Hints and tips:
...Neither the monster national players (JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citigroup) nor the regionals (PNC, M&T, et al) have had much to say about the economy’s effect on credit quality....
...In the second quarter of this year, growth in card loans at JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Bank of America were 0 per cent, -5 per cent, and -10 per cent, respectively....
...Others, including the banks JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup, as well as technology groups Facebook and Microsoft suspended all political donations....
...(FT) NRA v San Francisco The National Rifle Association sued San Francisco on Monday over the city’s recent declaration that the gun-rights lobby was a “domestic terrorist organisation.”...
...advocate groups such as the National Rifle Association....
...It is like the old monopoly phone companies saying to customers, ‘Well, you can choose not to have a phone’ – it is a necessary part of business,’” said Douglas Kantor, council to the National Association...
...Chase precious metals trader has pleaded guilty to spoofing charges in an action that could implicate other employees at the bank....
...The trade body has 5,500 members, including JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and HSBC. Others are looking to outside providers to provide added security....
...Statistical studies (see for example Gadea et al) confirm that there has been no significant break in the behaviour of volatility in the five year period since 2008, compared to that experienced during GM...
...From a near standing start in 2009, upmarket pawnbrokers now account for £100m of the UK’s £1bn pawnbroking market, according to the National Pawnbrokers Association....
...But, as Neil notes, things could have been worse without all that warehousing shenanigans from Goldman et al....
...So it’s not surprising that the first response from Buchheit et al is to answer back with bits of the bond contract that suggest sneaky loopholes instead....
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...“A V-shaped recovery is already in place,” noted Sin Beng Ong, economist at JPMorgan in Singapore....
...While I have little time for Cameron et al, I have to admit that Osborne has done a brilliant job of (just about) keeping the markets onside....
...The frantic effort by Goldman et al to quell public outrage over their industry’s compensation practices has successfully brought the top three: Blankfein, Citi’s Vikram Pandit and JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon...
...al at a national level....
...“A rally past the first week of May would force us to reconsider this view, as it would suggest a ‘V’ bottom is more likely.”...
...The move is intended to give servicers more time to help borrowers avoid losing their homes over Christmas and echoes similar foreclosure moratoriums announced by banks such as JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup...
...In recent weeks, banks such as Citigroup and JPMorgan have unveiled their own separate plans to rework mortgage loans and help homeowners....
...Banks and insurers own most of the $36bn in preferred stock in Fannie and Freddie, and JPMorgan’s move will raise pressure on other holders to make similar writedowns....
...What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase is King of the Street, for now; but do not count out the resourceful Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs or Michel Pébereau, cerebral head of BNP Paribas....
...She graduated from Cairo University in economics and political science and worked for Chase National bank for 12 years, taking the credit route and rising up through the ranks before taking a break from...
...al?...
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