JP Morgans Jamie Dimon will remain chairman of the board, despite the banks $2 billion trading loss. Shareholders are also endorsing Dimons pay package from last year, which totaled $23 million. But despite the loss, the bank is still expected to out...
The political tug-of-war(拔河) in Greece is threatening to unravel Greeces bailout arrangement with its EU and IMF partners, which could cause a ripple effect through global markets. Theyre struggling to form a coalition government, without that, n...
The CEO of JP Morgan Chase says he was dead wrong when dismissed concerns about the banks trading. Speaking on ABC's Meet the Press, Jamie Dimon played down the concerns in April as a tempest in a teapot. So first, I was dead wrong when I said that....
President Barack Obama is honoring the nations top police officers. At Rose Garden ceremony at the White House, the President praised the winners of a National Police Association Award for officers who showed courage and in the line of duty. We will...
The head of JP Morgan Chase is doing a lot of apologizing today, saying he and other bank executives have a lot of egg on our face. CEO Jimie Dimon is under scrutiny by federal regulators and customers after he announced that the bank which managed t...
The House Armed Services Committee is overwhelmingly supporting a 624-billion-dollar defense legislation it calls for construction of a mission defense site on the East Coast, and [to] restore ships and planes that were supposed to be retired early....
President Obama now says same-sex marriage should be legal. NPRs Ari Shapiro reports the White House has been under pressure to clarify the presidents position since Vice President Joe Biden expressed support for gay marriage on Sunday. The president...
No new security procedures are anticipated at US airports as a result of the discovery of an al-Qaeda plot to blow up an airliner. NPRs Craig Windham reports so-called advanced explosive devices are now being examined by FBI experts. The device is sa...
Uncertainty is rippling across world markets about Europes ability to deal with its debt crisis. Voters in two countries have punished political leaders who favored austerity measures in order to help rescue Europes ailing economies. In France, the p...
Socialist Francois Hollande swept to power in France today. He beat incumbent President Nicola Sarkozy in a run-off presidential election. Hollandes supporters took to the streets in Paris to celebrate. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley says it's like Mardi Gr...
The man who claimed he planned the 9/11 attacks is before a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba today. But Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants would not answer the judge's questions and even refuse to listen to them by taking off the...
The unemployment rate has edged down to 8.1%, but that's not exactly welcome news to economists. It suggests that more people came up to look for work last month, so they were not counted in the tally. And the employers added a lower than expected 11...
GOP Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota has endorsed presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. NPR's Craig Windham reports Bachmann says her one-time rival for the GOP nomination promises a new vision of prosperity and liberty...
The San Diego Chargers former linebacker Junior Seau has been found dead at his southern California home. Police are investigating the death as a possible suicide. Authorities say the 43-year-old was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Seau sp...
President Obama has just arrived in Afghanistan in what was an unannounced trip on this anniversary of the US raid that led to the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Mr. Obama and his Afghanistan counterpart Hamid Karzai are expected to approv...
