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In China, It’s Time to Splurge Again, and the Luxury Industry Is Relieved

This time last year, Shanghai — China’s capital of fashion and luxury — was in the throes of a ruthlessly enforced Covid lockdown. The city’s glittering high-end malls and avenues […]




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Rates on C.D.s Are Soaring, but the High Rates May Not Last

If your stash is meant for emergencies, like a car repair or medical bills, you shouldn’t restrict your access to it for long. You want to be able to withdraw […]




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JPMorgan, Citigroup and Wells Fargo Report Rise in Profits Amid Industry Turmoil

Despite tenuous times for the banking industry, some of the largest U.S. lenders reported banner first-quarter earnings on Friday that easily exceeded investor expectations. And even as they warned that […]




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Jamie Dimon Reprises 2008 Role as Rescuer of a Failing Bank

On March 10, just hours after Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, the hedge fund manager Bill Ackman hosted a dinner for about 20 people at his penthouse apartment in Manhattan.The dinner […]




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The E.S.G. Fight Has Come to This: Bankers Suing Lawyers

In effect, according to the bankers’ legal filing, the demands were “creating an ongoing state surveillance system.” The bankers further claimed that the attorney general was violating their right to […]




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SEC Fines Steve Easterbrook, McDonald’s Ex-CEO

McDonald’s ex-C.E.O. pays for his firing scandal Three years after being fired as McDonald’s C.E.O. over what was eventually revealed as several inappropriate personal relationships with employees, Steve Easterbrook on […]




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A Federal Reserve President Spoke at an Invite-Only, Off-Record Bank Client Event

James Bullard, who leads the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, appeared at a Citigroup forum last week in Washington. Reporters were not invited. Read More




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The Texas Law That Has Banks Saying They Don’t ‘Discriminate’ Against Guns

Four years ago, JPMorgan Chase joined some of the nation’s largest banks in publicly distancing itself from the firearm industry after a mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., left 17 people […]




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Wall Street Banks Are Getting Flexible on Working From Home

When Tom Naratil arrived on Wall Street in the 1980s, work-life balance didn’t really exist. For most bankers of his generation, working long hours while missing out on family time […]




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Fraud Is Flourishing on Zelle. The Banks Say It’s Not Their Problem.

Another Wells Fargo customer, Julia Gibson, lost $2,500 to a similar scam in October. After she reported the fraud to the bank, it gave her a provisional credit for the […]