Bloomberg Jefferies Financial Group Inc is boosting the salaries of its first-year analysts in the US by more than a quarter, the latest bank to bump pay as they seek to stem defections amid intense workloads. The Wall Street firm will now pay its junior bankers $110,000, up from $85,000 previously, according to a person familiar with the matter. Second-year …

Bloomberg Cryptocurrency lobbyists were caught ill-equipped in one of the first legislative battles for their nascent industry, despite a Herculean push that impressed Washington insiders with its intensity. The industry failed to win a change to crypto tax reporting rules in the infrastructure bill, leaving intact language for broad oversight of virtual currencies in the legislation that’s poised to pass …

Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co said Charles Noski stepped down as chairman and is being replaced by board member and former JPMorgan Chase & Co Vice Chairman Steven Black. Noski, 68, a director for more than two years and chairman since March 2020, will remain on the board until his retirement on September 30 to help with the transition, the …