Morgan Stanley takes $3.7bn hit
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Investment bank Morgan Stanley says it has suffered a $3.7bn loss from its US sub-prime mortgage exposure.
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By STAN CHOE  NEW YORK - Investment banking firm Morgan Stanley on Wednesday said its third-quarter profit surged on stronger investment-banking and trading business, surpassing analysts' expectations.
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By Bradley Keoun  Morgan Stanley reported record third-quarter profit Wednesday as earnings from investment banking, brokerage services and credit cards, along with reduced compensation costs, helped the chief executive, John Mack, provide the biggest stock gains on Wall Street.
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A group led by U.S. investment firm Aetos  Capital LLC has outbid Morgan Stanley  and others by  offering 300 billion yen ($2.7 billion) for a roughly 30  percent stake in Japanese property developer Daito Trust  Construction Co (1878.T), a financial source said on Friday.
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MORGAN Stanley, the American investment bank, has seen its quarterly profits slide 34 per cent amid reduced trading revenues. The latest figure fell well short of Wall Streetâs already-lowered expectations after a summer of sluggish market activity.
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Northern Rock said it had taken a 281 million pound ($574 million) hit, or two-thirds of its market value, from its exposure to the credit crisis, adding to its woes as it brought in a new chief executive.
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Business & money: Britain's seventh-biggest bank warns margins this year will be hit by higher funding costs
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Barclays Plc , Britain's third-biggest bank, raised its 2007 write-down on the value of risky assets to 1.6 billion pounds ($3.1 billion) but reported profits broadly in line with analysts' expectations.
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Morgan Stanley MS.N on Wednesday   said third-quarter earnings soared 59 percent, trouncing   expectations, as the largest U.S. investment bank posted strong   trading and banking gains despite a summertime slowdown in the   markets.
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Barclays Plc , Britain's  third-biggest bank, raised its 2007 write-down on the value of  risky assets to 1.6 billion pounds ($3.1 billion) but reported  profits broadly in line with analysts' expectations.
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Morgan Stanley has agreed to buy a real estate investor, the Investa Property Group of Australia, for 4.7 billion Australian dollars ($3.9 billion) in cash. Including debt, the offer values Australiaâs biggest publicly traded owner of office buildings at 6.6 billion Australian dollars. The bid is subject to an independent expertâs report confirming that the offer is in the best interests of shareholders.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Consideration is being given to the effects of the high Australian dollar against the US dollar, with &quot;buyers being held back while the currency remains at 76 cents,&quot; says Peter Morgan, of Tolhurst Noall in Sydney.
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A bearish note from Morgan Stanley (AMEX:MWD) helped send the FTSE 100 tumbling 67 points, or 1 per cent, to 6555.4 in late morning trade, as investors intensified their caution ahead of Thursday&#39;s interest rate decision.
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NEW YORK  Morgan Stanley on Friday said Chief Executive John Mack received compensation valued at about $1.5 million in fiscal 2007, a year when the investment bank's profit plunged 57 percent.
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Business & money: Defeat for banks could wipe out Â£3.5bn of income as RBS blames OFT for customers' complaints
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The New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday imposed a &#36;19 million fine on investment bank Morgan Stanley , the largest ever meted out by the exchange, for various regulatory and supervisory lapses.
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Morgan Stanley, the second-biggest US securities firm, on Wednesday reported lower-than-expected third-quarter profit on lower fees from trading stocks and bonds.