Banks, investment firms reduce Fed loans
WASHINGTON -- Commercial banks and investment firms reduced borrowing from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program over the past week, although demand for the loans was still elevated.

Banks Show Confidence in Solar as SunRun Nabs $105 Million
Despite the credit crunch, some banks are showing that they?re still willing to give loans to renewable energy projects. Solar services firm SunRun has landed $105 million commitment by U.S. Bancorp to buy about 2,000 of the residential projects it installs, VentureBeat reported.

Brazil Stocks Fall on Earnings Concern, Banks; Bolsa Advances
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Brazilian stocks fell, sending the Bovespa index to its worst week in a month, after analysts said steelmakers may miss estimates and concern grew that the biggest banks may have to overpay to expand through acquisitions.

Most Canadian Stocks Fall, Led by Banks; Bank of Montreal Drops
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Most Canadian stocks fell, as banks led the main index to its steepest weekly decline in a month, on concern that the lenders may post additional credit losses as part of their fourth-quarter reports starting next week.

Brown Steps Up Pressure on Banks to Resume Lending (Update1)
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown stepped up pressure on banks to increase lending as home foreclosure orders jumped by a quarter and a third of Britain's 4.7 million small companies reported difficulties accessing credit.

Insurers seeking banks for bailout funds
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Insurance companies buying banks to qualify for a share of the $700 billion U.S. bailout program have no guarantee the strategy will work, the Treasury said.

Regulators move to ease purchase of failed banks
Regulators move to ease purchase of failed banks.

Regulators move to ease purchase of failed banks
Federal regulators on Friday issued their first approval of a new kind of bank charter intended to increase the "pool of potential buyers" of failed banks. The Treasury Department's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said the new charter is intended...

Banks say they're using bailout money for loans
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WaMu, BNY Mellon latest banks to shed jobs
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. and Washington Mutual on Friday became the latest in a string of banks to announce layoffs.

FDIC approves program to guarantee banks' debt, deposits as part of financial rescue
WASHINGTON (AP) - The FDIC will guarantee up to $1.4 trillion in U.S. banks' debt for more than three years as part of the government's financial rescue plan.

Dodd Frustrated By Banks' Use Of Bailout Funds
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd says he's angry that banks are using government-provided funds to pay dividends, for excessive executive compensation and for acquiring other banks. He also says the Treasury has been too slow in addressing the mortgage crisis.

Banks 'must kick-start lending'
Banks must start lending again or face being named and shamed, the Treasury Select Committee chairman says.

Regulators move to ease purchase of failed banks
Federal regulators on Friday issued their first approval of a new kind of bank charter intended to increase the "pool of potential buyers" of failed banks.

Lending Stalls; Banks On Sidelines
Stock prices are at six-year lows. Over the past two days, the Dow Jones industrial average has lost more than 6 percent of its value. The $700 billion bailout was supposed to stabilize the financial industry and get banks lending again. But that hasn't happened yet.

Banks borrow less from Fed
A Fed report shows commercial and investment banks are borrowing in lower amounts this week, from the emergency program, compared to the prior week.

'Tyra Banks Show' moving to the CW
Daytime talker "The Tyra Banks Show" is moving to the CW in September.

German Stocks Snap Two-Day Decline; Banks, Infineon Shares Rise
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- German stocks rose for the first time in three days as investors speculated Citigroup Inc. may be up for sale, pushing up demand for banks.

Second person arrested in Banks home invasion
Robert Elvis Lummus Washington County authorities announced today they have arrested a second suspect in connection with a violent home-invasion robbery in August near Banks that sent three people to the hospital. And they are still searching for more suspects....

Japanese banks cut back on lending
The global credit crunch is starting to chill lending in Japan, as banks cut back on loans.