A deadly Wall Street bombing still remains unsolved 95 years later
It's one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in American history, but not many people know about it. On September 16, 1920, a horse-driven carriage loaded with dynamite exploded in the heart of the...
View ArticleThe hero of Michael Lewis' book 'Flash Boys' wants to take on the New York...
IEX Group, the stock trading venue at the center of Michael Lewis' book 'Flash Boys' has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to become a stock exchange.The filing was published on the SEC...
View ArticleMeet the investment banking dealmakers working on a $275 billion mega-merger
Bud Light maker Anheuser-Busch InBev announced Wednesday that it wants to buy SABMiller.The deal could be valued at as much as $100 billion, and if successful would be the biggest takeover this...
View ArticleThe biggest Wall Street payday in years faces a ticking clock
A bid for SABMiller by Anheuser-Busch InBev could be one of the top six corporate takeovers in history.The deal would create a merged group with a value of around $275 billion, and serve as a fee...
View ArticleWall Street's best bankers keep leaving the industry
Wall Street bankers are jumping ship to work at the companies they advise.JPMorgan banker Henry Gosebruch is the latest to make the move, leaving his role at banking giant JPMorgan for drugmaker...
View ArticleA French telecom giant is buying Cablevision to move into the US market
Cablevision is selling itself to the European telecommunications giant Altice for nearly $18 billion, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal reported.The deal, expected to be announced as soon...
View ArticleBillionaire JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon says there's no point in slashing CEO...
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says it's OK that chief executives get paid way more than their average employees — and that cutting down on executive compensation wouldn't help eliminate income...
View ArticleJAMIE DIMON: 'I don't want to retire'
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon doesn't want to retire.Asked about his retirement date, Dimon, who was speaking at a financial-services conference on Friday, said that every time he gets that question, he...
View ArticleThe 42 best football players on Wall Street
Football season has already kicked off.Anyone who plays football professionally knows he won't be able to play forever. That means players need to have post-football career plans in mind.For some,...
View ArticleJPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon on the Fed: 'It’s a lot of chatter about nothing'...
Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan's chief executive, isn't fretting over the Fed.Speaking at a financial-services conference on Friday, the banking chief said all the recent buzz about whether the Federal Reserve...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs is using Snapchat stories to lure millennials into its workforce
Goldman Sachs is getting involved with the popular social-media platform Snapchat.The banking giant is going to post a series of 10-second videos to Snapchat's Campus Story platform, according to...
View ArticleNYSE is about to introduce a change that will be important when the market...
The New York Stock Exchange is about to make a change to how it shares information with investors after coming under fire from clients for how it handled stock market swings in August.The Big Board...
View ArticleBank of America is so desperate to win a potentially embarrassing vote that...
Bank of America is facing a critical vote next week — and it looks like the board is pulling out all the stops to avoid an embarrassing defeat.On Tuesday, shareholders will be asked to vote on whether...
View ArticleBill Ackman and some of the best tennis players in global finance faced off...
While Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer prepared for the finals at the US Open in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Sunday, Wall Street's biggest hitters were playing in their own version of a Grand...
View ArticleThe $472,500 question: Which Wall Street bank should you work for?
If you work in investment banking or sales and trading, you may think you've made it on Wall Street.But does a front-office job at any old bank really mean you've made it?It turns out your pay varies a...
View ArticleJAMIE DIMON: 'America has the best hand ever dealt right now'
America has never had it so good.That is according to JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, who sat down with NBC New's Chuck Todd to chat about the history of Detroit, American politics, and China.Todd said he...
View ArticleThe CEO of one of America's most powerful financial institutions says CEOs...
The CEO of one of America's most powerful financial companies said Sunday that CEOs have some attributes that would serve a president well, but running the country might be better left to a...
View ArticleMeet Wall Street's favorite Silicon Valley incubator (DB, PYPL, LC)
Plug and Play is a West Coast technology accelerator and investor which counts DropBox, Zoosk and SoundHound as portfolio companies. It is also now home to a financial technology program, running two...
View ArticleWall Street is trying to tap into the 'enormous' potential of the technology...
Bitcoin has gone from a hacker plaything to a mainstream financial instrument accepted in coffee shops. But Wall Street doesn't care about the cryptocurrency. It is the technology behind it - the...
View ArticleDick Fuld's massive Sun Valley compound sold at auction for a 'record...
Former Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld's gorgeous Sun Valley, Idaho compound sold last week for a "record-breaking" price at an auction.The winning bidder for the 71.3-acre Big Wood River Estate is an...
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