WASHINGTON, March 26- Orders for long-lasting U.S.-made goods surged last month and home prices posted their biggest year-on-year gain in six-and-a-half years in January, the latest signs the U.S. economy regained momentum early in the first quarter.
WASHINGTON, March 19- Groundbreaking to build U.S. homes rose in February and permits for construction climbed to their highest level since 2008, signs the housing market recovery is gathering steam. The Commerce Department said on Tuesday that housing starts rose 0.8 percent last month to a 917,000- unit annual rate.
*All but Ally Financial maintain minimum capital buffers. Banks' efforts to boost their capital since the 2007-2009 U.S. financial crisis helped all 18 participating lenders except Ally Financial meet the minimum hurdle of a 5 percent capital buffer in the Fed's "stress test."
BAC experienced widespread outages Friday on its website and mobile banking apps due to an internal technical malfunction, according to a person familiar with the situation.
CHARLOTTE/ WASHINGTON, Jan 7- Bank of America Corp announced more than $14 billion of legal settlements over bad mortgages it sold to investors and flaws in its foreclosure process, taking the bank a step closer to ending the home loan problems that have dogged it for years.
Dec 21- Wells Fargo& Co customers on Friday had trouble accessing the bank's Web site for a fourth day, as a federal regulator reiterated the need for banks to have systems in place to ward off cyber attacks.
WASHINGTON, Dec 19- U.S. homebuilding permits touched their highest level in nearly 4-1/ 2 years in November, pointing to strength in the housing market, even though groundbreaking activity dropped.