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Lenders, Not Zell, May Run Tribune Co.
 Lenders, Not Zell, 
 May Run Tribune Co. 
ANALYSIS
Jun 8, 2009 1:09 PM CDT

Lenders, Not Zell, May Run Tribune Co.

(Newser) - The bankrupt Tribune Company could emerge from protection with its top creditors—and not chairman Sam Zell—in charge, the Chicago Tribune reports. Zell exerts control based on $90 million he spent to secure the option of buying 40% of the company for $500 million, and a $250 million loan....

Three Big Banks Apply to Repay TARP Funds

Goldman, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley want out of pay restrictions

(Newser) - Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley have applied to repay a combined $45 billion of TARP funds, Bloomberg reports. The three banking giants must receive permission from the Fed before returning the money. The repayments would be the most substantial since Congress established the $700 billion program, and will...

Dow Jumps 164 in Jobs Rally
 Dow Jumps 164 in Jobs Rally 
MARKETS
May 8, 2009 3:29 PM CDT

Dow Jumps 164 in Jobs Rally

Investors find hope in stress tests and unemployment results

(Newser) - Stocks rallied today on the unemployment report and stress-test results, the Wall Street Journal reports. Though unemployment continues to grow, the slowing pace of joblessness fueled a cautious optimism. American Express and JP Morgan Chase, who “passed” the government’s test, both gained 9%. The Dow closed up 164....

Stress-Tested Banks Need Just $100B

Investors find causes for optimism in capitalization news

(Newser) - Leaked results of the stress tests on America's biggest banks separate sufficiently capitalized banks—including JPMorgan Chase, MetLife, AmEx, and Goldman Sachs—from underfunded ones such as BofA, Wells Fargo, and Citi. Bank shares rose sharply yesterday and today, and some investors said the results were better than they feared....

Banks Spur Gains; Dow Up 102
 Banks Spur Gains; Dow Up 102 
MARKETS
May 6, 2009 3:08 PM CDT

Banks Spur Gains; Dow Up 102

Some institutions gain despite poor stress test results

(Newser) - Stocks were up today as investors digested the stress tests results, the Wall Street Journal reports. Regions Financial and Bank of America were higher, despite results that say they will need additional capital. JP Morgan Chase, which can meet its capital needs, also gained. The Dow gained 101.63 to...

Top Subprime Lenders Owned by Bailout Banks

Analysis of gov't data reveals sources of the economic meltdown

(Newser) - Some 21 of the top 25 subprime lenders that triggered the global economic collapse were either owned or financed by banks that ended up needing bailouts, an analysis by the Center for Public Integrity finds. Among the backers, who make huge profits on the subprime business, were Lehman Brothers, Merrill...

At NY Fed, Geithner Got Cozy With Wall Street

Geithner's cozy history with the high finance club draws critics' ire

(Newser) - While some feel Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has been an aggressive steward of the public trust, some critics point to his days as New York Fed president as proof he’s too cozy with the very banks that crippled the financial system. The New York Times investigates his tenure there,...

Treasury Ups Offer to Chrysler Lenders

Treasury blinks in standoff that will determine auto maker's future

(Newser) - The Treasury Department is offering banks holding Chrysler's debt a better deal in the latest round of the back-and-forth over the automaker's future, the Wall Street Journal reports. The counter offer—still way short of what the banks seek—proposes to give lenders 22% of the $6.9 billion Chrysler...

Banks, Treasury Play Chicken on Chrysler Deal

Alternate headline: Banks, Treasury Play Chicken on Chrysler Deal

(Newser) - A group of big banks balked at the Treasury’s proposal that they slash 85% of Chrysler’s debt, the government’s second such request. Instead, in what the Wall Street Journal calls a “significant act of brinkmanship” as an April 30 deadline looms, the banks, including bailout recipients...

Geithner Puts Brakes on Bank Repayments

Treasury sec reluctant to free Goldman, others from constraints

(Newser) - Tim Geithner is warning Wall Street that he will consider more than banks' individual financial fitness when deciding whether they can pay back bailout funds—and escape from the strings attached to them. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the Treasury secretary says that the whole banking system,...

Banks Push Dow Down 290, Below 8,000
 Banks Push Dow Down 290, 
 Below 8,000 
MARKETS
Apr 20, 2009 3:25 PM CDT

Banks Push Dow Down 290, Below 8,000

Dow falls 289 on financial uncertainty

(Newser) - Stocks saw deep declines today as uneasiness over banking spilled into the broader market, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bank of America slid 22% on word of growing losses in its credit-card unit. Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase also fell on reports of a Treasury move that may dilute...

Bailed-Out Banks Don't Want to Bail Out Chrysler

Lawmakers say rescued banks should cooperate in auto rescue plan

(Newser) - Auto task force Steven Rattner's request that four big banks write off their $7 billion debt to Chrysler in return for nothing met with a big no from dropped jaws, reports the Washington Post. JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, and Goldman Sachs are seeking a better deal, but critics argue...

Citing Too-Low Prices, Banks Won't Sell Toxic Assets

Stress test an Obama weapon

(Newser) - Banks are proving so reluctant to part with their so-called “toxic assets” that the Obama administration may have to strong-arm them into doing so, Time reports. Banks are protesting that the prices being offered—about $70 per $100 bond by the magazine’s calculations—are too low. That’s...

JPMorgan Chief: I Could Repay TARP Tomorrow

Dimon calls bailout money a 'scarlet letter'

(Newser) - JPMorgan Chase can’t wait to pay back the government’s bailout money, CEO Jamie Dimon said today, after the company posted a better-than-expected $2.1 billion in earnings. The CEO called the funds a “scarlet letter,” Bloomberg reports, and said he was just waiting for the Treasury’...

JPMorgan, Nokia Lift Stocks
 JPMorgan, Nokia Lift Stocks 
MARKET Open
Apr 16, 2009 8:47 AM CDT

JPMorgan, Nokia Lift Stocks

(Newser) - Stocks were modestly higher at the open today, after JPMorgan topped estimates in the first quarter and Nokia met them. The Dow inched up 31 points, while the Nasdaq and S&P rose 16.9 and 4.08 points, respectively. JPMorgan added 1.7%, while Nokia rose 12%. Traders were...

JPMorgan Posts Better-Than-Expected $2.1B Profit

Or JPMorgan Posts $2.1B Profits, Beats Expectations

(Newser) - JPMorgan Chase earned $2.14 billion in the first quarter, it said today, thanks to a boost in trading activity and deposits. The profit was 10% lower than last year, but better than expected, boosting hopes for a turnaround. Like other banks, JPMorgan is still seeing loan defaults increase—credit...

Skirting Bailout Rules, Banks Send Foreign Hires Abroad

(Newser) - Banks who have taken TARP funds from the government are getting creative about the immigration restrictions that come with the bailout, the Wall Street Journal reports. Financial institutions relying on government assistance cannot hire foreign workers unless they prove that they have exhausted the supply of native talent. So they’...

Stocks Slide Ahead of Earnings
 Stocks Slide Ahead of Earnings 
MARKET Open
Apr 6, 2009 8:57 AM CDT

Stocks Slide Ahead of Earnings

(Newser) - Stocks turned south this morning, as a series of downgrades and bad news for the Sun/IBM deal spooked investors ahead of earnings season, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Dow dropped 92, the S&P 12. Financials sank after a veteran analyst downgraded 11 major US banks. The Nasdaq fell...

Dow Down 148, Up for Week
 Dow Down 148, Up for Week 
MARKETS
Mar 27, 2009 3:22 PM CDT

Dow Down 148, Up for Week

Indices manage to hold on to weekly gains despite Friday dip

(Newser) - Stocks fell today, though not enough to offset broad-based weekly gains, the Wall Street Journal reports. Financials dropped, in part due to comments by JP Morgan Chase CEO James Dimon, who said the bank had more trouble in March than in the first 2 months of the year. JP Morgan...

JPMorgan Spending $138M to Update Swank Jet Fleet

Two Gulfstreams and a new hangar are slated for purchase

(Newser) - JPMorgan Chase, recipient of $25 billion in taxpayer money, is about to be the proud owner of two new luxury private jets and a lavishly renovated Westchester County airport hangar, complete with roof garden, ABC News reports. The $138 million purchase, described as “completely tone deaf” by one watchdog,...

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