U.S. stocks ended a down week on an up note, finishing sharply higher on the strength of energy and financial shares.
It was the market's first up day since late last week. Despite the rebound Friday, the major indexes ended the week down about 1 percent.
36. JPMorgan to pay $1.42 billion to Lehman Brothers - Friday, January 22, 2016
NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $1.42 billion to settle allegations that it withheld critical funds from Lehman Brothers in the final days leading up to Lehman's collapse during the financial crisis.
37. Stocks advance in solid start to December trading - Friday, November 27, 2015
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks started off December on a strong note, helped by improving economic data from Japan and Europe as well as hopes that the European Central Bank will expand its stimulus program. Trading remained relatively quiet ahead of the release later this week of the U.S. government's monthly jobs survey and a Federal Reserve meeting later this month.
38. AP FACT CHECK: GOP candidates flub some figures in debate - Friday, November 6, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ben Carson botched the economic effect of minimum wage increases. Jeb Bush again pitched a dubious target for economic growth. Marco Rubio, in a tale about plumbers and philosophers, undersold the value of a college education.
39. Sinking currencies point to jitters about emerging economies - Friday, August 21, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — The damage spans the globe. Thailand's baht. Kazakhstan's tenge. South Africa's rand. Peru's nuevo sol.
In emerging markets worldwide, currencies are plunging over fears that developing economies are on the verge of a crippling fall. Success stories until recently, emerging economies are seen as casualties now — of slower growth in China, plunging prices for commodities like oil and iron ore, the prospect of higher U.S. interest rates and homegrown threats.
40. US stock market turns higher in afternoon trading - Friday, January 16, 2015
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil and gas companies fueled a rise in U.S. stocks Friday, setting up the market for its first gain in more than a week.
KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 14 points, or 0.7 percent, to 2,006, as of 1:20 p.m. Energy companies led all 10 of the index's industries to gains, surging more than 2 percent.
41. Stocks rise after hiring surge; Dow misses 18,000 - Friday, December 5, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — A strong jobs report boosted U.S. and European stocks Friday, and leaving the Dow Jones industrial average just short of the 18,000 mark.
The main focus in the markets was the monthly hiring numbers. The Labor Department said U.S. employers added 321,000 jobs last month, the biggest burst of hiring in nearly three years, while the unemployment rate remained steady at 5.8 percent.
42. Bank of America settlement likely to benefit few - Friday, August 22, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bank of America's record $16.65 billion settlement for its role in selling shoddy mortgage bonds — $7 billion of it geared for consumer relief — offers a glint of hope for desperate homeowners.
43. Diversified Trust expands Nashville leadership team - Friday, August 8, 2014
Diversified Trust, an employee-owned, southeast-based comprehensive wealth management firm that manages more than $5 billion in client assets, has announced the hiring of three senior professionals in its Nashville office: Adam Dretler, senior vice president, Lamar Stanley, vice president, Katie Williams, vice president
44. Top Midstate residential real estate transactions for May 2014 - Friday, June 20, 2014
Top May 2014 residential real estate transactions for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
45. Survey finds distrust in government growing - Friday, January 17, 2014
LONDON (AP) — Trust in elected leaders has fallen sharply, a global survey revealed Monday, citing the protracted budget battle in Washington that nearly saw the U.S. default on its debts and Europe's stuttering response to its debt crisis as key reasons for the drop.
46. Rising legal costs push JPMorgan to rare loss - Friday, October 11, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Mounting legal costs pushed JPMorgan Chase to a rare loss in the third quarter, the first under the leadership of Jamie Dimon.
The largest U.S. bank by assets set aside $9.2 billion in the quarter to cover a string of litigation stemming from the housing crisis and the bank's "London Whale" trading debacle.
47. BlackBerry weighs putting itself up for sale - Friday, August 9, 2013
TORONTO (AP) — BlackBerry will consider selling itself after the long-awaited debut of its new phones failed to turn around the struggling smartphone maker.
The company said Monday that its board has formed a special committee to explore "strategic alternatives" in hopes of enhancing the company's value and boosting adoption of its BlackBerry 10 platform.
48. Stocks gain on reassurance from a top Fed official - Friday, May 17, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Reassuring comments from a Federal Reserve official and better earnings from two big retailers helped push the stock market higher Tuesday.
Stock indexes wobbled between gains and losses in early trading, then took a turn higher just before noon. That's when news crossed that James Bullard, head of the Fed's St. Louis branch, told an audience in Germany that the Fed ought to stick with its bond-buying effort to bolster the economic recovery.
49. Fed says 17 of 18 top US banks have strengthened - Friday, March 8, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — All but one of the nation's 18 largest banks are more prepared to withstand a severe U.S. recession and a global downturn than at any time since the 2008 financial crisis, the Federal Reserve says.
50. Top commercial real estate transactions for January 2013 - Friday, March 1, 2013
Top January 2013 residential real estate transactions for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
51. Big bankers defend against critics amid crisis - Friday, January 18, 2013
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Leading bankers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, are on the defensive amid demands to regulate their industry more closely following the financial crisis that battered the global economy.
52. JPMorgan, Credit Suisse paying $417M in SEC case - Friday, November 16, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — JPMorgan Chase and Credit Suisse have agreed to pay a combined $417 million to settle federal civil charges of selling risky mortgage bonds to investors that the banks knew could fail ahead of the 2008 financial crisis.
53. Foreclosure help notices being mailed in Tennessee - Friday, October 5, 2012
NASHVILLE (AP) — Notices are going out in the mail to an estimated 37,000 Tennessee borrowers who may be eligible for payment under a $25 billion national mortgage foreclosure settlement.
Eligible borrowers will be receiving claim forms in the mail this month and Attorney General Bob Cooper of Tennessee urged residents to complete the forms and return them by the Jan. 18, 2013 deadline.
54. Top residential real estate transactions for August 2012 - Friday, September 21, 2012
August 2012 residential real estate transactions for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
55. Top residential sales for July, 2012 - Friday, August 10, 2012
July 2012 real estate trends for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford and Wilson counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
Chandler Reports has been publishing Real Estate Market Data since 1968. That year, Chandler began collecting residential sales information for the Chandler Residential Report, considered the authoritative source for residential real estate sales information. Over the next three decades, the publications have been continually refined, enhanced and expanded, growing to include lot sales data, new residential construction and absorption information, and commercial sales. In 1987, Chandler Reports began one of the first on–line real estate market data services in the country, and is a nationally recognized leader in the industry. In 2004, Chandler Reports was purchased by The Daily News Publishing Co. In 2007, Chandler introduced RegionPlus, including property research for Nashville and Middle Tennessee. Visit online at chandlerreports.com.
56. M*Modal to be acquired for $1.1 billion cash - Friday, June 29, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) — M*Modal Inc. says it has agreed to be acquired for $1.1 billion in cash by One Equity Partners, the private investment arm of JP Morgan Chase & Co.
57. Standing up to the big boys - Friday, June 22, 2012
It makes perfect sense: If you want to grow your business, you need to be where your customers are. Banking is no different, which might explain why so many banks that have been operating in nearby communities are moving into the Nashville market.
58. Dow on its way to breaking six-day losing streak - Friday, May 4, 2012
Stocks rose on Thursday, putting the Dow Jones industrial average on track to break a six-day losing streak.
The gains came after the government said claims for unemployment benefits edged lower last week. Investors have been worried that a strong start to hiring this year was coming to an end.
59. Top residential home sales for March 2012 - Friday, April 27, 2012
Top residential sales for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford and Wilson counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
Chandler Reports has been publishing Real Estate Market Data since 1968. That year, Chandler began collecting residential sales information for the Chandler Residential Report, considered the authoritative source for residential real estate sales information. Over the next three decades, the publications have been continually refined, enhanced and expanded, growing to include lot sales data, new residential construction and absorption information, and commercial sales. In 1987, Chandler Reports began one of the first on–line real estate market data services in the country, and is a nationally recognized leader in the industry. In 2004, Chandler Reports was purchased by The Daily News Publishing Co. In 2007, Chandler introduced RegionPlus, including property research for Nashville and Middle Tennessee. Visit online at chandlerreports.com.
60. Citibank, SunTrust fail Fed stress test; 15 pass - Friday, March 9, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — All but four of 19 major U.S. banks got a green light Tuesday from the Federal Reserve to boost their dividends and take other steps that will make their stocks more attractive to investors. The Fed declared them strong enough to survive a downturn worse than the Great Recession.
61. Lack of ECB bond-buying plan sends stocks lower - Friday, December 2, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fell Thursday after the head of the European Central Bank said there was no existing plan for large-scale government bond purchases, as many in the markets had hoped.
62. JPMorgan's income drop casts a pall over banks - Friday, October 14, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) — If JPMorgan Chase can't do well, investors worry that other banks may do even worse.
The New York bank, widely considered the strongest in the industry, reported a 4 percent drop in income last quarter Thursday on weakness in investment banking and more costs related to litigation over mortgage investments.
63. Stocks fall again as Europe's debt worries deepen - Friday, September 2, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are falling for the third straight day as concerns about Europe's debt problems continue to unnerve investors.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell sharply in morning trading, but later made up more than two-thirds of its loss. A report showing growth in the U.S. service sector helped tame some concerns about another US recession.
64. JPMorgan pays $228M to settle bid-rigging charges - Friday, July 1, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) — A JPMorgan unit is paying $228 million to settle civil fraud charges that it rigged dozens of bidding competitions to win business from cities and counties.
The Securities and Exchange Commission says J.P. Morgan Securities LLC made secret deals with companies handling the bidding process that allowed them to peek at competitors' offers. Banks help municipalities invest the money so they can earn interest before paying for projects.