#What crisis? Big bank profits soar despite banking troubles 

#What crisis? Big bank profits soar despite banking troubles 

Large U.S. banks reported massive earnings Friday, signaling that the biggest institutions largely shrugged off the banking crisis stemming from Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse.  JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the nation, posted $12.6 billion in first-quarter profits, a whopping 52 percent increase from the same period last year.  Wells Fargo’s quarterly profits rose 32…

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#SEC’s Gary Gensler ‘passes’ the buck

#SEC’s Gary Gensler ‘passes’ the buck

“SEC’s Gary Gensler ‘passes’ the buck” It’s bad enough that our political class never lets a good crisis go to waste in pursuing harebrained policies that sound good on paper but usually fail in practice (ObamaCare). It’s another thing to make the crisis — in this case soaring energy prices and rampant inflation — worse….

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#Citigroup to cover expenses for staff out-of-state abortions

#Citigroup to cover expenses for staff out-of-state abortions

“Citigroup to cover expenses for staff out-of-state abortions” Citigroup has started covering travel expenses for employees who go out of state for abortions because of newly enacted restrictions in Texas and other places, becoming the first major US bank to make that commitment. The new policy is “in response to changes in reproductive healthcare laws…

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