N) said it is buying an energy lending business from BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA) in the US bank's latest acquisition from a European bank seeking to shrink its balance sheet. The San Francisco-based bank is buying $9.5 billion of total loan commitments, ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/22/us-wellsfargo-acquisition-idUSTRE81L00O20120222

EPA/MAST IRHAM | Sri Lanka and Thailand secured their places in the men's World Group 2 and women's World Group events for May's BNP Paribas World Team Cup in Seoul, Korea, after winning the first of four regional qualification events in New Delhi, ...

http://www.10sballs.com/2012/02/20/qualifiers-book-their-place-at-bnp-paribas-world-team-cup/

20 (Bloomberg) -- BNP Paribas SA, France's biggest bank, added two members to its Japan equities team, including former Citigroup Inc. Managing Director Toshiyuki Johno. The bank today hired Johno, 46, as a commodity industry analyst, according to a ...

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-19/bnp-paribas-hires-johno-from-citigroup-for-japan-equity-coverage.html

The band will perform before evening matches at the 2012 BNP Paribas Open. / Courtesy of K-Swiss, Larry Rosa INDIAN WELLS — US doubles players Mike and Bob Bryan and their band will perform before evening matches at the BNP Paribas Open tennis ...

http://www.mydesert.com/article/20120218/SPORTS0701/202180324/Bryan-Brothers-Band-play-BNP-Paribas-Open

US doubles players Mike and Bob Bryan and their band will perform before evening matches at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, organizers said today. The Bryans and former ``American Idol'' contestant Michael Johns will perform on the tournament's ...

http://www.mydesert.com/article/20120217/NEWS01/120217016/Tennis-players-band-perform-BNP-Paribas?odyssey=nav%7Chead

17 (Bloomberg) -- Andrew Freris, senior investment strategist for Asia at BNP Paribas Wealth Management, talks about the European debt crisis and Greece's debt problems. Freris also discusses US debt levels. He speaks with Rishaad Salamat and John ...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/bnp-paribass-freris-on-greece-europe-us-debt/2012/02/16/gIQAhwzqIR_video.html

By NOÉMIE BISSERBE PARIS—BNP Paribas SA warned that restructuring plans aimed at helping the French bank cope with the European debt crisis would hit 2012 earnings, as it reported that write-downs on Greek bonds halved fourth-quarter net profit.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204795304577224270191082822.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

15 (Bloomberg) -- BNP Paribas SA, France's largest bank, said fourth-quarter profit fell 51 percent, hurt by writedowns on Greek sovereign debt and losses from disposing of European government bonds. Net income declined to 765 million euros ($1 ...

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-15/bnp-paribas-fourth-quarter-profit-drops-51-on-greek-writedowns.html

INDIAN WELLS — The BNP Paribas Open will collect tennis racquets and balls for recycling during the two weekends of the tennis tournament. People who bring at least six used tennis balls on tournament weekends, March 10-11 and March 17-18, ...

http://www.mydesert.com/article/20120213/SPORTS0701/120213027/BNP-Paribas-Open-collect-tennis-racquets-balls-recycling?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFrontpage

Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, BNP Paribas SA (BNP) and Societe Generale SA are among more than 500 banks that took 489 billion euros of three-year loans from the Frankfurt-based ECB at a December auction. The loans carry a 1 percent annual interest ...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-13/draghi-158b-free-lunch-boosts-bank-profits.html

FRANKFURT (Dow Jones)--The following is a summary of analysts' forecasts for BNP Paribas SA (BNP.FR) fourth-quarter results, based on a poll of five analysts conducted by Dow Jones Newswires (figures in million euros, dividend and target price in euro, ...

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120210-710254.html

The BNP Paribas Open will collect tennis racquets and balls for recycling during the two weekends of the tennis tournament, organizers said today. People who bring at least six used tennis balls on tournament weekends, March 10-11 and March 17-18, ...

http://www.kesq.com/news/30421481/detail.html

BNP Paribas SA's wealth management unit won dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Nitine Jantilal, a former client who claimed the bank made unauthorized trades leading to a shortfall in his account. Jantilal sued the bank in 2009 over allegations that a ...

http://news.businessweek.com/article.asp?documentKey=1376-LZ1KO607SXKX01-77F78CC5OB052AKA87B0DL5UQ9

BNP Paribas SA's wealth management unit won dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Nitine Jantilal, a former client who claimed the bank made unauthorized trades leading to a shortfall in his account. Jantilal sued the bank in 2009 over allegations that a ...

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-08/goldman-s-gupta-bnp-paribas-google-jpmorgan-in-court-news.html

6 (Bloomberg) -- BNP Paribas Asset Management began buying European equities in small quantities after the European Central Bank moved to support the region's lenders. The asset manager, which overseas $668 billion, started decreasing its “underweight” ...

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-06/bnp-buys-european-stocks-as-ecb-s-wall-of-money-gives-support.html

EPA/JULIAN SMITH | Please find the latest results for the 2012 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group and World Group II first round ties taking place on 4-5 February. In the Zone Group I events, Argentina, China PR, Great Britain and Sweden have all ...

http://www.10sballs.com/2012/02/04/2012-fed-cup-by-bnp-paribas-day-1-results/

EPA/AHMAD YUSNI | The ITF announced today that it is further increasing the use of electronic line-calling review in its official team competitions, Davis Cup by BNP Paribas and Fed Cup by BNP Paribas, starting with this weekend's Fed Cup World Group ...

http://www.10sballs.com/2012/02/03/itf-increases-use-of-hawk-eye-in-davis-cup-by-bnp-paribas-and-fed-cup-by-bnp-paribas/

BNP Paribas is considering adding trading capabilities and other functionality to its recently launched iPad app for the prime brokerage business, according to John Bruno, global head of prime brokerage technology. Bruno told HFMWeek's sister ...

http://www.hfmweek.com/news/1705712/bnp-paribas-launches-prime-brokerage-ipad-app-considers-future-functionality.thtml

Analysts at BNP Paribas (EPA: BNP) started coverage on shares of Veeco Instruments (NASDAQ: VECO) in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday. They set a “neutral” rating on the stock. Separately, analysts at Kaufman Brothers ...

http://www.localizedusa.com/2012/01/31/bnp-paribas-bnp-analysts-initiate-coverage-on-veeco-instruments-veco/

BNP Paribas SA tumbled 7.1 percent, leading French banks lower, as President Nicolas Sarkozy said he will unilaterally impose a financial-transaction tax. Royal Philips Electronics NV fell 2.2 percent after reporting a larger-than-estimated loss.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-30/european-stocks-fall-most-in-six-weeks-bnp-drops-on-french-tax.html

BNP Paribas Securities Services this week announced the launch of a major investment programme to expand its hedge fund and FoHF administration services for both offshore and onshore UCITS funds. The programme intends to tailor its services in order to ...

http://www.hedgeweek.com/2012/01/29/161307/bnp-paribas-securities-services-expands-hedge-fund-administration-services

By Heather Dale BNP Paribas Investment Partners and Amundi each saw some €22bn ($29bn) wiped off their asset bases last year, according to data from Morningstar. The two groups are singled out by Morningstar in a review of fund flows for European ...

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2e8c2dde-48c2-11e1-954a-00144feabdc0.html

By Noemie Bisserbe Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES PARIS (Dow Jones)--A group of investors holding bonds issued by the former financial giant Fortis have written to BNP Paribas SA's (BNP.FR) board to complain about the terms of the French bank's buyback offer ...

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120127-711486.html

BNP Paribas, France's largest bank by assets, has put on the block up to $11bn of loans to oil and gas companies. The disposal, which would be one of the largest by the bank in recent months, comes as BNP aims to reduce its balance sheet by about 10 ...

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b16ffd62-4826-11e1-b1b4-00144feabdc0.html

By Noemie Bisserbe Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES PARIS (Dow Jones)--Trade union representatives said Wednesday that the Cofinoga consumer credit joint-venture owned by BNP Paribas SA (BNP.FR) and French retailer Galeries Lafayette plans to cut 433 jobs.

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120125-709752.html