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Wednesday July 18, 2012

Capital One's Credit Card Settlement, In Context

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Capital One's Credit Card Settlement, In Context

July 18, 2012 • Fines and refunds of $210 million sounds like a lot, but how big is it for a big bank?

Thursday July 12, 2012

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, here seen in June testifying before a congressional committee, will try to explain the bank's trading losses to investors on Friday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Waiting For JPMorgan And The Whale

July 12, 2012 • When the big bank reports second-quarter earnings on Friday, the real news will be how big its trading losses have grown. The answer could have repercussions for the entire banking sector.

Tuesday June 12, 2012

The Two-Way

JPMorgan Knew Of Risks, 'WSJ' Reports

June 12, 2012 • After interviews with more than a dozen current and former executives at the bank, the newspaper concludes that it was warned about bets that would cost it more than $2 billion. A plan to roll them back wasn't properly implemented, the Journal says.

Tuesday February 7, 2012

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Can We Create Banks We Love?

February 7, 2012 • A Stanford finance professor tells us what she thinks is wrong with banking — and how we can fix it.

Can We Create Banks We Love?

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Tuesday October 25, 2011

Blog Of The Nation

October 25th: What's On Today's Show

October 25, 2011 • In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, NPR's Loren Jenkins talks about the business of foreign journalism, and tips on how to break up with your bank. In the second hour, the pros and cons of same-sex classrooms, and fabrications in political biographies.