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JPMorgan Chase CEO To Defend Bank's Size

Reuters | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Video, Wall Street, Barclays Capital, American Express Co, Stock Market, Wells Fargo, Reuters, Financial Crisis, Bank One Corp, Jamie Dimon, T. Rowe Price Group, Business News

* Bank's shares have lagged stock market, smaller firms * Analyst questions value of being a big, global bank * Investor...

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Double Down: Banks Seek New Way To Profit From Foreclosure Mess

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Deutsche Bank, Ubs, Surplus Property, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Fortress Investment Group, Foreclosure, Federal Plan for Foreclosures, Barclays Capital, Household Wealth, Business News

Banks helped create the housing crisis, and now they're seeking a new way to profit from it. As Bloomberg reported Monday, several financial and inves...

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Ford Workers Approve New Contract

AP | DEE-ANN DURBIN and TOM KRISHER | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Video, Super Duty Trucks, General Motors Co., Barclays Capital, Ford Motor Co., United Auto Workers, Ford Escape SUV, Chrysler Group LLC, Detroit Three, Profit-Sharing, UAW President Bob King, Business News

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. factory workers have approved a new four-year labor contract that promises profit-sharing checks and billions in...

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General Motors Factory Workers Approve New Profit-Sharing Contract

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Automakers, Auto Part, Video, General Motors, Barclays Capital, Ford Motor Co., United Auto Workers, Chrysler Group LLC. UAW, Gm, Manufacturing, Electricians, Business News

DETROIT — Factory workers at General Motors have overwhelmingly approved a new four-year contract with the company that includes profit-sharing ...

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Debt Ceiling Deadline Might Be August 10, Not August 2: Report

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: August 10, Debt Ceiling, August 2, Default, John Boehner, Barclays Capital, Debt Default, Debt Limit, Timothy Geithner, Debt Limit Talks, Debt Ceiling Deadline, Debt Ceiling Debate, Barack Obama, Business News

For months, markets have been girding themselves against the possibility that the U.S. will reach the limits of its borrowing ability on August 2 and ...

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U.S. Banks Finally Increasing Lending In Good Sign For Investors

Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Mortgage Bond, Wells Fargo Bank, Dodd-Frank, Bonds, Credit Quality, Real Estate, Housing Crisis, Solaris Group, Bank Lending, BB&T, Barclays Capital, The Federal Reserve, Banks, Economic Recovery, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Citigroup, Video, Business News

Major U.S. banks appear to be finally opening the lending spigot. Second-quarter earnings reports due this month are likely to reveal a slight ...

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Weaker Dollar Sends Oil Prices Up

AP | By ALEX KENNEDY | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: New York Mercantile Exchange, Commodities, Unemployment Rate, Singapore, Barclays Capital, Middle East, Capital Economics, Oil Prices, ICE Futures Exchange, U.S. Dollar, London, Euro, Business News

SINGAPORE -- Oil prices rose to near $100 a barrel Monday in Asia, bouncing back from last week's plunge, as a weaker U.S. dollar made commodities les...

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Big Banks Face Criticism For Their Speculative Role In Global Food Crisis

The Huffington Post | Maxwell Strachan | Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs Commodity Index, Food Prices, Banks Food, Food Speculation, Barclays Capital, Foreign Policy, Asian Development Bank, Business News

Today, rising food prices are wreaking havoc in the developing world. While some blame overpopulation, and others ethanol, another culprit has emerged...

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Real Story or April Fool's Joke? "Anne Berkshire-Hathaway" and Six Other Bizarre Economic Tales

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Debtors' Prison, Berkshire Hathaway, Barclays Capital, Financial Reform, Warren Buffett, Jamie Dimon, Anne Hathaway, Algorithmic Trading, Flash Crash, Barcap, Business News

A review of past stock performance suggests that the stock price for Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway corporation goes up whenever movie star Anne Hathaway is in the news.

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Oil Prices Climb As Libyan Violence Intensifies

Reuters | Claire Milhench | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Libya, Per Barrel, Barclays Capital, National Libyan Council, Oil Prices, Middle East Tension, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Crude Oil, Tripoli, Business News

(Reuters) - Crude oil rose on Friday, with Brent pushing toward $116 a barrel, as Libyan security forces began a violent crackdown on protesters in ...

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Bank Of America CEO: Our Growth Will Come From Abroad

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Investment Banks, Barclays Capital 2010 Global Financial Services Conference, Merrill Lynch, Brian Moynihan, Barclays Capital, Countrywide Financial, Bank of America, Globalization, Kenneth Lewis, Blackrock, Bofa, Investment Banking, Business News

Speaking at at an industry conference today, Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said his bank, the country's largest by assets, will continue selling ...

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'Home Prices Are Likely To Be Headed Down,' Says Capital One CEO

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mortgages, Housing Market, Credit, Capital One, Default, Barclays Capital, Economy, Double-Dip Recession, Foreclosure, Consumers, Double Dip Recession, Housing Crisis, Business News

Speaking at the Barclays Capital 2010 Global Financial Services Conference, Capital One CEO Richard Fairbank was pessimistic about the housing market ...

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Business News Headlines and Financial Gossip

Dealbreaker.com | Bess Levin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barclays-Capital, Wall Street, Wall Street Bonuses, United Kingdom, Barclays, Business News

British-based Barclays Capital may be a bellwether for Wall Street's bonus season. The bank is ratcheting up stock payments to its execs and axing the...

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Too Big To Get Wrong

Robert E. Diamond, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Investment Banks, Bob Diamond, Barclays Capital, Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Get Wrong, Financial Regulation, Barclays, Investment Banking, Robert E. Diamond, Business News

There's no bank and there's no banker that hasn't made mistakes in recent years, including me. We recognize our responsibility.

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How JPMorgan Tried To Steal $7 Billion Worth Of Lehman Bros. From Barclays

Esquire | Tom Junod | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Wall Street, Bob Diamond, Lehman Brothers, Barclays Capital, Chase, Barclays, Business News

On September 23, 2008, Gerard LaRocca, a senior executive at Barclays Capital, the investment bank, got an emergency phone call from one of his employ...

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