Ten of 27 countries support tax, which would be used to fund future bank bailouts
US$267 billion more to drive long-term rates down
Core inflation tame in February
Rating downgrade may be coming
Nasdaq composite index is up 16.7% so far this year
Bank reaches multimillion-dollar settlement with 55 investors
Facebook hopes to raise US$5 billion in highly anticipated IPO
Rating agency plans new review by end of Q1
Securities firm appears to be first big U.S. casualty of Europe’s debt crisis
Investors worried that Frances’s triple A debt rating could be cut