WASHINGTON, April 13 (Reuters) – The mortgage chief of the United States’ second largest bank was mobbed by angry borrowers on Tuesday after he invited customers to speak to him if they feared foreclosure of their homes. (more…)
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JPMorgan wants U.S. to auction its TARP warrants
By Elinor Comlay and Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK, July 10 (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co, seeking to extricate itself from a federal bailout program, wants warrants held by the government to be sold at auction, after the Treasury Department demanded too high a price for the bank to buy them back. The bank revealed its decision as a Congressional Oversight Panel overseeing the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program said it could could cost taxpayers billions of dollars if the government lets banks repurchase warrants too cheaply. (more…)


