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  • JPMorgan’s Trading Loss May Call for More Fed Supervision

    JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s trading position that led to a $2 billion loss may call for increased Federal Reserve scrutiny of risk management as the central bank steps up its post-crisis supervision of lenders.

  • Lugar Concession Speech Tells All About Polarization

    “We have been studying Washington politics and Congress for more than 40 years, and never have we seen them this dysfunctional,” wrote Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein in the Washington Post. “In our past writings, we have criticized both parties when we believed it was warranted. Today, however, we have no choice but to acknowledge that the core of the problem lies with the Republican Party.”

  • Facebook’s Organ Donation Success Needs Follow-Up

    Facebook Inc. took a momentous action last week. And I don’t mean its announced intention to sell shares for $28 to $35 in an initial public offering later this month.

  • Obama Re-Election Momentum Hits Snag in April Jobs Report

    A slowdown in job growth in April cuts the economic momentum behind President Barack Obama’s re- election bid as he prepares to officially begin campaigning.

  • Dallas Museum Seeks to Shade Pension-Backed Tower’s Glare

    A Dallas pension fund’s glass-skinned apartment tower may need costly changes after the Nasher Sculpture Center, home to works by Degas, Picasso and Rodin, complained of damaging light and heat reflected by the building.

  • China’s Population Crash Could Upend U.S. Policy

    It isn’t quite true that demography is destiny. But if Nicholas Eberstadt is right, our destiny is going to be shaped by demography in ways we may not expect.

  • Top Earners Pay Higher Tax Rate Without Buffett Rule

    President Barack Obama is promoting a “Buffett rule” setting a minimum tax rate for top earners to ensure they pay a higher percentage of their income than middle- class families. For the most part, they already do.

  • Health Care Too Big to Not Consider Restructuring

    Thomas Miller, head of the American Enterprise Institute's Health Reform Project, talks about U.S. health care. He speaks on Bloomberg Television's "Surveillance Midday." (Source: Bloomberg)

  • Moms Praised as Romney, Obama Hunt for Women Voters

    Long before the two parties directly engaged in the 2012 general election, White House senior adviser David Plouffe identified the key political target for Barack Obama: a middle-aged white woman in Ohio.

  • FHA Bailout Risk Looming After Guarantees: Mortgages

    The Federal Housing Administration won’t be able to earn its way to financial health this year, increasing the chance it will need a taxpayer bailout, based on an updated forecast from Moody’s Analytics, which provides the agency’s housing-market analysis.

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