Denis St Onge

Interest rates on new credit card offers stayed put for the second straight week.

AT&T Inc. (T) said it has reached agreements "in concept" with the Communications Workers of America in wireline contract negotiations for about 18,700 employees.

The U.S. Department of Labor is looking into the possibility that J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM) acted against the interests of retirement plan participants that invested in one of its stable value funds, Reuters reported Friday, citing two people with direct knowledge of the situation. The Labor

Ingersoll-Rand PLC (IR) continues to evaluate activist investor Nelson Peltz's ideas for reorganizing the company's business portfolio, but the company intends to buy up to $400 million worth of its stock by the end of the year.

Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. (NDAQ) plans to boost its planned payback package for brokers that lost money trading shares of Facebook Inc. (FB) to $62 million, according to a person familiar with the plan.

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM) Chief Executive James Dimon picked up 500,000 shares on Thursday and Friday, as he tries to convince investors and employees that the worst of a trading crisis is in the past. The shares--purchased for himself, his wife and a limited liability corporation--cost $17.1

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Jamie Dimon bought a combined 500,000 common shares of the bank, according to a regulatory filing late Friday. The purchases, made by Dimon, his wife, and a limited liability corporation, occured on Thursday and Friday with prices ranging from $34.02 to

Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. (NDAQ) plans to boost its planned payback package for brokers that lost money trading shares of Facebook Inc. (FB) to $62 million, according to a person familiar with the plan.

Trade Balance: June May Apr Mar June/11 FY/2011 Forecast: +995M +$1.65B +$1.44B +$1.60B +$1.1B - Actual: - +$1.52B +$1.83B +$1.08B +$1.0B +$10.0B By Taos Turner BUENOS AIRES--Argentina's trade surplus likely fell notably last month as lower export volumes crimped the benefits of higher commodities