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Financial Sector Top Performers in January
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 7:52am | 1000Here's a quick look at some of the top performing financial stocks, year to date. These stocks all have a market cap of more than $500 million and all pay a dividend. Banco Macro (NYSE: BMA) shares are trading almost 27% higher year to date despite pulling back more than 5% in the past week. The...
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Oppenheimer Lowers HRB Estimates
Monday, December 27, 2010 - 9:10am | 129H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE: HRB) announced at 6:50pm ET on Christmas Eve that "as a result of a regulatory directive by the OCC, HSBC Holdings, plc. (NYSE: HBC) is terminating the contract under which HSBC provided all of HRB's refund anticipation loans (RALs),” Oppenheimer reports. “With HSBC RALs...
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More Banks Possibly Linked To Tax Evasion (HBC) (UBS) (CS)
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 1:00am | 202According to the New York Times, HSBC Holdings Plc (NYSE: HBC) may be the latest banking giant accused of helping U.S. investors avoid paying taxes. The New York Times reported that investor Andrew Silva inherited $250,000 from his mother and deposited the money in a Swiss bank account in 1997 in...