Reuters - Bank of America Corp. on Thursday said first-quarter profit rose 13.5 percent, topping Wall Street forecasts, helped by record investment banking fees and trading profit and the purchase of credit card issuer MBNA Corp.

Reuters - JPMorgan Chase & Co. , the third-largest U.S. bank, on Wednesday said first-quarter profit surged, beating expectations with help from growth in investment banking, credit cards and consumer banking.

Reuters - Citigroup Inc. on Monday led large U.S. banks in reporting higher first-quarter profits, as strength in investment banking and trading offset a slowing growth in consumer banking.

Citigroup Inc., the nation's largest financial institution, on Monday reported its first-quarter profit sailed past Wall Street projections due to record investment banking returns. The company reported a profit of $5.64 billion, or $1.12...

Reuters - Citigroup Inc. on Monday said first-quarter profit rose 4 percent as record revenue from corporate and investment banking and from its non-U.S. units offset weakness in U.S. consumer banking operations.

Reuters - Morgan Stanley on Wednesday said quarterly profit and revenue rose 17 percent, both to record highs, as investment banking surged, retail businesses rebounded from past disappointments and trading income remained strong.

AP - Bear Stearns Cos. on Thursday became the third brokerage in as many days to post record first-quarter earnings and revenues, but the good news was overshadowed by old problems — illegal market timing practices that bilked mutual fund investors out of millions.

AP - Bear Stearns Cos. on Thursday became the third brokerage in as many days to posted record first-quarter earnings and revenues, but the good news was overshadowed by old problems — illegal market timing practices that bilked mutual fund investors out of millions.

AP - Bear Stearns Cos. said Thursday it was fined $250 million by the New York Stock Exchange and the Securities and Exchange Commission for fraudulent market timing and late trading of mutual funds.

Reuters - Bear Stearns Cos. said on Thursday its quarterly profit rose 36 percent, boosted by strong equities trading and investment banking results.

Reuters - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. on Wednesday reported record quarterly profit and revenue amid surprisingly strong trading results, robust investment banking activity and investment gains.

Yvonne Lee - AHN Staff Reporter New York, NY (AHN) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc. reports its first-quarter profits climbed 62 percent. The investment banking firm's earnings totaled $2.45 billion, or $5.08 per share in the quarter ending Feb. 24. This compares to $1.51 billion, or $2.94 per share...

Yvonne Lee - AHN Staff Reporter New York, NY (AHN) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc. reports its first-quarter profits climbed 62-percent. The investment banking firm's earnings totaled $2.45 billion, or $5.08 per share in the quarter ending Feb. 24. This compares to $1.51 billion, or $2.94 per share...

Reuters - JPMorgan Cazenove, the UK investment banking joint venture, said on Tuesday total revenues rose 18 percent in 2005 to 342 million pounds ($594.9 million) on a pro-forma basis.

Reuters - Europe's biggest bank, HSBC Holdings , is planning a shake-up of its investment banking operation following a personnel change at the head of the unit, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Reuters - Barclays Plc , Britain's third-biggest bank, said on Tuesday profits jumped 15 percent to a record last year, just beating analysts' forecasts as a jump in investment banking income offset a big rise in bad debts.

Reuters - Morgan Stanley's vice chairman of investment banking, Douglas Brown, a senior banker who worked with some of the Wall Street firm's biggest clients, quit earlier this week amid a continued shake-up of its ranks.

Reuters - JPMorgan Chase & Co. said on Wednesday quarterly earnings rose as investment banking profits offset weaker trading revenue and losses from a surge in bankruptcy filings.