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• How JPMorgan's Dimon conquers his critics

  by Patricia Sellers

  JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon is getting plenty of practice handling protesters lately. "Stop the loan sharks" read the T-shirts worn by some protesters hovering outside the company's annual meeting this morning.

  Dimon assuaged the shareholders--he predicted a rise in the dividend to 30-40% of earnings "later this year or early next year" if U.S. unemployment goes down and credit improves.

  The crowd was tougher, potentially, this past Sunday MORE

  Patricia Sellers - May 18, 2010 3:09 PM ET
  Posted in: banks, CEOs, finance, Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase, Postcards

• Fortune 500: a few surprises!

  Two surprising additions to the top 10 of the new Fortune 500, out today: Bank of America (BAC) at No. 5 and JPMorgan Chase (JPM) at No. 9.

  That's evidence that the financial crisis has made the big banks bigger--and amidst consolidation, the survivors mightier. Goldman Sachs (GS), No. 39 measured by revenues, ranks sixth on the 500 in terms of profitability. Last year, Goldman earned a stunning $13.4 billion on MORE

  Patricia Sellers - Apr 15, 2010 12:35 PM ET
  Posted in: Bank of America, banks, CEOs, Citigroup, consumer goods, FORTUNE MPWomen, JPMorgan Chase, Postcards

• Jamie Dimon's full disclosure

  by Patricia Sellers

  It's an important next couple of days for JPMorgan Chase (JPM).

  The company reports earnings tomorrow morning.

  And on Thursday morning, we'll see how far the $100 billion bank--yes, that's how big, in terms of annual revenues, JPMorgan has grown through the financial crisis--has surged up the Fortune 500.

  I know. But I can't tell you. Watch for the Fortune 500's release at 7:30 a.m. Thursday.

  So, it's a good moment to MORE

  Patricia Sellers - Apr 13, 2010 12:57 PM ET
  Posted in: banks, CEOs, finance, Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase, Postcards, Wall Street

• Populism booms in banking and beyond

  Are the populists taking over the world?

  One rabble-rouser, Arianna Huffington, has concocted a remarkable stunt, which she calls the Move Your Money Project, to rally consumers to transfer their deposits from big banks to small community banks across the U.S. Alas, there's no run yet on Citigroup (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), or Wells Fargo (WFC). But the Move your Money campaign--which the blog queen dreamed up MORE

  Patricia Sellers - Jan 8, 2010 12:47 PM ET
  Posted in: Arianna Huffington, Bank of America, banking, banks, blogging, Citigroup, Huffington Post, JPMorgan Chase, Postcards

• A pair of Dimons at JPMorgan Chase

  by Patricia Sellers

  Ted Dimon Sr. started a new job yesterday.

  Not just any job. Formerly a broker at Merrill Lynch, Dimon joined the brokerage unit of JPMorgan Chase (JPM). His son happens to be CEO of the parent company.

  Word is, Jamie Dimon steered clear of the deal to hire his 78-year-old dad, who arrived with five other Merrill brokers in tow. According to people close to father and son, Ted MORE

  Patricia Sellers - Nov 10, 2009 12:10 PM ET
  Posted in: Bank of America, banks, CEOs, Citigroup, finance, Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Postcards, Power Shift, Sallie Krawcheck, Sandy Weill, Wall Street

• JPMorgan Chase's view on China

  So now we have evidence that Goldman Sach's (GS) Lloyd Blankfein and JPMorgan Chase's (JPM) Jamie Dimon are the rock-star CEOs in financial services. Two days after Goldman announced blowout quarterly profits, JPMorgan soundly beat the Street today.

  Investors predicted it. JPM's stock is flat today, trading around $36--that's evidence enough. But one thing few investors knew is that Dimon spent a month, until July 2, in Asia--confident enough, obviously, to MORE

  Patricia Sellers - Jul 16, 2009 3:52 PM ET
  Posted in: banks, CEOs, earnings, finance, Jamie Dimon, Jing Ulrich, JPMorgan Chase, Postcards, Wall Street

• Bits of inspiration to end the week

  This is a short post on a Friday to close an inspiring week. I told you about going to the Time 100 gala on Tuesday evening. What a high. The biggest names there were influential women, starting with Oprah, who wrote the piece about Michelle Obama in the Time 100 issue. At the dinner, the First Lady talked about social entrepreneurship and the best-of-breed innovators, like Donors Choose, whom we MORE

  Patricia Sellers - May 8, 2009 3:59 PM ET
  Posted in: banks, finance, Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase, Leadership by Geoff Colvin, management, Michelle Obama, OPrah Winfrey, Paul Krugman, philanthropy, Postcards, Wall Street, Washington

• Power Point: Accountability starts at the top

  "We will hold ourselves accountable for what we do, and that starts with me."

  -- Citigroup (C) CEO Vikram Pandit testifying before Congress on Wednesday. The heads of eight of the nation's top banks, which have collectively received $165 billion in government rescue funds, appeared together before the House Financial Services Committee to explain what they've done with the money so far.

  The CEOs—including Goldman Sach's (GS) Lloyd Blankfein, Wells Fargo's (WFC) MORE

  Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Feb 11, 2009 7:06 PM ET
  Posted in: banks, Barney Frank, CEOs, Citigroup, Congress, finance, Goldman Sachs, Jamie Dimon, John Stumpf, JP, JPMorgan Chase, Lloyd Blankfein, politics, Postcards, Power Point, Vikram Pandit, Wall Street, Washington, Wells Fargo

• Wrath for Rubin, and Mack's shot at redemption

  Such wrath! Readers' comments on Friday's post about Bob Rubin were angrier than I ever expected. A half-dozen commenters suggested that the onetime U.S. Treasury Secretary, whose reputation collapsed along with the fortunes of Citigroup (C), should go to jail for bungling the job that he's now leaving. On the one hand, I'm tempted to say: Calm down! There's no evidence - not a whiff - that Rubin did anything MORE

  Patricia Sellers - Jan 12, 2009 2:28 PM ET
  Posted in: Bank of America, banks, Bob Rubin, CEOs, Citigroup, finance, Hank Paulson, Jamie Dimon, John Mack, JPMorgan Chase, Ken Lewis, Leadership by Geoff Colvin, management, Morgan Stanley, Postcards, Power Shift, Wall Street, Washington