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JPMorgan slashes dividend

JPMorgan Chase & Co , the second-largest U.S. bank, slashed its common stock dividend 87 percent on Monday, a surprise move by a lender considered among the strongest in the U.S. financial sector. The bank also said it has been solidly profitable this quarter, and that the outlook for the three-month period is roughly in line with analyst forecasts. Shares rose 5.5 percen...

JPMorgan slashes dividend; shares rise on outlook

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JPMorgan Chase & Co, the second-largest U.S. bank, slashed its common stock dividend 87 percent on Monday, a surprise move by a lender considered among the strongest in the U.S. financial sector.

Offshore energy may add $8 trillion to economy: Group

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Allowing energy exploration and production offshore, now currently banned, could make an impact on the U.S. economy of more than $8 trillion over the next 30 years to the Gross Domestic Product and support 1.2 million jobs annually over its years of development, the American Energy Alliance said in a study Monday.
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JPMorgan Chase slashes dividend 87 percent

namely, to help stabilize the banking system and economy. The bank said it hopes to return to a more normalized dividend as soon as feasible once the environment stabilizes. Bank of America Corp and Citigroup Inc , JPMorgan's largest rivals, have slashed their dividends to a penny per share since November. Shares of JPMorgan fell 30 cents to $19.21 in after-hour...
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Ford in UAW deal, Europe plays hardball with GM

Ford Motor Co reached a tentative deal with the United Auto Workers that would slash cash payments for its retiree health care, while European governments ruled out rescue plans for General Motors Corp's struggling Opel and Saab units. The U.S. Treasury also named Steven Rattner, co-founder of private equity firm Quadrangle Group, as an adviser on the restructuring of th...
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AmEx paying card holders to close their accounts

American Express Co., battered by mounting credit card losses, is offering $300 to a limited number of U.S. card holders who pay off their balances and close their accounts, the company said on Monday.
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Dow tumbles to 11-year low on fear about banks

The Dow Jones industrial average fell to an 11-year low on Monday as investors dumped shares on uncertainty about the latest potential U.S. government action to shore up beleaguered banks. Making matters worse, worries about a fall-off in business and consumer spending on technology hurt the biggest names in the tech sector. IBM and Hewlett-Packard were the top drags o...
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Abu Dhabi's IPIC to buy debt-laden Nova Chemicals

have truly outstanding fundamentals, it seems to me that you ought to be thinking about that as investors and not just the short-term concerns. The deal will allow Nova to strengthen its balance sheet so it can keep operating and expanding, the companies said. IPIC agreed to give Nova a $250 million backstop facility to improve its liquidity. Meanwhile, Nova won a new $150 million credit faci...
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U.S. Says No to Bank Takeovers, Yes to More Capital

U.S. regulators including the Treasury and Federal Reserve issued a joint statement saying the government stands firmly behind the banking system and said the government would ensure the banks had enough capital and liquidity to provide credit needed for economic growth.
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Mexico Televisa quarterly net seen down 11 pct

Top Mexican broadcaster Televisa is seen posting an 11 percent fall in net profit during the fourth quarter of 2008, hit by higher tax reserves and a steep fall in the value of the peso currency.
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Stanford's Virgin Islands assets not seized

Allen Stanford has millions of dollars worth of assets on the Caribbean island of St. Croix, but U.S. regulators have not seized any in their probe of the Texas billionaire, a U.S. Marshal said on Monday.
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Bank doubts drag Wall St down

U.S. stocks fell on Monday due to uncertainty about the likely success of the government's latest bid to shore up beleaguered banks, including Citigroup , and a drop in technology shares pulled indexes lower. Initially, investors welcomed reports that the government could convert an earlier investment in Citigroup into a larger common stock holding as a sign the United States is ready...
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UAW and Ford reach deal on retiree health care trust

is subject to ratification by active UAW-Ford members and other conditions, including concessions from other stakeholders. The proposed modifications were expected to be presented to the union's local Ford leadership at a council meeting early this week, according to the unions. The modifications will protect jobs for UAW members by ensuring the long-term viability of the company, UAW Pres...
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Stanford's Virgin Islands assets not yet seized

Allen Stanford has millions of dollars worth of assets on the Caribbean island of St. Croix, but U.S. regulators have not seized any in their probe of the Texas billionaire, a U.S. Marshal said on Monday.
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Obama seeks new momentum in pivotal week

Just a month into his presidency, Barack Obama has had to deal with everything from Cabinet missteps that have strained his no-drama Obama image to an economic crisis that seems to worsen by the day.
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Germany and Sweden play hardball with GM units

Germany and Sweden ruled out underwriting rescue plans for Opel and Saab while Canada's Industry Minister warned on Monday that the crisis-hit North American car industry was at the precipice of nonexistence. Underlining the severity of the crisis battering the car industry, with sales plunging as the credit crunch hits consumer confidence, assembly lines at some Volkswagen p...
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Pakistan army halts operations in Swat

The Pakistan army said on Monday it had ceased operations against Taliban militants in the northwestern valley of Swat, and an Islamist cleric asked for troops to be shifted to safer places to give peace a chance.
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NATO confident of Afghan election reinforcements

NATO forces in Afghanistan are confident member states will provide thousands of extra troops as temporary reinforcements for presidential elections in August, the deputy commander of NATO-led forces said on Monday.
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Freed Guantanamo detainee accuses U.S. of torture

A British resident held at Guantanamo Bay for more than four years returned to Britain a free man on Monday and accused the U.S. government of inflicting medieval torture on him -- with British collusion.
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Wall St. retreats as financials turn negative

Stocks retreated on Monday and the S&P briefly fell more than 1 percent as financials relinquished earlier gains fueled by reports Citigroup is in talks to give the U.S. government a larger stake.
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Pope names Dolan archbishop of New York

Pope Benedict named the 59-year-old archbishop of Milwaukee as the next archbishop of New York, the highest profile post in the U.S. Catholic Church, the Vatican said on Monday.

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