NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co , Citigroup Inc and Bank of America Corp tumbled to multiyear lows on Wednesday on expectations that deteriorating credit conditions and a contracting economy will weigh heavily on the three largest U.S. banks.
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JPMorgan, Citigroup, BofA hit multiyear lows
Ballmer dismisses Yahoo buyout but open on search (AP)
Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., CEO Steve Ballmer said Wednesday, though he told shareholders that the company would still be "very open" to a collaboration on Internet search.
Read more »NY jury convicts opera-loving philanthropist
NEW YORK -- Alberto Vilar, once a pillar of philanthropy for opera and cultural institutions worldwide, was convicted on fraud charges Wednesday for swindling investors including the mother of actress Phoebe Cates out of millions of dollars.
Read more »Shippers Crushed, Forced To Take Out Pirate Insurance
The Somali pirates story is hitting the shipping industry at the worst possible time. Shippers are already taking it on the chin, as pricing power has absolutely evaporated, but now they're being forced to buy more insurance and staff up their boats, according to WSJ:
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Fed: Unemployment To Grow Through Early 2010
The Fed minutes are out, and we're still picking through the details, but we see that as of October 28-29, our high-priests of the economy saw unemployment building through early 2010:
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Bottom Or Breakdown?
Even though it's hardly a target-rich environment, stocks like these three could bounce nicely.
Read more »Pearlstein: The Bailout for Detroit
Washington Post columnist Steven Pearlstein will be online Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 11:00 a.m. ET to discuss the automotive bailout.
Read more »Editorial Roundup
-- Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:
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