Reuters Business News:
PNC Financial Services Group Inc has agreed to buy Royal Bank of Canada's U.S. retail bank operations for $3.45 billion in cash and stock, two people familiar with the matter said on Sunday.... more
 
 
Bill Tatro:

Is it just pure coincidence the demise of the U.S. economic system started at the same time as the passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 wh... more

Mike Shedlock:

The latest LPS HPI Release suggests home prices are flattening out if not bottoming. Data is from February.

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Fritz Pfister:

A couple of weeks ago I asked if people are really that stupid. It didn’t take long for the people of France to prove the answer a resounding yes. ... more