Retail & Commercial

A U.S. district judge ruled that the Federal Trade Commission has the authority under the FTC Act to regulate the arms of American Indian tribes, their employees and their contractors.

When a business needs to get in sync with its suppliers, that's logistics, as the shipping jingle goes.

Mortgage applications declined 1.2% from the previous week in the week ended March 14, according to the latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association.

More borrowers are paying off their mortgage loans before their credit card debts, reversing a trend first seen in September 2008, according to a TransUnion study.

A court-appointed trustee will operate an Indiana collection agency after it failed Tuesday to get a time extension to devise a refinancing plan to pay off its creditors.

The Federal Reserve Board has terminated a written agreement with Remer Bancorp. in Minnesota.

Poage Bankshares (PBSK) in Ashland, Ky., has completed an acquisition that incensed one of its biggest investors.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. will sell its physical commodities unit to Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. for $3.5 billion, ending a five-year foray into owning and storing raw materials amid pressure from regulators to leave the business.

Operation Choke Point prosecutors were poised to resolve their first lawsuit against a bank, but then they ran into a federal judge in North Carolina with a fondness for citing "The Sopranos" and a deep skepticism of financial services and the settlement deal.

Synovus Financial Corp. investors, led by two pension funds, reached an $11.8 million settlement of a lawsuit against the bank over more than $200 million in soured loans to the Georgia luxury resort Sea Island Co., according to a court filing.