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Washington Mutual Inc. RSS feedGoldman takes too narrow a view to be doing God’s work
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2009-11-23T07:56:10ZJPMorgan rockets as London investment bank surges
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JPMorgan Chase today reported booming profits driven by a stellar performance at its investment banking division in London2009-10-14T12:23:46ZToscafund chief takes pay cut of £60 million
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Martin Hughes, the high-profile hedge-fund manager and majority owner of Toscafund Asset Management, took a massive pay cut last year but still collected a cool £15 million2009-05-14T14:19:44ZJPMorgan profits boost confidence in Wall Street
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America’s biggest bank JPMorgan Chase reported better-than-expected first-quarter profits, making it the third US bank to cheer Wall Street in a week2009-04-16T13:38:27ZJPMorgan expects crisis to get worse
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<strong>Economy: </strong> JPMorgan underlined its credentials as one of the great survivors of the credit crunch as the US banking giant announced it still made a profit in the last quarter of 20082009-01-15T09:16:33ZCiti-Morgan talks seen leading to wave of deals
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<strong>Finance: </strong> Citigroup and Morgan Stanley are set to announce a deal to combine their brokerages, a move that could trigger a fresh wave of consolidation in the troubled and thinning banking industry2009-01-12T15:00:20ZWe’ve heard the Purnell spiel on welfare before
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A great fanfare for Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell’s declaration that the unemployed will be required to undertake some work. Er, haven’t we heard all this before?2008-12-12T09:41:12ZHurricanes hit Zurich profits
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Zurich Financial, the world's fifth-largest insurer, saw operating profits fall 15% to $4.2bn in the first nine months, amid a double hit by hurricanes and the financial markets slump2008-11-13T10:50:04ZRBS warns of job cuts despite its bailout
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<b>Banking: </b>Royal Bank of Scotland warns of worse to come as it reveals the final details of its £20 billion bailout by the Government2008-11-04T08:59:19ZWritedowns top £5bn after savers rush to pull out cash
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<strong>Banking:</strong> HBOS admitted it suffered a serious surge in savers withdrawing their cash in the six weeks of September and early October ahead of the Government's bailout and forced takeover by Lloyds TSB2008-11-03T09:27:22ZUS banks owe execs £24 billion in bonuses
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<b>Banking: </b>Banks in the US, receiving billions of dollars in taxpayer bailouts, owe their executives more than $40 billion in pay and bonus deals racked up before they hit the rocks2008-10-31T10:46:15ZTurmoil slices MetLife income
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<b>Credit crunch: </b>America's biggest life insurer, MetLife, admits third-quarter profits will plunge by up to 48% as investment income is slashed by the financial turmoil2008-10-08T10:25:11ZCountdown to Chancellor's bail-out
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17 July 2007 - Two hedge funds specialising in the US sub-prime mortgage market declared worthless by US investment bank Bear Stearns.2008-10-08T08:27:34ZIt’s a bit late for broker to stop coverage of B&B
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Shares of failed buy-to-let lender Bradford & Bingley were suspended at 20p before the start of trading on the stock market, to allow for the transfer of ownership into public hands2008-09-30T09:48:01ZWachovia saved from bankruptcy by Citigroup
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Citigroup saved US bank Wachovia from almost certain bankruptcy as the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression wreaked more havoc on Wall Street2008-09-29T09:37:03ZTimed out by fighting over Paulson plan
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Analysts are beginning to ask whether Washington Mutual — or indeed Lehman Brothers before it — could have been saved had Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson come up with his plan earlier2008-09-26T09:22:35ZCredit crunch claims WaMu as its biggest victim
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<b>Credit Crunch: </b>Collapsing confidence in the US economy and financial system claims its biggest victim as Washington Mutual becomes the largest banking collapse in US history2008-09-26T08:28:11ZHistory repeats itself as Morgan rides to the rescue
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JP Morgan's acquisition of Washington Mutual, following its key role in the rescue of Bear Stearns, has led some to compare the bank’s chief executive Jamie Dimon to his firm’s legendary founder J Pierpont Morgan2008-09-26T09:12:21ZBailout chaos hits the City
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The global banking crisis deepened after American politicians failed to agree a bail-out deal, plunging the world's financial system back into despair after a day of rising optimism2008-09-26T07:54:11Z500 London jobs to go as HSBC axes back-room staff to cut costs
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Banking giant HSBC is axeing more than 500 London jobs as part of a worldwide programme of cut-backs in its global banking and market division2008-09-26T08:15:09ZStand by for Black Monday
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The City is bracing itself for a "Black Monday" meltdown after President Bush admitted he had failed to land a bank bail-out deal2008-09-26T08:28:19ZHSBC abandons £3.3 billion chase for Korea bank stake
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<b>Banking: </b>HSBC, which has been linked to a range of deals to pick up distressed US banks, has found itself with even deeper pockets after walking away from it its long-running £3.29bn pursuit of Korea Exchange Bank2008-09-19T07:39:37ZLoss-making Washington Mutual may soon be on the market
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<strong>Banking:</strong> US building society Washington Mutual is said to be closer to sale after its largest investor agreed to let it raise capital, even if that meant diluting the group’s holdings2008-09-18T08:48:29ZJPMorgan in new tilt
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Jamie Dimon’s JPMorgan Chase is expected to make a new bid for Washington Mutual, the biggest building society in the US, after its credit rating was cut to junk by Standard & Poor’s2008-09-16T09:37:05ZCommentary: Don't hold your breath, the West's finance system is on the rocks
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So the worst kept secret in the City and Wall Street is out: after Lehman, Merrill was next. It was the bank causing the most anxiety, the big one, that if it collapsed, could bring the whole pack of cards crashing down. Merrill occupies a position in American society quite different from its relative obscurity here2008-09-15T08:17:44ZBanking crisis deepens
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<strong>Credit crunch: </strong>Share prices have tumbled around the world as Wall Street slashed the value of Lehman Brothers, one of its oldest investment banks, for the second time this week2008-09-11T15:23:23ZInvestors' worries pile on the pressure
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Britain's banks were under pressure today as investors fretted that the crisis in the sector is far from over2008-07-25T08:30:48ZUS lenders are sued for 'fraud'
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Authorities in San Diego in southern California are looking to make their city a mortgage "foreclosure sanctuary", and are suing home lenders Bank of America and its recent acquisition Countrywide to help carry out the plan2008-07-24T08:26:01ZFBI in £500m IndyMac probe
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The FBI is investigating possible fraud at US mortgage lender IndyMac, whose failure could leave depositors more than £500 million out of pocket2008-07-17T10:44:33Z