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RPT-Wall St Week Ahead: Stocks to track bank earnings, data 11:06am EDT

NEW YORK, July 12 (Reuters) - With Wall Street's rally stalled, this week could be crunch time as big banks' earnings, including Citigroup's , roll in and investors scrutinize reams of economic data for clues on the recovery.  Full Article

 
Bank earnings, data to call shots for stocks Friday, 10 Jul 2009 06:53pm EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - With Wall Street's rally stalled, next week could be crunch time as big banks' earnings, including Citigroup's , roll in and investors scrutinize reams of economic data for clues on the recovery.  Full Article

 
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Goldman Sachs profit bonanza could stoke anger Friday, 10 Jul 2009 05:36pm EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Under normal circumstances, Goldman Sachs Group Inc might be afforded a moment of gloating as it struts toward what could be a banner earnings announcement just nine months after being roiled by Wall Street's worse crisis since the Great Depression.  Full Article

 
U.S. clearing banks submit repo reform proposals to Fed Friday, 10 Jul 2009 04:50pm EDT

NEW YORK, July 10 (Reuters) - The two U.S. clearing banks for tri-party repurchase agreements, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and JPMorgan Chase & Co , have submitted proposals to the Federal Reserve on how to make the market more resilient.  Full Article

 
Geithner repeats strong dollar in U.S. interest Friday, 10 Jul 2009 04:13pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, in an interview excerpted on Friday on CNN television, repeated his belief in a strong dollar and praised Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.  Full Article

 
UPDATE 1-Geithner repeats strong dollar in U.S. interest Friday, 10 Jul 2009 04:09pm EDT

WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, in an interview excerpted on Friday on CNN television, repeated his belief in a strong dollar and praised Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.  Full Article

 
US Congressional group asks White House for Fed probe Friday, 10 Jul 2009 03:16pm EDT

WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) - In the latest political swing at the Federal Reserve, 14 Republican and 3 Democratic members of the House of Representatives on Friday asked the White House to investigate the U.S. central bank before granting it greater regulatory power.  Full Article

 
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Bernanke very likely to get 2nd Fed term: poll Friday, 10 Jul 2009 02:39pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will very likely win reappointment next year, according to an influential poll released on Friday, hardening market expectations that might prove costly for President Barack Obama to disappoint if he chose someone else.  Full Article

 
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U.S. Fed lauds improved financial market conditions Friday, 10 Jul 2009 12:43pm EDT

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Friday said that continued improvements in financial market conditions had lowered demand for many of its emergency liquidity programs.  Full Article

 
Recession likely to end in Q3 2009-Blue Chip survey Friday, 10 Jul 2009 12:43pm EDT

WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. economy's rough ride these past 18 months may be nearing an end as private economists predict the arbiter of recessions will declare it over in the third quarter, a survey showed on Friday.  Full Article