Five regional banks to set up $125 mln fund: Boston Fed
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Five banks in the New England region  will announce a $125 million fund on Thursday to help subprime  borrowers, the Boston Federal Reserve Bank said on Wednesday.
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Pay at Massachusetts mutual fund firms is likely to rise as much as 15 percent this year as bonus season gets underway, say executives and consultants, to the most generous level in years, likely providing a boost to the regional economy.
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Providence Equity Partners is expected to announce that it raised $12 billion for what would be the largest specialized fund in the world, according to people briefed on the matter.
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Led by the Fed, five central banks announced an aggressive infusion of capital into the banking system, hoping to ease the credit crunch.
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The US Federal Reserve holds interest rates at 5.25% as evidence grows of a slowing economy.
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Pimco, the world's biggest bond fund, has been selected by the World Bank to manage a planned $5 billion local currency bond fund for emerging economies.
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TORONTO (CP) - Bank of Montreal and US subsidiary Harris Bank are paying $197.4 million for Indiana&#39;s 19-branch Mercantile Bank as they bolster their successful operations in the US Midwest.
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Three Japanese banks that have been asked  to provide $5 billion each to a subprime support fund planned  by U.S. banks have balked at what they see as an unreasonably  high figure, the Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday.
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Credit Suisse First Boston expects &quot;good financial results&quot; from five cable/multiple systems operators (MSOs), with revenue growth ranging from 10% to 13% and growth in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of 10% to 18%.
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The Institution for Savings in Newburyport and Ipswich Co-operative Bank merged as of Sunday, creating a new bank with $800 million in assets. The combined bank is the third largest based in Essex County, after Salem Five and Danversbank, each of which has more than $1 billion in assets.
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American Financial Realty Trust on Friday said it expects to report adjusted funds from operations between $124.0 million and $136.5 million in 2005.
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Higher interest rates for bank depositors are stressing local and regional banks.
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Federal Reserve officials are set to jack up interest rates tonight for a fifth time this year, confident the US expansion is self-supporting and no longer in need of rock-bottom borrowing costs for a boost.
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3 ETF sponsors offer state-specific muni funds.
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Bank of America Corp. brought its Block by Block community reinvestment program to Massachusetts yesterday, kicking it off with a $40 million investment to turn an old Lawrence mill into 155 rental apartments that eventually will be converted to condominium units.
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New England banks are racing to make the most of their World Series tickets and marketing opportunities during the games. Citizens Financial Group distributed Red Sox tickets to about two dozen employees through a random drawing, while Bank of America Corp. is encouraging its Boston employees to wear Red Sox hats or shirts to work. An internal note asked employees, ...
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Six of the biggest US banks are set to announce plans to offer more help to those struggling with mortgages.