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Discover Financial expects to report a first-quarter loss due to soured loansDiscover Financial Services on Thursday said it expects to post a loss for its fiscal first quarter after setting aside more funds to cover soured loans. The credit-card company expects a first-quarter loss of 22 cents per share to ...

Discover Financial CEO Nelms gets 79 percent compensation hike in 2009, mostly on stock awardsDavid Nelms, the chairman and CEO of Discover Financial Services, took home nearly 79 percent more in compensation in fiscal 2009 than he did the prior year. Nelms, 49, received about $4.3 million in compensation ...

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Discover Financial Services <DFS.N> paid Morgan Stanley <MS.N> $775 million to settle claims related to sharing proceeds from an antitrust suit against credit card networks Visa Inc <V.N ...