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You Really Believe We're the Priority?

Neil Grossman | Posted 09.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Banking, Finance, Economics, Politics, Economy, JP Morgan, WaMu Collapse, Wall Street Crisis, Business News
Neil Grossman

JPMorgan ends up with the good part of Wamu for a song -- the taxpayer ends up with "Toxic Waste." Seems to me like a great deal for the taxpayer.

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What Would JP Morgan Do? Remembering The Panic Of 1907

Boston.com | H.D.S. Greenway | Posted 09.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Leadership, Great Depression, Depression, JP Morgan, Panic of 1907, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Finance, Economy, Great Depression Ii, Recession, Business News

But I am thinking of a financial crisis 101 years ago, the "Panic of 1907," as it was called. In late October of that year, the greatest banker of hi...

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JP Morgan Gets Visit From Michael Phelps

New York Times | Posted 08.29.2008 | Business

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Hot off his record-shattering eight-gold-medal Olympics appearance in Beijing, Michael Phelps has been making the rounds, talking about his accomplish...

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The Black-Scholes Atomic Debt Bomb & 7 Predictions

Max Keiser | Posted 07.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Option Volatility Formula, Federal Reserve Bank, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Deflation, Inflation, Black-Scholes, Business News
Max Keiser

By not deflating the supply of fiat, debt-based exchange units for so many years, the over supply of them, each a claim on America's future, has grown by quantum levels of risk.

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$4 Gasoline at the Aspen Ideas Festival

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 07.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Gas Prices, Price of Gasoline, Aspen Ideas Festival, Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan Chase, Bear Stearns and JPMorgan Chase, JP Morgan, Gas, Charlie Rose, Oil Prices, Oil, Bear Stearns, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

In an interview with Charlie Rose, JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, in his engaging way, asked his audience a seemingly innocuous question: "Who among you is upset with $4 plus gasoline?"

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Time to End "Bernanke Panky?"

Kevin Phillips | Posted 06.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Fed Cuts, JP Morgan, Milton Friedman, Impeachment, Bernanke Economy Recession, Federal Reserve, Fomc, Ben Bernanke, Business, Business News
Kevin Phillips

Is Bernanke ready for a new round of 1932-style talk about abolishing the Fed or impeaching its leaders? Because at least three aspects of his Fed chairmanship have generated major controversy.

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Bear Stearns shareholders OK buyout by JPMorgan

AP | MADLEN READ and JOE BEL BRUNO | Posted 05.29.2008 | Business

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NEW YORK — Bear Stearns shareholders have approved JPMorgan Chase's buyout, ending the saga of the 85-year-old pillar of Wall Street that crumbl...

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Jamie Dimon: The Worst Is Over

New York Post | Paul Tharp | Posted 04.17.2008 | Media

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Even in the worst of times, Jamie Dimon keeps sprinting ahead in his winning streak. Although Dimon said his JPMorgan Chase's profit plunged 50 perce...

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JPMorgan Chase In Slump, Profit Drops 50 Percents

AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 04.16.2008 | Business

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NEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s profit fell 50 percent in the first quarter after the bank took a provision of $5.1 billion to strengthen its ...

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JP Morgan Integrating Senior Bear Stearns Managers

Wall Street Journal | Robin Sidel | Posted 04.05.2008 | Business

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J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. pulled a number of senior managers from Bear Stearns Cos. into the upper ranks of its investment bank, representing the latest...

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Bear Stearns Rescue Backed Amid Concerns

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 04.03.2008 | Business

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WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and the Bush administration on Thursday defended the decision to rescue Bear Stearns amid que...

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Bear's Cayne Takes $900 Million Loss, Seeks Answers in Religion

Henry Blodget | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Henry Blodget

One big Bear Stearns shareholder is no longer hallucinating about a higher JP Morgan bid for the firm: Chairman Jimmy Cayne, a Wall Street legend and one of the few men most responsible for Bear's collapse.

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It's Time to Reregulate Business

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, Greenspan and Mortgage Crisis, Subprime Lending, Faa, Lead Paint Toys, FAA Southwest Airlines, Faa Safety Inspections, Federal Reserve, Regulation, Beef Recall, Sub Prime Lending Crisis, Toy Recalls, Southwest Airlines, Predatory Lending, Regulators Subprime Wall Street, Cpsc, Southwest Airlines Fine, Edward Gramlich, FAA Safety, Consumer Product Safety Commission, American Airlines, Airline Industry, Product Safety, Lending Practices, Sheila C. Bair, Wall Street Regulators, JP Morgan, American Airlines Cancels Flights, Deregulation, Southwest Safety, Product Recalls, American Airlines Inspections, Food Recall, Alan Greenspan, Meat Recall, Airlines, Canceled American Airlines Flights, Business News
Hale

Between toys that might kill our children, a food safety system that isn't working, airlines that might be flying unsafe airplanes, and our entire financial system, it's clear something isn't working.

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The Global Impact of the Subprime Crisis

Alec Baldwin | Posted 03.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Investment Banks, Bear Stears, U.S. Economy, JP Morgan, Subprime Mortgages, Bear Stearns Bailout, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Factory Workers, Governments, Subprime Loans, Bailout, Economy, Business News
Alec Baldwin

Is it now true that the only way the US can maintain its standard of living is by exporting bogus wars and bad debt to foreign countries?

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More Government Bailouts May Be on Way

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 03.27.2008 | Business

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WASHINGTON — The economy is listing. So it must be time to bail. While there is little enthusiasm for government bailouts in general, voters ar...

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What About Main Street?

Washington Independent | Mary Kane | Posted 03.26.2008 | Business

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Now that JPMorganChase has raised its bid for Bear Stearns, angry shareholders seemed to have calmed down and Wall Street isn't as worried that the in...

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Sensational Economic Stories Taper Off

New York Observer | Tom Acitelli | Posted 03.26.2008 | Business

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"I think that one of the things in this crisis all along has been it's like a mystery novel," David Wessel, the economics editor for The Wall Street J...

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Ben Bernanke Got Punk'd

Motley Fool | Rick Aristotle Munarriz | Posted 03.25.2008 | Business

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Yesterday's fivefold increase in JPMorgan's (NYSE: JPM) bidding price for the Al Capone vault that Bear Stearns (NYSE: BSC) has become is as shocking...

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JPMorgan Raises Bear Purchase Price

AP | JOE BEL BRUNO | Posted 03.24.2008 | Business

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NEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s higher offer for Bear Stearns on Monday gave the investment bank control of nearly 40 percent of its ailing ri...

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JPMorgan In Secret Talks To Quintuple Bid For Bear Stearns

New York Times | ANDREW ROSS SORKIN | Posted 03.24.2008 | Business

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JPMorgan Chase was in talks on Sunday night for a deal that would quintuple its offer for Bear Stearns, the beleaguered investment bank, in an effort ...

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Jim Cramer (Kind Of) Owns Up To His "Bear Stearns Is Fine" Comments

Huffington Post | Posted 03.23.2008 | Business

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Jim Cramer became a feast for late night comedy after he called Bear Stearns "fine" a week before its spectacular collapse. Cramer appeared on CNN's ...

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B-School Grads Shaken Up By Bear Collapse

BusinessWeek | Alison Damast | Posted 03.21.2008 | Business

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The stunning collapse and fire sale of investment house Bear Stearns (BSC)--a major employer of business graduates--has added another worry to an alre...

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Stocks Cap Volatile Week With Big Gains

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 03.20.2008 | Business

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NEW YORK — Wall Street capped a week of remarkable volatility with a big advance Thursday that left stocks higher for the week but didn't silenc...

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Good Luck, Joseph Lewis

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 03.20.2008 | Business

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<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Good Luck to you, Joseph Lewis. It looks like you've got the will, the spunk and the resources to fight the inevitable hand of fate. And who knows? You may succeed. One of us losers has to get lucky some time, I guess.

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Why is Bear Stearns Trading Above Deal Price?

David Neubert | Posted 03.19.2008 | Business

Read More: The Panelist, Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan, Bear Stearns, Hedge Funds, Hedge Fund Traders, Bear Stearns Preferred Stock, Business News
David Neubert

I've been getting the inside scoop from some hedgefund traders (who always request to remain anonymous).

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