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MADRID (MarketWatch) — Spanish stocks rebounded from a sharp opening loss on Friday lifted by gains across the banking sector and led by a 26% rise for Bankia SA after a media report on a possible ban on short selling [...]

A handful of updated earnings forecasts go with a pair of dividend initiations among the notable corporate headlines for early Friday. Read More

Peter Dunn renounced his U.S. citizenship last year so he no longer would have to deal with the Internal Revenue Service, Al Lewis reports. Read More

European stocks end lower, dragged down by continuing worries over debt problems in the euro zone. Read More

Alisa Parenti has the latest market and money news, including the first day of trading for shares of FB. Read More

–Colombia to force some banks to bulk up loan provisions –Concerns are mainly over consumer credit, where past-due loans have increased 26% this year –Colombia’s strong economy starting to show signs of strain; peso weakening sharply (Updates with details on [...]

Derivatives regulation being drafted by regulators and a tougher Volcker rule will be enough to prevent other banks from suffering losses similar to J.P. Morgan Chase’s surprise $2 billion-plus trading loss, Rep. Barney Frank says. Read More

Experts explore the pressures that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will face after the social networking giant’s IPO. Read More

U.S. stocks fell again this week as concern about Greece’s possible exit from the euro-zone kept investors on edge, weighing the impact of global uncertainty against evidence that the domestic economy is holding steady and looking up a bit. Read [...]

HSBC Holdings PLC HBC has raised the prospect of selling its British retail banking operation if new regulations prove too demanding, The Times in the U.K. reported Friday. Stuart Gulliver, chief executive of the global banking group, told analysts the [...]