Asset Comparison and Correlation

By Lynn Cowan Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Foreign exchange trading platform FX Alliance Inc. (FX) continued this week's winning streak in the US IPO market, with its stock rising Thursday at the open.

Five banks will pay $26 billion to end a nationwide investigation of abusive foreclosure practices stemming from the collapse of the housing bubble, a senior administration official said.

Henkel AG (HEN3), the German maker of industrial adhesives, is marketing an 800 million-euro ($1.1 billion) revolving credit, according to two people with direct knowledge of the deal.

Qatar National Bank SAQ (QNBK), which is bidding to buy Dexia SA's Turkish unit Denizbank AS, hired banks to arrange meetings with investors as it seeks to tap the debt market for the fist time in 14 months.

One of the most important considerations with dividend stocks is whether the company's cash flows are strong enough to continue paying the dividend.

By Pittsburgh Tribune-Review The National Association for Female Executives named PNC Financial Services Group a Top 50 Company for Executive Women.

By Donal Griffin Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Costs from faulty mortgages and shoddy foreclosures have topped $72 billion at the biggest US banks as they near a settlement of a 50-state probe into the industry's practices.

By ELIOT BROWN and LAURA KUSISTO NEW YORK?The risks of speculative office building, especially during a real-estate slump, are obvious at the 11 Times Square skyscraper here.