LONDON — Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAC) offered a fresh sign of how rapidly the euro crisis is escalating Friday, telling clients in a research note that a break-up of the 17-country currency is a possibility. If the euro did split up, the reintroduced currencies of Spain, Italy, Portugal and France would be likely to fall against the dollar, whereas the currencies of Germany, the Netherlands... 

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Capital One Financial Corp. COF +0.27% reported a small increase in third-quarter profit Thursday as the bank’s loan write-offs and delinquencies continued to fall. The McLean, Va., company said net income was $813 million, or $1.77 per share, in the quarter ended Sept. 30, up from $803 million, or $1.76 per share, a year ago. Revenue increased to $4.2 billion,... 

HOUSTON, Jun 16, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — National Clean Fuels (PinkSheets: NACF) announced today that it will conduct a Forward Split of its common stock on the basis of four shares for each one share held by shareholders on the date the forward split becomes effective.  This means that if you hold 1,000 shares on the day prior to the forward stock split, you will automatically have 4,000 shares...