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West Bancorporation Inc. reported a net income available to common shareholders of $2 million, or 12 cents per share, for the second quarter of 2010, compared with a net loss of $22.8 million, or $1.32 …

Toxic mortgages are no longer the leading cause of foreclosures in the United States. The country’s homeowners have a new leading enemy — unemployment.

Foreclosure filings during the first half of the year climbed in …

Last week’s 2,300-page overhaul of financial regulation could mean that consumers, not just banks, will bear the financial burden of the regulations, Wells Fargo & Co. CEO John Stumpf told Bloomberg.

Stumpf said that he …

New orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods unexpectedly fell for a second straight month in June, posting their largest decline since August, providing further evidence that economic growth cooled in the second quarter, Reuters reported. …

Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. has increased both its corn and soybean market shares in North America this growing season. For the first half of the year, the Johnston-based company increased global seed sales by 14 …

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. posted second-quarter earnings today, showing significant increases from the second quarter of 2009. Earnings per share rose to $1.26 in the second quarter of 2010, an increase of …

Home prices in 20 metropolitan cities in the United States rose in May, recording the biggest year-over-year increase since August 2006.

According to the Standard and Poor’s/Case-Shiller index of property values, prices rose 4.6 percent …

Consumer confidence fell again in July, a sign that the scarcity of jobs is keeping consumers pessimistic.

A monthly survey by the Conference Board showed that the organization’s confidence index dropped from 54.3 in June …

President Barack Obama is on the verge of creating as much as $300 billion in credit for small businesses as bankers raise doubt about whether there’s demand for new loans and how much will be …

A pension fund has asked a federal judge to block the poison pill challenge to a takeover that has been adopted by Casey’s General Stores Inc.’s board of directors.

The Kentucky State District Council of …