Capping months of speculation over the health and viability of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government took control of both enterprises in an effort to soothe the housing and financial sectors.
A local investor group led by John Sykes, former chairman and CEO of Sykes Enterprises, announced that he will purchase a controlling stake in privately held GunnAllen Holdings, a national stock brokerage company based in Tampa, Fla.
Evergreen Investments of Boston, Wachovia's asset management arm, announced that it has closed its family of fund of funds.
UBS veterans Michael Siden and Patricia Cromwell move their teams to Morgan Stanley.
Sen. John McCain is the better choice for the banking industry not for what he would do as president, but rather for what he would refrain from doing, say GOP lawmakers.
JPMorgan announced it will stop structuring interest-rate derivative products for governmental municipal issuers, while instituting measures to tighten controls across its tax-exempt capital markets business.
Alberto Cribiore has resigned from the board of Merrill Lynch to become vice chairman of Citigroup's Institutional Clients Group (ICG).
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