JPMORGAN scandal: Dimon survives votes on pay, chairmanship
TAMPA, Florida (AP) — The CEO of JPMorgan Chase survived a shareholder push Tuesday to strip him of the title of chairman of the board, five days after he disclosed a $2 billion trading loss by the bank.
CEO Jamie
Romney to inch closer to clinching party nod
WASHINGTON (AP) — His nomination all but assured, Mitt Romney is set to inch closer to clinching the GOP presidential nomination with a presidential primary in Oregon.
Oregon and Nebraska are taking their turns weighing in on the Republican race,
JPMorgan’s Dimon to face shareholders in Florida
TAMPA, Florida (AP) — JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon was set to face shareholders Tuesday at the bank’s annual meeting, five days after disclosing a $2 billion trading loss that has rattled investor confidence in the company.
Shareholders were to
Geithner: JPMorgan loss shows need for tough rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Tuesday that the recent $2 billion trading loss by JPMorgan “helps make the case” for tougher rules on financial institutions, as regulators continue to implement the 2010 law aimed at policing Wall
Gov.: RI recognizing out-of-state gay marriages
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s governor on Monday declared that the state will recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere, giving gay couples the same rights as heterosexual ones when it comes to health insurance and a slew of other
$2 Billion lost, Next up for Dimon: Facing the shareholders
NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon came clean to stock analysts and accepted blame in a TV interview for a $2 billion trading mistake. Next he faces the shareholders, who have taken a big hit from the
New Obama ad attacks Romney’s jobs record
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is opening a new advertising assault on challenger Mitt Romney’s record as a businessman — his primary strength with an American electorate still deeply worried about the economy — casting the likely Republican nominee
Around world, Obama’s presidency a disappointment
In Europe, where more than 200,000 people thronged a Berlin rally in 2008 to hear Barack Obama speak, there’s disappointment that he hasn’t kept his promise to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, and perceptions that he’s shunting blame
More arrested in Fla. hate crime, conspiracy case
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Three more people with ties to what authorities described as a white supremacist group were in jail Tuesday on felony hate crime and conspiracy charges, bringing to 10 the number of arrests from a
Romney denies he was a Prep school bully to gay students
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney apologized Thursday to classmates he may have offended by “hijinks and pranks during high school” and insisted he didn’t know that some were gay.
The Republican presidential candidate issued the apology during a hastily arranged
Highlights of House GOP budget cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Highlights of House GOP legislation cutting spending by $237 billion over the coming decade.
Food Stamps — Cuts $35.8 billion by eliminating benefit increases in President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus and tightening eligibility requirements. Cuts spending by
US rights lawsuit filed against ‘toughest’ sheriff
PHOENIX (AP) — Federal authorities sued America’s self-proclaimed toughest sheriff Thursday over allegations that his department racially profiled Latinos in his trademark immigration patrols.
The U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit marked an escalation in the agency’s civil rights investigation of
Obama gay marriage support seen as world precedent
MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Barack Obama’s announcement Wednesday that he supports gay marriage boosted the hopes of gay rights groups around the world that other leaders will follow his example, though opponents denounced his switch as a shameless appeal
Poll: Women, blacks, help Obama in new AP-GFK poll
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s popularity among women, minorities and independents is giving him an early edge over his likely GOP rival, Mitt Romney, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.
The Democratic president also earns strong marks on
Obama voices his support for gay marriage
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared unequivocal support for gay marriage on Wednesday, becoming the first president to endorse the politically explosive idea and injecting a polarizing issue into the 2012 race for the White House.
Obama’s announcement, after
Texas (Democrat) inmate beats Obama in some county elections Tuesday
CHARLESTON, West Virginia (AP) — Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas is getting 4 out of 10 votes in West Virginia’s Democratic presidential primary.
Keith
Lugar loss has lessons for Republicans, Democrats
VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — Veteran Sen. Richard Lugar’s loss in the Indiana GOP primary provides warnings for President Barack Obama and his Democrats as well as Mitt Romney and fellow Republicans six months before the November election.
In
GOP blocks Senate debate on Dem student loan bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans derailed a Democratic bill on Tuesday that would keep interest rates on federal college loans from doubling July 1 in an election-year battle aimed at the hearts — and votes — of millions of
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