 |  | Wells Fargo hires new law firm to prepare CEO for Senate appearance |  | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co. has hired law firm Sidley Austin to take the lead in preparing Chief Executive Tim Sloan for his appearance before the U.S. Congress next month to answer questions about a year-long sales practices scandal, according to four sources with knowledge of the decision. | |  |  |  | Ackman targets retail investors in ADP proxy contest |  | BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire hedge fund manager William Ackman, whose firm has a 2 percent voting stake in Automatic Data Processing Inc , is turning up the heat in his proxy war for the human resources outsourcing company by targeting an often-ignored but influential group of people - retail investors. | |  | U.S. household net worth rises again in second quarter 2017 |  | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The wealth of U.S. households rose to $96.2 trillion in the second quarter of this year as U.S. stock prices hit record highs and home values continued to climb, a report by the Federal Reserve showed on Thursday. | |  |  |  | U.S. bond funds, tech stocks attract huge inflows: Lipper |  | NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.-based taxable-bond funds took in $7 billion during the latest week, the largest weekly intake since July, adding to an already strong year for debt against the backdrop of a rate-hiking cycle, Lipper data showed on Thursday. | |  | |  |  | |  |  | Related Video | |  | |  | |  |  |  | Related News | |  | |  | |  |  |  |  |  | Counterparties is a curated snapshot of the best finance news and commentary around the web. Register Today |  | |  |  |  | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today |  | |  | » » MORE NEWSLETTERS |  | |