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Sue Asci

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Spike in financial stocks stirs hopes for big banks

Financial stocks have made a remarkable comeback in the past month, leaving advisers to make a hard call: Are banks regaining their health after the yearlong shellacking that they have endured?

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An invitation to rant

In an effort to attract new Generation Y customers, a credit union has launched an unusual campaign encouraging people to voice their concerns about financial institutions on video.

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Stock mutual fund outflows increase for week

Equity funds investing primarily in U.S. stocks had a net outflow of $3 billion, reversing the previous week’s inflow of $3.2 billion, TrimTabs reported.

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Many ‘no-pay’ CEOs actually were richly compensated, study finds

When a corporate chief executive voluntarily forgoes a salary or takes $1 a year in pay, it’s largely symbolic in many cases, according to a report released by The Corporate Library.

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Mass. firms sue Citigroup for alleged ARS fraud

Several Braintree, Mass.-based firms filed suit yesterday in federal district court charging a Citigroup subsidiary with fraudulently selling auction rate securities while the firm was under investigation.

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  • April 16, 2009

Fidelity cuts raises, bonuses, profit-sharing

Fidelity Investments, responding to what it called continuing challenges as the recession lingers, told employees in all but its lowest-echelon bonus pool that they will not get merit increases this year.

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Investors turning ‘reluctantly bullish,’ survey says

Investors’ appetite for market risk up in the first week of April, according to a survey of fund managers released by Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. of New York.

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Mutual fund investors paid $15.8B in taxes on distributions in ’08

Mutual fund investors paid $15.8 billion in taxes last year for distributions, according to a report released today by Lipper Inc. of New York.

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SEC mulls $10 a share NAV for money market funds

The Securities and Exchange Commission is exploring structural changes to money market mutual funds, including raising the net asset value standard to $10, from $1.

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Venture capital fundraising activity slowed in first quarter

Venture capital fundraising slowed in the first quarter, according to data released today by Thomson Reuters of New York and the National Venture Capital Association.