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Just how much bank did the big banks make in the first quarter? Wall Street is about to find out

by Reema Khrais
Apr 14, 2017
The big banks will start rolling out their first-quarter earnings reports today and expectations are high. But Wall Street will also be looking for clues to a lending mystery: why aren’t banks doing more of it?  Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
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Banks celebrate good stress tests with stock buybacks

by Tony Wagner
Jun 30, 2016
Thirty-one banks passed, and their shareholders are getting paid.
Tourists take photos in front of Morgan Stanley headquarters June 9, 2009 in New York City. 
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31 of 33 big U.S. banks pass stress tests

by Mitchell Hartman
Jun 30, 2016
The Federal Reserve will allow many of the nation's biggest banks to return up to two-thirds of net profits to shareholders.
JPMorgan Chase was one of the banks that passed the Fed's annual stress test.
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Despite the times, college grads still flock to big banks

by Gigi Douban
Jun 6, 2016
Goldman Sachs received 250,000 applications this hiring season
People run in the rain outside the Goldman Sachs headquarters building December 16, 2008 in New York City.
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It's surprisingly hard to figure out what big banks spend to follow the rules

by Tony Wagner
Apr 13, 2016
But even if we did, would it matter?
A man walks past JP Morgan Chase's corporate headquarters in New York City.
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Will low interest rates keep crimping bank profits?

by Annie Baxter
Oct 12, 2015
Earnings reports will show how banks continue to deal with low interest rates.
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Mixed signals: Decoding the economy

by Kai Ryssdal and Paddy Hirsch
Apr 14, 2015
Decoding the economy's mixed signals
First quarter earnings are on the upswing for big banks. 
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Wall Street's earnings-report parade

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jan 14, 2015
For the big banks, there’s no storm yet, but there are clouds on the horizon.
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Goldman Sachs argues for a big bank breakup

by Tracey Samuelson
Jan 7, 2015
Shareholders would benefit if JPMorgan Chase split into smaller pieces, report says.
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EU gives big banks $2.3 billion slap over rate rigging

by Chris Morris
Dec 4, 2013
The European Commission has hit a half dozen big banks, including Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan Chase, with a record $2.3 billion fine for colluding to rig two benchmark lending rates that set the price of money between banks
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