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Pallavi Gogoi

FILE - In this file photo taken May 6, 2011, traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. World share markets sank Thursday, May 12, 2011, after a slide on Wall Street sparked by tumbling demand for oil and fears of slackening growth in the U.S.(AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, file) (AP)

Nasdaq drops bid for New York Stock Exchange

Pallavi Gogoi, Michelle Chapman

FILE - In this April 27, 2010 file photo, Goldman Sachs chairman and chief executive officer Lloyd Blankfein testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations hearing on Wall Street investment banks and the financial crisis on Capitol Hill in Washington. In response to widespread criticism over its practices, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, released an internal report that makes recommendations on how it can be more transparent about its business practices. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) (AP)

Goldman earnings fall 53 percent in fourth quarter

Pallavi Gogoi

In this photo taken Jan. 5, 2011, a mural of a small town is shown at Chase bank in Santa Cruz, Calif. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) today reported fourth-quarter 2010 net income of $4.8 billion, an increase of 47% compared with $3.3 billion for the fourth quarter of 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) (AP)

JPMorgan Chase’s profit jumps 47 percent in 4Q

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In this Dec. 15, 2010 photo, Jesse Paloger holds up a sign while standing on Wall Street as he hopes to find a job, in New York. Paloger, who has an accounting and economics degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, has written on the bottom of his sign, "Go-getter from California looking for my shot!" Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, the third drop in the past four weeks and a sign that the job market is slowly improving. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) (AP)

Where are the jobs? Overseas, of course

Pallavi Gogoi

Chase online banking sputtering

Pallavi Gogoi