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Paradise? Maybe, just not for an ailing bank.                           Photographer: Christopher Gregory/Getty Images

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Banking Despair in Puerto Rico

May 15, 2014

May 15, 2014

OpinionJonathan Weil

Banking Despair in Puerto Rico

Paradise? Maybe, just not for an ailing bank.                           Photographer: Christopher Gregory/Getty Images

May 15, 2014

May 15, 2014

OpinionJonathan Weil

Don't Bail Out GM Again

Would we bail out General Motors Co. if it went broke a second time?

The Chevy Cobalt: GM past, present, future?                                           General Motors photo by: Emile Wamsteker/Via Bloomberg News.

May 13, 2014

May 13, 2014

OpinionJonathan Weil

Why Did BNP Wait So Long to Cut a Deal?

Why didn't BNP Paribas settle with the Justice Department years ago, when it would have cost much less?

Delay comes with a price. Photographer: Balint Porneczi/Bloomberg

May 13, 2014

May 13, 2014

OpinionJonathan Weil

Zuckerberg and Other Geniuses Can Be Duped

Facebook investors should be glad that Snapchat turned down the company's $3 billion offer.

May 12, 2014

May 12, 2014

OpinionJonathan Weil

Who Is Checking the Numbers at Alibaba?

Who's really doing most of the audit work on Alibaba's numbers?

Trust Alibaba's accounting if you dare.  Photographer: Nelson Ching/Bloomberg

May 12, 2014

May 12, 2014

OpinionJonathan Weil

Blaming Bankers Who Say `End the Blame Game'

Former Barclays CEO Robert Diamond, who once called for an end to blaming banks, is wanted for questioning by U.K. prosecutors.

I'm over it. You should be, too. Photographer: Paul Thomas/Bloomberg

May 9, 2014

May 9, 2014

OpinionJonathan Weil

Credit Suisse's Captain Clueless Gets a Pay Raise

Why didn't Credit Suisse cut a better deal with the Justice Department years ago like UBS did?

Being oblivious can pay off. Photographer: Gianluca Colla/Bloomberg

May 8, 2014

May 8, 2014

OpinionJonathan Weil

The Best Stock Research Money Can Buy

A study shows that: Wall Street stock analysts' research reports are no more reliable than reports that companies pay for themselves.

Wall Street research hasn't gotten much better since this photo was taken in 2003. Photographer: Stefan Zaklin/Getty Images

May 8, 2014

May 8, 2014

OpinionJonathan Weil

Don't Trust the Fed's Weather Report

Two of the banking industry's most prominent overseers, Janet Yellen and Thomas Hoenig, delivered starkly contrasting messages yesterday.

I've got sunshine. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

May 7, 2014

May 7, 2014

OpinionJonathan Weil

Does the SEC Have the Guts to Tank Alibaba's IPO?

What's the SEC going to do about Alibaba's accounting firm?

Jack Ma may have to tangle with the SEC. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

May 6, 2014

May 6, 2014

OpinionJonathan Weil

I Have No Idea Why Twitter's Stock Crashed

Why did Twitter's stock plunge today? Did it have something to do with the lockup period? I have no idea, and neither does anyone else.

That Twitter bird looks good on the NYSE, but the company isn't profitable. Photographer: Scott Eells/Bloomberg

May 6, 2014

May 6, 2014

OpinionJonathan Weil

There Is Still Such a Thing as 'Too Big to Jail'

Eric Holder is backtracking when he says there's no such thing as "too big to jail."

You probably wouldn't find any bankers here. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg

May 5, 2014

May 5, 2014

OpinionJonathan Weil

How Big a Deal Was BofA's $4 Billion Mistake?

This bank has lost the capacity to be boring. Photographer: Davis Turner/Bloomberg

May 5, 2014

May 5, 2014

OpinionJonathan Weil

Viagra Maker Should Learn to Love America Again

Pfizer and its directors seem to be forgetting the great things America gave them.

Love it, and stay put. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg

May 2, 2014

May 2, 2014

OpinionJonathan Weil

Even a Money-Losing Pizza Chain Can Do an IPO

Would you buy stock in a pizza chain that can't make money after 33 years?

Have a hankering for some stock? Don't try Papa Murphy's. Source: Courtesy of Papa Murphy's Pizza

May 2, 2014

May 2, 2014

OpinionJonathan Weil

Which Mystery Bank Received the Most SEC Waivers?

Which mystery bank got the most SEC waivers?

Call it a hunch. Photographer: Ron Antonelli/Bloomberg

May 1, 2014

May 1, 2014

OpinionJonathan Weil

Why Don't Multinationals Bring More Profits Home?

Why don't U.S. companies bring more overseas profits home? Accounting rules are partly to blame.

Senator Carl Levin of Michigan gets it. Photographer: Drew Angerer/Bloomberg

April 30, 2014

April 30, 2014

OpinionJonathan Weil

So What If a Bank Cops a Guilty Plea?

Foreign banks can be charged criminally. So can tiny U.S. lenders. And so can companies big and small in just about every other industry from every country -- but not huge U.S. banks.

Preet Bharara and Eric Holder keep saying, and saying, too-big-to-jail doesn't exist. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

April 29, 2014

April 29, 2014

OpinionJonathan Weil

Why I Forgive Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman

All anybody in financial journalism really wants these days is a phone call or e-mail from Bill Ackman or Carl Icahn to share some tidbit about what they're going to say next on TV or Twitter.

Bill Ackman, did I ever tell you how much I like that suit? Photographer: Scott Eells/Bloomberg

April 29, 2014

April 29, 2014

OpinionJonathan Weil

SEC Commissioner Takes On 'Too Big to Bar'

SEC Commissioner Kara Stein goes public with her criticisms of the SEC's light-on-crime approach to banks.

Kara Stein has had enough. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg