Risk Management

• Port Strike Threatens Home Improvement Chains

  By Chris Burritt and Brooke Sutherland, Bloomberg  |  December 28, 2012

  Looming East Coast strike could interfere with spring rush at Home Depot, Lowe's.

• Port Strike Deadline Approaches

  By Brooke Sutherland, Bloomberg  |  December 27, 2012

  Obama faces pressure to intervene and prevent East Coast strike.

• Comptroller to Demand that J.P. Morgan Remedy Controls (WSJ)

  December 21, 2012

  Will be the first regulatory action after the banking company's $6 billion trading loss.

• Swap Clearinghouses 'New Too-Big-to-Fail' Post Dodd-Frank

  By Matthew Leising and Bradley Keoun, Bloomberg  |  December 21, 2012

  Some bankers and academics are concerned about concentration of risk.

• BlackRock Faults Homogeneous Sovereign Debt Ratings

  By Sebastian Boyd and Ye Xie, Bloomberg  |  December 21, 2012

  Money manager uses its own analysis to assess country risk.

• Money Funds Brace for Influx from Bank Deposits (WSJ)

  December 20, 2012

  The end of unlimited deposit insurance could push as much as $250 billion into money funds.

• Facebook May, Like Morgan Stanley, Face Reg FD Challenges

  By Ari Levy and Douglas MacMillan, Bloomberg  |  December 19, 2012

  Settlement documents suggest Facebook could be at fault with regard to IPO, legal experts say.

• UBS Fined $1.5 billion for Libor Manipulation

  By Lindsay Fortado, Gavin Finch and Liam Vaughan, Bloomberg  |  December 19, 2012

  Misconduct deemed 'more serious than Barclays'; damning e-mails released.

• Corporate Credit Swaps in U.S. Fall on Signs of Budget Progress

  By Richard Bravo, Bloomberg  |  December 18, 2012

  Lowest level of credit-default swaps benchmark since Oct. 19

• Toyota Fined Record $17.4 Million for Not Reporting Flaws

  By Angela Greiling Keane, Bloomberg  |  December 18, 2012

  Delaying reports of a vehicle defect adds to already huge fines