Shares of online broker E-Trade Financial Corp. rise more than 4% at the start of Friday’s session, amidst heavy talk of a possible takeover bid by TD Ameritrade Holdings Corp.

Fortinet surges more than 35% following the company's initial public offering.

Wall Street pulls down record profits in the wake of government bailouts across the industry, the New York State Comptroller says.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Japan’s largest bank, reported on Wednesday that fiscal first-half net income rose 52%, helped by higher income from lending as well as gains in its stock portfolio.

Bruce Wasserstein’s death last month sent shock waves across Wall Street, and created a problem for Lazard Ltd., the financial advisory firm he remade this decade.

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