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Goldman Sachs predicts blockbuster 2026 for M&A mega-deals
Goldman Sachs is predicting a blockbuster 2026 for mega-deals across Wall Street as it and the other US banking giants unveiled a string of bumper financial results this week.
Jamie Dimon jokingly says he plans to stay in JPMorgan CEO job 'at least' 5 more years
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon told a top business conference Thursday that he plans to stay on in the role for "at least" another five years -- an oft-repeated refrain from...
More top Wall Street bankers blast Trump's proposal to cap interest on credit card payments
President Trump's announcement blindsided the industry, sending banking shares tumbling across Wall Street this past week.
Here's why Queen Elizabeth II banned Netflix CEO from swanky Windsor Castle bash
Aides to Britain’s longest-reigning monarch blocked Sarandos from getting on the guestlist for the inaugural UK Global Investment Summit on October 19, 2021, three senior British political insiders close to...
Citi profits hit by Russia charge after ending 2025 with strong dealmaking performance
The Jane Fraser-led New York powerhouse posted net income, which is profit after taxes and expenses, of $2.5 billion for October through December, down from $2.9 billion a year prior.
BofA CEO Brian Moynihan 'bullish' on US economy as traders boost quarterly profits
The Charlotte-based giant reported net income of $7.6 billion, or 98 cents per share -- the profit after taxes divided by the number of shares outstanding -- for the three...
Wells Fargo's profits hit by severance costs as bank lays off 5,600 workers
In June 2025, the Fed finally lifted a $1.95 trillion asset cap imposed in 2018 after the Wells Fargo fake accounts scandal, where employees opened millions of unauthorized accounts to...
JPMorgan CEO slams DOJ probe of Jerome Powell, warning investigation could stoke inflation
Jamie Dimon defended Powell, saying, "anything that chips away” at the central bank’s independence “is not a good idea."
JPMorgan profit takes a hit as it builds $2.2B reserves for Apple card deal
The bank's CEO Jamie Dimon said the US economy remained "resilient" and that "consumers continue to spend, and businesses generally remain healthy."
NYC power broker eyes new gig with Saudi Arabia's $1T sovereign wealth fund
The move to join Riyadh’s money-spinning $1 trillion Public Investment Fund, if sealed, would mark a sensational U-turn for the outgoing 79-year-old CEO of Partnership for New York City, who...
JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon reaps massive windfall in 2025: report
If confirmed, the supposed massive haul would put the long-serving JPMorgan boss's net worth closer to that of New York's hedge fund titans and Silicon Valley's tech founders.
Dallas mayor predicts 'flood' of Wall Street firms to quit NYC under Mamdani
The 50-year-old attorney has worked closely with Governor Greg Abbott to offer generous tax breaks to attract the likes of Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Canadian giant Scotia Bank and others.
Hollywood actors' union secretly plotting possible strike over Netflix-WBD merger
Hollywood actors could go on strike over the planned Netflix-Warner Bros. Discovery tie-up, with their trade union secretly plotting a possible work stoppage in the New Year over fears the...
Olivia Nuzzi shacked up in $3.5M compound — 45 minutes from RFK Jr's LA mansion
Sources told this outlet that the 32-year-old has been hiding from the glare of the paparazzi at the two-bedroom house owned by a Los Angeles restaurant magnate.
Cash-strapped 'woke' Wall Street watchdog braces for Trump admin crackdown on 'political' nonprofits: sources
Tax filings by George Soros's Open Society Policy Center, another non-profit, show that it donated a total of $400,00 to PESP from 2021 to 2022.
Goldman Sachs taps prosecutor on scrapped Adams case to run investigations at bank: sources
Sources close to Sobelman, an alum of Colgate University and Brooklyn Law School, said he is to join the David Solomon-led lender "imminently."
JPMorgan launches new crypto fund for wealthy investors -- after Dimon called bitcoin a 'fraud'
The bank's asset-management division, which handles $4 trillion, will start the fund with $100 million of its own money and open it to outside investors on Tuesday, the Wall Street...
Jared Kushner eyes Apollo, KKR to join Ukraine's postwar reconstruction fund: sources
Larry Fink's BlackRock, Marc Rowan's Apollo Global Management and Henry Kravis's KKR are in talks to manage a US investment fund to bankroll postwar reconstruction in Ukraine, The Post has...
Wall Street giants ‘debanked’ coal, gas, other politically sensitive businesses, regulator says
The nine banks include JPMorgan Chase Bank, Bank of America, Citibank, Wells Fargo, US Bank, Capital One, PNC Bank, TD Bank, and BMO Bank.
New Jeffrey Epstein emails show disgraced financier's deep Wall Street ties persisted after first arrest for sex crimes
A cache of more than 18,000 messages shows how Epstein invested $1 million in a prestigious hedge fund just weeks after sex pest allegations first surfaced