RBA set to leave rates on hold

BOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) - The pace of financial regulatory reform remains slow even as the global economy struggles to recover from a crisis that many say was caused by inadequacies in the current system, attendees at an annual financial conference said this week. […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co said on Friday it is in talks with Baltimore officials that could avert further litigation by that city over the bank's mortgage lending practices. […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Obama administration program to help struggling homeowners modify their mortgages has more than a million active borrowers, though far fewer of the program's eligible borrowers have obtained permanent loan modifications, according to a Treasury Department report released on Friday. […]

DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp may keep aggressive discounts available for U.S. consumers beyond this month after unprecedented incentives sent its U.S. sales sharply higher in early March, an executive said on Friday. […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - In mid-January, a who's who of Wall Street gathered to hear Paul Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman whose role in the White House seemed at best unclear. […]

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's UBS has warned parliamentarians failure to back a deal to end its bitter U.S. tax row with the bank could result in a damaging backlash for Swiss banks as well as the Alpine nation's economy. […]