The 1% Are Suckers for Luxury-Goods Labels

Even the Occupy Wall Street crowd should like investing in luxury-goods companies.

Early in Money, Power and Wall Street ,? a two-night, four-hour investigation by Frontline into the 2008 financial crisis, former JPMorgan Chase & Co. s investment bank Co-Chief Executive Officer Bill Winters recalls a 1994 staff retreat in Boca Raton, Florida.

Farrell: The more you trade at Wall Street's casino, the richer your broker gets.

The financial performance is in line with Wall Street’s expectations and reflected G.E.?s strategy of paring back its reliance on its big finance arm and relying more on its industrial businesses.

With the coming U.S. presidential election, 2012 offers voters, business leaders and politicians an opportunity for a joint debate over the fundamentals of capitalism in America. Occupy Wall Street and its coast-to-coast spinoffs captured the headlines…

And now it is winter. Wall Street rejoices, hoping that the change of seasons will mean a change in our spirit, our commitment to stop them. They couldn’t be more wrong.

CHICAGO – From Occupy Wall Street protesters to retirees, consumers are riled up about bank fees like few other personal finance issues in memory.

What is the message of the Occupy Wall Street protesters?

Bank of America officials have discussed slashing roughly 40,000 jobs during the first wave of a restructuring, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the plans.

It is easy enough to find someone on Wall Street to say that the wild ride in August for the stock market does not foreshadow another Great Recession.