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Robert V. Lindsay, a retired president of J.P. Morgan and the brother of former New York mayor John Lindsay, has died.

He was 86.

Wall Street stumbled after JP Morgan reported tepid quarterly earnings and on fears of a global slowdown in China. Another lackluster report on the labor market also dragged stocks down.

It would be a “moral disaster” if the United States were to default on its debts and become unable to pay its obligations, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

CEO Jamie Dimon said at an appearance in Colorado Thursday evening.

While most Americans are struggling hard to overcome the hardships of the recession, the profits of national banks continue to rise.

JP Morgan is among those who found a way to profit from the skyrocketing poverty in the US.

Comstock Homebuilding Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHCI) 16.8% HIGHER; today announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to modify the terms of the Company's senior unsecured note with Stonehenge Funding, LC, an entity wholly-owned by Christopher Clemente, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

On December 23, 2009 Stonehenge acquired the senior unsecured note from JP Morgan Ventures which had a $9,000,000 principal balance as described in the Amended and Restated Indenture between the Company and JPMV dated March 14, 2008.

If you're a freelancer, and Time Warner owes you for assignments, for a fee you can get it paid in 25 days after it's approved.

Want it in 10 days? The fee quadruples. Again, this is an acceleration of "approved payments", not the acceleration of payment.

UPGRADES: Detusche Bank upgrades Alcoa (NYSE: AA) from Hold to Buy. Click here for the full report.

Credit Suisse upgrades China Unicom (NYSE: CHU) to Outperform. JP Morgan upgrades Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) from Neutral to Overweight.

Price target $30. Sanford Bernstein raised its investment rating on Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI) from Market Perform to Outperform.

UPGRADES: Goldman Sachs upgrades ETrade (Nasdaq: ETFC) from Neutral to Buy and raised their 6-month price target from $1.70 to $2.30.

The firm cited improving trends in the bank and broker segments. Merrill Lynch/BAM is upgrading Sandisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) to Buy from Undererform with a $30 target (prev.

$9.90). Click here to read the full report.

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The numbers are mind boggling: Goldman Sachs, for instance earned $US2.3 billion, paid out $US4.8 billion in bonuses and received $US10 billion in TARP funding, while JP Morgan Chase earned $US5.6 billion, paid $8.69 billion in bonuses and received $25 billion in TARP funding.