Capital One Financial Corporation

Companies violating environmental laws will spend a record $11.8 billion to reduce pollution, and they paid more in penalties over the past year than they have since the first year of the Bush administration, according to the latest government statistics....

OIL CONTINUES FREE-FALL TO UNDER $44 BARREL COLUMBUS, Ohio | Oil tumbled below $44 a barrel Thursday and average gasoline prices slipped under $1.80 a gallon, both four-year lows, as unemployment benefit claims hit a 26-year high and major companies...

Capital One Financial Corp. said Thursday it will acquire Chevy Chase Bank for $520 million in cash and stock, as it continues to bolster its deposit base to help fund operations amid the ongoing credit crisis. Fresh off receiving $3.56 billion in...

Capital One Financial Corp. said yesterday that it will acquire Bethesda-based Chevy Chase Bank for $520 million in cash and stock, expanding its presence in its own backyard. Privately held Chevy Chase Bank has a sizable presence in the Baltimore area,...

Capital One Financial Corp. said today it will acquire Chevy Chase Bank for $520 million in cash and stock, expanding its presence in its own back yard. Fresh off receiving $3.56 billion in funds as part of the government's bank investment program and...

MCLEAN, Va. (AP) — Capital One Financial says it will buy Chevy Chase Bank for about $520 million in cash and stock. Capital One will buy the regional bank using $445 million in cash and 2.56 million Capital One shares valued at $75 million, or...

Capital One Financial Corp. has struck a deal to buy Maryland regional bank Chevy Chase Bank for $520 million in cash and stock, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. In November, McLean, Va.-based Capital One received an investment of about $3....

Cecil Bello has stumbled into a new corner of the credit squeeze. The 32-year-old management consultant has had the limits reduced on three of her credit cards. In September, U.S. Bancorp notified the Fairfax, Va., resident that she no longer had a $14,...

Sears Holdings Corp. Chairman Edward Lampert saw his investment in the retail chain dive to a record low Friday in the wake of the industry's worst monthly sales drop on record, while a regulatory filing disclosed that his hedge fund poured money into...

A number of financial institutions, including Capital One Financial Corp. and SunTrust Banks Inc., have said they will receive funds under the Treasury Department's capital purchase program. But what started as an effort by the federal government to spur...

When I heard last week that banks want to forgive up to 40 percent of some customers' credit-card debt, my first question was, ''What's the catch?'' ''There's no catch,'' answered Scott Talbott, chief lobbyist for the Financial Services Roundtable, an...

When I heard last week that banks want to forgive up to 40% of some customers' credit card debt, my first question was, "What's the catch?" "There's no catch," answered Scott Talbott, chief lobbyist for the Financial Services Roundtable, an industry...