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BUSINESS
May 2, 2023
Regulators seize First Republic Bank and sell assets to JPMorgan
First Republic was among regional U.S. lenders most battered by a crisis in confidence in the banking sector in March.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2022
U.S. asks banks to maintain ties with Russia, despite frustration in Congress
The quiet effort is part of the administration's push to minimize adverse impacts of the sanctions regime designed to punish Russia.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2021
Bezos-Buffett-Dimon dream team couldn’t fix health care
The dissolution of the Haven accord is emblematic of the profound challenge that haunts business leaders and politicians alike.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 11, 2021
Citi and JPMorgan join Marriott in pausing political donations
Events at the U.S. Capitol in the past week have triggered a backlash against politicians who have support President Donald Trump's claims of election fraud.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 14, 2020
Investors pull out of Japan-tracking ETF as coronavirus spreads
Investors are fleeing an exchange-traded fund tracking Japanese stocks on concern that the new coronavirus will further dampen economic growth if it gains a foothold in the country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 7, 2020
Red flags emerge in U.S. stocks with insiders rushing to sell
The list of warning signs for the rally that pushed U.S. stocks to another record is growing longer.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 17, 2019
SoftBank plans $5 billion in rescue financing for WeWork
SoftBank Group Corp. is in discussions to provide WeWork with roughly $5 billion of rescue financing in an effort to salvage one of the conglomerate's biggest investments.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 15, 2019
WeWork prefers JPMorgan financing lifeline to rescue by SoftBank
WeWork's bankers are pitching investors on what would be one of the riskiest junk-debt offerings in recent years, and potentially giving the venture's top private shareholders a final chance to avoid having their stakes severely diluted.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 15, 2018
Trump weighs action against Saudis as denials about Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance continue
Saudi Arabia is running out of time to explain to the Trump administration what happened to journalist Jamal Khashoggi within its consulate in Turkey.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 13, 2018
Amazon looks to secure office-supply dominance with new credit card
Amazon.com Inc. is planning to offer a credit card to U.S. small-business customers, according to people with knowledge of the matter, furthering its push to supply companies with everything from reams of paper to factory parts.
BUSINESS
Dec 9, 2014
Mizuho takes a leap into the deal business
Mizuho Financial Group Inc. will join two U.S. banks in partly financing a $66 billion acquisition in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry, its president said recently, describing the move as the banking group's leap into the deal business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 23, 2013
U.S. sees huge JPMorgan deal as template for future bank settlements
The U.S. Justice Department plans to use its tentative $13 billion settlement with JPMorgan Chase as a blueprint for reaching similar deals with other banks in probes related to bad mortgages and the 2008 financial crisis.
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2013
JPMorgan to settle market-rigging case
On March 14, 2011, Blythe Masters, head of JPMorgan Chase's global commodities group, asked one of her top deputies why California power officials were making ominous inquiries into the bank's arcane and lucrative business of selling electricity. Five months earlier, Masters had been given a spreadsheet predicting that this line of business would generate profits of $1.5 billion to $2 billion by 2018.

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