Fees bolster Wells Fargo net; other U.S. banks mixed
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U.S. banks led by Wells Fargo & Co.  and U.S. Bancorp  posted mixed results on Tuesday, as higher customer fees offset rising loan losses and pressure from interest rates and mortgage lending.
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Wells Fargo &amp; Co. , the No. 5  U.S. bank, on Tuesday said second-quarter profit rose 9  percent, helped by revenue gains across several business units.
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Fidelity Investments recently slashed fees on several of its index funds, knocking their annual expense ratio from 0.19 to 0.10 percent.
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More tips to save cash by avoiding unnecessary mutual fund fees.
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U.S. and European banks including Citigroup Inc  and HSBC Holdings PLC  are mulling sales of parts of their businesses from branches to entire units in a nod to crunch times ahead, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Thursday.
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Wells Fargo & Co. , the fifth-largest U.S. bank, said on Tuesday second-quarter profit rose 9 percent, as growth in several fee categories offset a decline in mortgage banking income.
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A move to curb sales fees at one of the largest fund providers may be good news for investors, but load funds still scream buyer beware.
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SunTrust Banks Inc., a large  southeastern U.S. bank, on Thursday said fourth-quarter profit  rose 33 percent, helped by growth in fees and loans and its  acquisition of National Commerce Financial Corp.
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U.S. stocks climbed on Tuesday after  several banks, including Bank of America Corp. BAC.N, posted  higher fourth-quarter profits, while a stabilization in oil  prices eased worries about steep energy costs.
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Lehman Brothers, one of a handful of Wall Street banks to avoid large losses related to subprime mortgages, reported better than expected earnings for the fourth quarter.
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A lot of people got excited when Fidelity Investments announced recently that it was cutting fees on five index mutual funds. You heard talk about price wars with the Vanguard Group, of a new &quot;low-cost leader&quot; in fund investing and more.
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Bank of America Corp. and other large U.S. banks on Thursday reported higher quarterly profits, as rising fees offset deteriorating credit quality.
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Morgan Stanley MWD.N and Bear  Stearns Cos. Inc. BSC.N, two of Wall Street's biggest  securities firms, on Tuesday said their fourth-quarter profits  rose as a flurry of mergers and a year-end stock rally boosted  investment banking fees.
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Wachovia Corp. , the No. 4 U.S.  bank, said on Thursday that second-quarter profit rose 14  percent, helped by a sharp increase in fee income.
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The banking company is holding up in a tough market.
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Morgan Stanley MWD.N and Bear  Stearns Cos. Inc. BSC.N, two of Wall Street's biggest  securities firms, on Tuesday said their quarterly profits rose  as a flurry of mergers and a year-end stock rally boosted  investment banking fees.
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First it was Fidelity, the second-biggest mutual fund family in the United States. It announced 12 days ago that it was slashing the expense fees on five of its index funds.