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JPMorgan Chase Exec Ina Drew Resigns, $2B Trading Debacle Claims Its First Scalp

First JPMorgan Chase & Co. lost an estimated $2 billion in derivatives trading, and now it has lost one of CEO Jamie Dimon's top lieutenants: Ina R. Drew, JPMorgan Chase's chief investment officer and a bank employee for three decades, will step down on Monday. Matt Zames will take over for Drew, Bloomberg News reported.
 Kate Middleton

Kate Middleton?s Low-Cut, Lace-Back Turquoise Gown Grabs All Attention At Olympic Gala Concert [PHOTOS]

The Duchess of Cambridge has again surprised her royal fans at a star-studded gala dinner Friday night with her dress code and fashion sense. Kate Middleton often looks pretty when she steps out, but when she arrived for the Our Greatest Team Rises event on Friday night to celebrate Team GB and Paralympics GB at the Royal Albert Hall, in central London, she looked stunning in a beautiful Jenny Packham gown from the Spring 2012 collection.
A trader works in the J.P. Morgan stall on floor of the New York Stock Exchange, September 14, 2009.

SEC 'Probably' Drafting JPMorgan Subpoenas: Former Agent

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigators are probably in the process of drafting subpoenas against JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), if they have not already filed them, regarding the bank's loss of $2 billion through proprietary trading, said ex-SEC New York Regional assistant director Joseph Dever.
Workers tow a fin whale up a ramp to a processing plant at the Hvalfjordur whaling station, about 70 km north of Reykjavik

Bruno Michel Iksil: White Whale, or Jonah?

Following Thursday's financial earthquake at JPMorgan Chase & Co., fingers are pointing to Bruno Michel Iksil, who recently boasted that he could walk on water -- suggesting the French trader's ego is as outsized as the nemesis in Melville's novel from which his nickname the White Whale originates. Whether or not Iksil's reputation will go from fearsome whale to Jonah after he's blamed for the storm and tossed overboard is not yet known.
Ai in Tate

Chinese Dissident Ai Weiwei's Sunflower Seeds Pull In $782,000

An auction of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei's porcelain sunflower seeds at Sotheby's in New York on Wednesday has fetched almost $800,000 - but it's unclear how much of the money will find its way to the hundreds of Chinese workers who made them.
Psychologists

DSM-5: Diagnosis Manual Needs Overhaul, Psychiatrists Say

Many psychiatrists believe a new edition of a manual designed to help diagnose mental illness should be shelved for at least a year for further revisions, despite some modifications which eliminated two controversial diagnoses.
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Qatar Sovereign Fund On Buying Spree: Royal Dutch Shell, Xstrata, Eni, Total

The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) is on an investment spree, bulking up its holdings in several major companies including Royal Dutch Shell Plc (NYSE: RDS.A), Eni SpA (NYSE: E), and Xstrata PLC (London: XTA), and the sovereign fund has already taken a holding Total SA (NYSE: TOT) and is pursuing avenues to invest in Glencore International Plc (London: GLEN), sources reported Friday.

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