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Jefferies still being penalized for previous European exposure

If there was one company that was hit hard by the fallout from the MF Global scandal, it was Jefferies, the mid-market powerhouse. The company's stock tanked and its CDS spreads widened in the wake

Bank of America meets expectations

Unlike Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America was not able to deliver a significant upside earnings surprise for the second quarter. Instead, the bank hit analysts' expectations pretty much on

Muni bonds avoid mass defaults

Recall Wall Street analyst Meredith Whitney, who sent a controversial jolt through the bond world when she forecast up 100 "sizable defaults" by local governments, amounting to hundreds of billions

Bank of America faces more bond putback fury

The putback requests for bonds that include troubled Countrywide-originated mortgages keep mounting for Bank of America, even as the bank tries to forge a settlement with a group of influential