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• TREASURIES-Bond prices fall on jitters over Fed bond buying Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | 4:19 PM ET

  *Fed buys $5.51 billion in Treasuries due 2018-19.

• TREASURIES-Bond prices dip as traders speculate on Fed outcome Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | 11:42 AM ET

  *Bonds yields briefly rise on Empire State data, homebuilder sentiment. NEW YORK, June 17- Long-dated U.S. You're going to continue to see extreme volatility around these Fed meetings just because of what the chairman has stated, "said Dan Mulholland, managing director in Treasuries trading at BNY Mellon in New York.

• TREASURIES-Bond prices steady as Fed meeting in focus Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | 9:28 AM ET

  *Fed will buy $4.75 bln- $5.75 bln notes due 2018-2019. NEW YORK, June 17- U.S. You're going to continue to see extreme volatility around these Fed meetings just because of what the Chairman has stated, "said Dan Mulholland, managing director in Treasuries trading at BNY Mellon in New York.

• FOREX-Yen strength sustained, market uncertain on monetary policy Friday, 14 Jun 2013 | 5:22 PM ET

  New York, June 14- The yen rose against the U.S. dollar on Friday for a fourth straight day and gained ground versus the euro as investors unwound bets against the Japanese currency due to uncertainty whether central banks will maintain their easy monetary policies.

• FACTBOX-Favourites and long-shots to be new RBS CEO Thursday, 13 Jun 2013 | 7:11 AM ET

  LONDON, June 13- Nathan Bostock, Royal Bank of Scotland's head of restructuring, is the early favourite to replace Stephen Hester as chief executive of the state-controlled bank, according to bookmakers. RBS said last month that Van Saun will take over its U.S. business Citizens to oversee its flotation in the next two years.

• ANALYSIS-Emerging market crunch may cause Fed to think twice Wednesday, 12 Jun 2013 | 3:00 PM ET

  LONDON, June 12- If currency turbulence in emerging markets escalates into full-scale investor flight, the U.S. Given all the obvious influences on Fed policy- domestic inflation, jobless youths, long-term unemployment, stuttering credit creation or banking stability- gyrations on markets from Turkey to South Africa or South Korea may seem tangential.

• BofA could still put Countrywide into bankruptcy, executive says Monday, 10 Jun 2013 | 6:42 PM ET

  NEW YORK, June 10- Bank of America Corp could put its Countrywide Financial unit into bankruptcy if it fails to win court approval for an $8.5 billion settlement with mortgage investors, a bank executive said on Monday.

• Witness lifts veil on BofA settlement negotiations Thursday, 6 Jun 2013 | 6:40 PM ET

  NEW YORK, June 6- Mortgage bond investors got "the best deal that was available" when they agreed to an $8.5 billion settlement with Bank of America Corp in 2012, an executive who helped negotiate the deal said Thursday.

• UPDATE 1-Bank of America $8.5 bln mortgage settlement case opens Monday, 3 Jun 2013 | 7:38 PM ET

  NEW YORK, June 3- Bank of America Corp's proposed $8.5 billion settlement with investors in mortgage securities that went bad during the financial crisis offers billions more than they are likely to get if they go to trial, a lawyer for the trustee who helped negotiate the deal argued Monday.

• Bank of America $8.5 billion settlement heads for court showdown Monday, 3 Jun 2013 | 6:00 AM ET

  NEW YORK, June 3- A long-running fight comes to a head on Monday when court proceedings begin over an $8.5 billion settlement between Bank of America Corp and investors in mortgage securities that turned sour in the financial crisis.

• FOREX-U.S. dollar weakens as soft data offsets Fed taper talk Thursday, 30 May 2013 | 2:49 PM ET

  *Japan public pension fund mulls shift after stock rally- sources. NEW YORK, May 30- The U.S. dollar fell to a three-week low against the euro on Thursday after unexpectedly weak U.S. economic data dampened expectations the Federal Reserve will reduce its monetary stimulus soon.

• FOREX-Dollar falls after weak data offsets talk of Fed tapering Thursday, 30 May 2013 | 12:13 PM ET

  *Japan public pension fund mulls shift after stock rally- sources. NEW YORK, May 30- The U.S. dollar fell to a three-week low against the euro on Thursday after unexpectedly weak U.S. economic data dampened expectations the Federal Reserve will reduce its monetary stimulus soon.

• FOREX-U.S. dollar marks worst week vs yen in a year Friday, 24 May 2013 | 4:51 PM ET

  *Euro posts 1st weekly gain in three vs dollar after German Ifo. NEW YORK, May 24- The dollar posted its worst week against the yen in a year on Friday as volatility in stocks and uncertainty about the outlook for U.S. monetary policy spurred investors to pare back bets against the Japanese currency.

• Xx FOREX-Dollar on track for worst week vs yen in almost two years Friday, 24 May 2013 | 3:32 PM ET

  NEW YORK, May 24- The dollar was headed on Friday for its worst week against the yen in nearly two years, extending the prior session's selloff, as volatility in Japan's stock market spurred investors to book profits on their bets against the Japanese currency.

• FOREX-Dollar dips vs euro before Bernanke testimony; yen weakens Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 4:35 PM ET

  *Bernanke to testify before Congress on Wednesday. The euro rose 0.2 percent to $1.2906, having reached a session peak of $1.2933 and moving away from a six-week low of $1.2795 touched on Friday, according to Reuters data. Focus now shifts to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony to Congress at 10 a.m. 1400 GMT) on Wednesday.

• INSIGHT-Dimon has big say over who serves on JPMorgan board Thursday, 16 May 2013 | 12:01 AM ET

  May 16- For years, JPMorgan Chase& Co Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon and other executives have hand-picked new directors, in a practice that is now unusual for a major U.S. bank.

• UPDATE 1-Foreigners sell long-term U.S. assets in March-Treasury Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | 10:08 AM ET

  They bought $5.3 billion in Treasuries in March and $2.6 billion the previous month, but that was a significant reduction from inflows of $32.3 billion in January and nearly $30 billion in December. Most Asian central banks were net sellers of Treasuries for the month, including China, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and India.

• Argentina faces very different debt default if loses legal fight Monday, 13 May 2013 | 6:59 AM ET

  *Argentina could take its case to the Supreme Court. A U.S. judge ordered Argentina to pay the holdouts the full $1.33 billion owed them the next time it serviced restructured debt. Argentina appealed, and a ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is expected in the coming weeks.

• CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-Bankrupt Alabama county sees exit plan in June-lawyer Thursday, 9 May 2013 | 6:13 PM ET

  BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 9- Alabama's Jefferson County expects to file a plan by late June to exit its landmark $4.2 billion municipal bankruptcy, a lawyer for the county said on Thursday.

• FOREX-Dollar vaults to 4-year high vs yen, smashes through 100 mark Thursday, 9 May 2013 | 2:55 PM ET

  NEW YORK, May 9- The dollar catapulted to its highest level against the yen in over four years on Thursday as an upbeat U.S. jobless claims report suggested a stabilizing labor market in the world's largest economy.