A man pictured at a branch of Citibank at the US banking giant Citigroup's world headquarters on Park Avenue, New York, in 2008. Citigroup on Friday said it made a 2.7 billion dollar profit in the second quarter of this year, down nearly 40 percent from the same period last year.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)AP - Banking titan Citigroup Inc. is paying $75 million to settle civil charges that it misled investors about its potential losses from subprime mortgages as the housing bust hit in 2007.


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AP - Banking titan Citigroup Inc. is paying $75 million to settle civil charges that it misled investors about its potential losses from subprime mortgages as the housing bust hit in 2007.
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Reuters - Goldman Sachs Group Inc on Thursday agreed to pay $550 million to settle civil charges that it misled investors in a subprime mortgage product, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Thursday.
AP - WHAT HAPPENED: Stocks plunged on news that the Securities and Exchange Commission brought civil charges against Goldman Sachs related to the subprime mortgage market.
Washington - A US financial regulator charged powerhouse Goldman Sachs Friday with defrauding investors in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis that derailed the global economy, the first civil charges brought in relation to Wall Street's near c...

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2010 photo, a Bank of America branch is shown in Charlotte, N.C. A federal judge said Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, he would reluctantly approve an amended $150 million settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America to end civil charges accusing the bank of misleading shareholders when it acquired Merrill Lynch.(AP Photo/Chuck Burton, file)AP - A federal judge said Monday he would reluctantly approve an amended $150 million settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America to end civil charges accusing the bank of misleading shareholders when it acquired Merrill Lynch.


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam, facing criminal and civil charges in a multimillion dollar insider-trading probe, won an emergency order relieving him from having to immediately turn over wiretap recordings in the civil case.


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam, facing criminal and civil charges in a multimillion dollar insider-trading probe, filed a notice of appeal against a U.S. judge's order that he turn over wiretap evidence in the civil case.


FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2010 file photo, a Bank of America branch is shown in Charlotte, N.C. A judge on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010 promised to decide by the end of next week whether to approve a $150 million settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America over civil charges alleging the bank misled shareholders when it acquired Merrill Lynch. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)AP - A judge promised Monday to decide by the end of next week whether to approve a $150 million settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America over civil charges alleging the bank misled shareholders when it acquired Merrill Lynch.


FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2009 file photo, then Bank of America Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ken Lewis testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Financial Services Committee. The New York Attorney General's office on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 said it is filing civil charges against Bank of America and its former CEO, saying the bank misled investors about Merrill Lynch when it acquired the Wall Street bank in late 2008. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)AP - The New York Attorney General's office said Thursday it filed civil charges against Bank of America and its former CEO Ken Lewis, saying the bank misled investors about Merrill Lynch before it acquired the Wall Street bank in early 2009.