JPMorgan Chase net rises 20 pct
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JPMorgan Chase & Co.  said on  Wednesday second-quarter net income rose 20 percent on strong  investment banking and asset management results.
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Morgan Stanley's MS.N third-quarter   earnings soared 59 percent, beating expectations, as the   largest U.S. investment bank posted strong trading and banking   gains despite a summertime slowdown in the markets.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. on Wednesday said its profit jumped 20 percent in the second quarter, as the nation's third-largest bank benefited from a surge in investment banking fees.
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U.S. securities firm Morgan Stanley  on Tuesday said fourth-quarter profit rose sharply on higher investment banking activity, offset in part by lower fixed-income sales and trading results.
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Bank of New York Co. BK.N, which  operates the oldest U.S. bank, on Wednesday said third-quarter  profit rose, helped by year-over-year growth in securities  servicing fees.
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Morgan Stanley MS.N on Wednesday   said quarterly earnings rose on strong trading and merger   activity, as the largest U.S. investment bank continued its   turnaround from a tumultuous 2005.
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Up to 20,000 customers leave First Direct after it starts charging a monthly current account management fee.
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The number of Americans filing new  claims for unemployment benefits rose 20,000 last week, the  government said on Thursday in a report that continued to be  somewhat inflated by hurricane-related claims.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co.  said on Wednesday it tripled the amount set aside for loan losses as even borrowers with good credit defaulted on home equity loans, hurting the bank's quarterly profit.
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Pier 1 Imports Inc.  said on  Wednesday it agreed to sell its private-label credit card  operations to JPMorgan Chase & Co.  for about $155  million, boosting its shares more than 10 percent.
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Morgan Stanley  on Wednesday said its second-quarter earnings rose 41 percent to a new record, beating expectations on higher trading and investment banking results.
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Auto parts maker Johnson Controls Inc.  JCI.N on Tuesday said quarterly net earnings rose 2 percent,  supported by increases in battery sales and its  building-controls business.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. on Wednesday said fourth-quarter earnings rose 22 percent, driven by record revenue in its investment banking and capital markets segments.
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JPMorgan's third-quarter results were better than bad.
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J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM.N posted  lower third-quarter earnings on Wednesday, missing analyst  expectations, as costs from its July merger with Bank One Corp.  and anemic fixed-income trading revenue hurt profits.
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Transportation services giant United Parcel Service Inc. said Thursday that third-quarter earnings rose 20 percent year-over-year, on a nearly 8 percent rise in worldwide sales.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Bear Stearns Cos. reported Tuesday a 22.6 percent increase in fourth-quarter net income, as investment- and merchant-banking results rose.