Banks earned $5.7 billion in derivatives
Posted: December 19, 2009 at 4:49 a.m.
U.S. banks earned $5.7 billion trading derivatives and cash investments in the third quarter, as the level of credit risk continued to decline in the global market, a government report released Friday shows.
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Business, Pages 34 on 12/19/2009
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