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JPMorgan Chase & Co agreed to pay $211.2 million to settle federal and state charges that its employees rigged bids for derivatives sold to at least 48 cities and charities.

European Union rules to tighten derivatives rules won't be agreed until at least the early autumn, as a global crackdown on the opaque sector faces delays on both sides of the Atlantic.

The complex instruments at the heart of the financial meltdown, and the way two giant companies were wrapped around them and entwined with each other, are being examined by the special panel investigating the origins of the economic crisis.

A 20-hour marathon negotiation culminated early Friday in agreements on the two most contentious portions of the financial overhaul: derivatives and the so-called Volcker Rule.

Republicans said that they had forced Democrats back to the bargaining table, but Democrats said that Republicans were hastily abandoning their opposition to the plan.

A Senate panel is considering legislation that would limit how companies use complex financial products called derivatives.

AIG has decided to keep up to $500 billion of assets that have been widely blamed for bringing the company to its near collapse, according to news reports.

Dec. 31 -- Randy Frederick, director of trading and derivatives at Charles Schwab & Co., talks with Bloomberg's Pimm Fox about U.S. stocks.

Derivatives exchange operator CME Group Inc. said Wednesday its November volume averaged 10.8 million contracts per day, a 5 percent increase from a year ago.