Expedia beats second-quarter profit estimates on sustained international travel demand

(Reuters) – Online travel agency Expedia beat analysts’ expectations on Thursday for second-quarter profit, helped by sustained demand for international travel, sending its shares up 7% after the bell. “The travel environment was healthy in the second quarter and like the last few quarters, we saw strong ongoing demand internationally relative to the US,” CEO…

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Customers Bancorp hit with Fed action for risk-management deficiencies

By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Thursday it had imposed an enforcement action against Customers Bancorp for “significant deficiencies” around the bank’s risk-management and anti money-laundering practices. The bank’s stock fell by more than 20% after the Fed announced the action, but pared losses to close 13.3% lower at $47.01…

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