Morgan Stanley to handle mortgage originations in home-loan push: sources
(Reuters) – Morgan Stanley plans to bring its mortgage origination business in-house to improve customer service and generate more business, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.
Wall Street hits record high, S&P 500 teases 2,500-mark
(Reuters) – Wall Street touched intra-day record highs on Friday, with the S&P 500 approaching the 2,500 mark as technology stocks bounced back after two days of declines.
S&P nears 2,500 as tech stocks rebound
(Reuters) – The three major Wall Street indexes inched up to record highs on Friday, with the S&P approaching the 2,500 mark, as technology stocks bounced back after two days of declines.
Exclusive: Canada sought to resolve Boeing military, trade disputes at meeting – sources
OTTAWA/MONTREAL (Reuters) – Canada last month attempted to end a deepening dispute with Boeing Co by suggesting it could withdraw a threat not to buy Super Hornet jets if the U.S. firm dropped a trade challenge against Canadian planemaker Bombardier I…
Rising credit card delinquencies to add to U.S. banks’ worries
(Reuters) – U.S. banks, already under pressure from slower loan growth and low interest rates, could be facing yet another challenge as a rising number of Americans fall behind on their credit card payments.
Hurricane Harvey slams U.S. retail sales, industrial output
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales unexpectedly fell in August and industrial output recorded its biggest drop since 2009 as Hurricane Harvey disrupted activity, suggesting the storm could dent economic growth in the third quarter.
Bitcoin bounces 20 percent after dipping below $3,000
LONDON (Reuters) – Bitcoin bounced by more than 20 percent in the space of just four hours on Friday, having skidded below $3,000 earlier as Chinese authorities ordered Beijing-based cryptocurrency exchanges to stop trading.
Brazilian appeals court denies habeas corpus to JBS CEO
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A Brazilian appeals court denied on Friday two habeas corpus requests for the Chief Executive Officer of JBS, Wesley Batista, and his brother Joesley. Both are now in custody in São Paulo.
Airbus faces lengthy probe, no quick fine: sources
PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) – Airbus faces years of investigation by French and UK authorities into allegations of corruption over jet sales, people familiar with the case said on Friday, playing down a newspaper report of a potentially rapid settlement.
Wall St. indexes eke out fresh record highs
(Reuters) – The three major Wall Street indexes inched up to record highs on Friday, as investors shrugged off North Korea’s latest missile test and domestic economic data that did little to move the needle on the timing of an interest rate hike.




