JPMorgan Chase’s investment banking and trading divisions helped cushion a decline in profits, which were boosted by a one-off gain a year ago. The largest US bank said net income in the quarter fell to $15bn, down 17 per cent from a year earlier. Last year it benefited from a roughly $8bn one-off gain from…
I’ve always paid my employees for all of the work that they do as does any good employer. Of course not every Illinois employer works that way or treats their employees well. We’ve seen a handful of wage theft issues lately and thought it would be helpful to know what some employers are doing so…
As Christmastime approaches, few novelists come to mind as readily as Charles Dickens. This owes mainly, of course, to A Christmas Carol, and even more so to its many adaptations, most of which draw inspiration from not just its text but also its illustrations. That 1843 novella was just the first of five books he…
The table of contents (and the index) | Seth’s Blog The index is the search bar, the random access to the facts we can look up. The table of contents, though, that’s a point of view. It’s a taxonomy of how to understand a complicated idea. It’s the skeleton of the narrative…
This is the fourth installment in our ongoing series of client alerts on the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”). On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas determined that the CTA was likely unconstitutional and issued a preliminary injunction that enjoined the CTA and enforcement of the reporting rules under…
A new deal to start a new year: Coursera is offering a $200 discount on its annual subscription plan called “Coursera Plus.” Normally priced at $399, Coursera Plus (now available for $199) gives you access to 90% of Coursera’s courses, Guided Projects, Specializations, and Professional Certificates, all of which are taught by top instructors from leading…
“Presumably, CFPB launched the lawsuit after it determined that there was a legal and factual basis for the suit,” Valderrama writes. “Apparently, that was not the case. Now, current CFPB leadership under the second Trump administration, in an act of legal hara-kiri that would make a samurai blush, falls on the proverbial sword and attests…
The broader market indexes soared on Monday, May 12, in response to news that the U.S. and China would pause their reciprocal tariffs on most goods for 90 days — a move that built on the momentum from the trade deal framework that the U.S. and U.K. revealed at the end of last week. As…
New data shows the difference between 1980s price adjusted for inflation in 2025 and actual prices. Hopeful Geelong home buyers are paying substantially more money relative to the cost of everything else than generations before them, alarming new analysis reveals. The exclusive PropTrack research showed home prices were four-times higher than in 1980 once adjusted…
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