Banks Are Poised to Pay Dividends After 3-Year Gap

Financial analysts say that America's big banks are going to begin giving out dividends again for the first time in three years while they were repairing their ruined balance sheets. This comes after their second straight year of profit increases.
This will raise income for many retirees and pension funds - people who considered the bank shares a secure source of income. As an example, JP Morgan had a dividend payout of $1.52 per share before the crisis and now only has a 20 cent dividend rate.
JP Morgan Chase will be the first to report their financial performance , followed by Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Wells Fargo.

U.S. Export Financing Challenges China

People were scared of China's export-machine? Well, they may not have to worry much about it since the Ex-Im Bank tests the new financing model in challenge to China.

The financing terms for the $477 million deal required the U.S. to work with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a multilateral organization that monitors export-financing terms by developed countries—but not by China—to attempt to provide a level playing field.

The move is one of several challenges the Obama administration has made to China, the world's largest exporter, as its president, Hu Jintao, prepares to visit Washington next week.