Bank of America Corp. fell$. 10 or. 8 percent, to $13.21. Citigroup Inc. fell$. 47 or. 9 percent, to $50.53. Goldman Sachs fell $1.93 or 1.2 percent, to $157.41.
Bank of America Corp. fell$. 04 or. 3 percent, to $13.27. Citigroup Inc. fell$. 63 or 1.2 percent, to $50.37. Goldman Sachs fell $1.96 or 1.2 percent, to $157.38.
NEW YORK-- A look at New York Stock Exchange 10 most-active stocks at 1 p.m.:. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. rose 1.3 percent to $4.01 with 23,755,300 shares traded. Bank of America Corp. fell. 3 percent to $13.27 with 122,899,600 shares traded.
Bank of America Corp. fell$. 34 or 2.6 percent, to $12.97. Citigroup Inc. fell $1.55 or 3.0 percent, to $49.45. US Bank fell$. 37 or 1.0 percent, to $35.00.
LONDON, May 23- UK- based publisher Pearson, buffeted by a string of managerial changes and slowing growth, unveiled a further shake-up on Thursday that it said would take some time to implement.
NEW YORK-- Hewlett-Packard shares soared before Thursday's opening bell after the computer company delivered fiscal second-quarter results that weren't as bad as Wall Street had feared and raised its earnings forecast for the full year. In premarket trading, HP shares rose $2.38, or 11.2 percent, to $23.61.
*Praet says ECB could expand its instruments. PARIS/ WASHINGTON, May 23- The European Central Bank is looking into expanding its range of policy tools, while the U.S. central bank is mulling scaling back its support measures, highlighting the contrasting fortunes between the world's two biggest economic blocs.
Bank of America Corp. fell$. 13 or 1.0 percent, to $13.31. Citigroup Inc. fell$. 66 or 1.3 percent, to $51.00. Goldman Sachs fell $1.39 or. 9 percent, to $159.34.
NEW YORK, May 22- U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday with the S&P 500 posting its biggest decline in three weeks, after minutes from the latest U.S. The minutes followed comments from Chairman Ben Bernanke, who said the Fed could decide to scale back the pace of bond purchases at one of the "next few meetings" if the economic recovery looked set to maintain forward momentum.
*Bernanke touts benefits of Fed easing, but hints could act.
NEW YORK-- A look at New York Stock Exchange 10 most-active stocks at 1 p.m.:. Bank of America Corp. rose 1.4 percent to $13.63 with 88,111,200 shares traded. Barrick Gold Corp. rose 1.8 percent to $19.71 with 16,112,200 shares traded.
Bank of America Corp. rose$. 19 or 1.4 percent, to $13.63. Citigroup Inc. rose $1.03 or 2.0 percent, to $52.69. Goldman Sachs rose $2.71 or 1.7 percent, to $163.44.
MONTPELIER, Vt.-- Vermont's attorney general says Vermont homeowners have gotten $14.7 million in foreclosure relief benefits as part of a state-federal settlement with the country's five largest mortgages servicers.
May 22- Zale Corp said on Wednesday its new chairman would be the former chief executive of its biggest rival, and shares of the mid-tier jeweler jumped 30 percent. Terry Burman, who was CEO of Kay Jewelers parent Signet Jewelers Ltd from 2000 to 2011 and oversaw large U.S. market share gains, will take up the chairmanship post next Friday, Zale said.
*Saks rallies on report it could sell itself. NEW YORK, May 22- U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, giving up some gains after an initial rally, after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank needed to see further signs of traction in the economy before it tapered its economic stimulus efforts.
Bank of America Corp. rose$. 15 or 1.1 percent, to $13.59. Citigroup Inc. rose$. 58 or 1.1 percent, to $52.24. Goldman Sachs rose $1.67 or 1.0 percent, to $162.40.
Bristol-Myers Squibb could be a big winner with a portfolio of cancer treatments under development that use a patient's own immune system to attack the disease, according to a Citi, which raised its rating on the drugmaker.
*Potential sales of $35 bln a year over next 10 years- Citigroup. That bullish sales forecast by analysts at U.S. bank Citigroup highlights the growing excitement surrounding so-called immunotherapy after positive results from clinical trials conducted by companies such as Bristol-Myers Squibb and Roche Holding.