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Discover Financial Services, the credit-card issuer that has expanded into home and student lending, climbed the most in two months after FBR Capital Markets raised its rating on the firm.
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American Express Co. fell 2 percent in New York trading, adding to yesterday’s 6.5 percent drop, after choosing to fight a U.S. antitrust complaint while larger rivals Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. settled the case.
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For buyers seeking to capitalize on the airline industry’s shift away from buying planes, no aviation-leasing company is cheaper than AerCap Holdings NV.
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Capital One Financial Corp., the lender that acquired ING Groep NV’s online U.S. bank this year, posted a higher first-quarter profit as credit-card rewards programs fueled customer spending.
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Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. may face permanent damage to the fastest-growing part of their business after the Federal Reserve proposed rules that could cut debit-card transaction fees by 84 percent.
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Imperial Holdings Inc.’s bearish options trading surged to a record before the financial firm said some executives are under investigation, sending the shares down by more than half yesterday.
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Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. fell in New York trading after the U.S. Senate included limits on debit- card fees in the financial-overhaul bill and analysts said the House is likely to approve the amendment.
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U.S. stocks rose for a third week, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to a two-year high, as stronger-than-estimated data on retail sales, manufacturing and housing boosted confidence in the economic recovery.
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Visa Inc. , the world’s biggest payments network, fell as much as 5 percent after saying the U.S. Department of Justice may sue the company over a policy that bars merchants from charging extra to customers who pay with credit cards.
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