just beating analysts' forecasts as a 
jump in  investment banking  income offset a big rise in bad 
debts.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley senior bankers Brown, Medici quit (Reuters)]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?25494"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?25494</id>
    <updated>2006-02-04 13:59:00</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    Reuters - Morgan Stanley&#039;s  vice chairman 
of  investment banking , Douglas Brown, a senior banker who 
worked with some of the Wall Street firm&#039;s biggest clients, 
quit earlier this week amid a continued shake-up of its ranks.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[JPMorgan Chase quarterly profit rises (Reuters)]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?21852"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?21852</id>
    <updated>2006-01-18 07:51:20</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - JPMorgan Chase & Co. said on Wednesday 
quarterly earnings rose as  investment banking  profits offset 
weaker trading revenue and losses from a surge in bankruptcy 
filings.]]></summary>
  </entry>
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