Erin Callan, the former chief financial officer of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., was hired by Credit Suisse Group AG to head a unit that advises hedge funds.

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SEC Chairman Christopher Cox’s emergency announcement that the Securities and Exchange Commission will limit short sales of stocks in Fannie Mae , Freddie Mac , and brokerage firms for 30 days is yet another …

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Lehman Brothers Chief Executive Richard Fuld is considering ways to take the Wall Street investment bank private, the New York Post reported on Tuesday.

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Henry Paulson testifying Tuesday before the Senate Banking Committee. COMMENT By Robert D. Novak As financial storm signals appeared the past 18 months, some Bush officials urged drastic reform of Fannie Mae …

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A forklift operator who provided key information early enough for authorities to track down the ringleaders of a $6.7 million imaginative insider trading scheme will not have to go to prison, a judge said …

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IPO Analysis: BK Modi is back in the deal street. However, this time they are not cashing out.

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Investment giant Lehman Brothers and other US banks are being roiled by falling confidence in the banking sector which has been spurred in part by hefty mortgage-related losses, analysts said.

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Investors bailed out of investment bank stocks Monday as concerns about the credit crisis prompted one analyst to call for Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

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BEIJING, July 11 JL-McGregor-GS BEIJING , /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ — JL McGregor & Company, a provider of China -specific business and financial research, today announced that The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

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NEW YORK : Freddie Mac attracted more bidders Monday for a highly anticipated auction of $3 billion in short-term securities than it had nearly all year, a day after the federal government provided support for …

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