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U.S. units of foreign lenders including Deutsche Bank AG may be required by regulators to comply with tougher capital rules that some banks sought to skirt, three people with knowledge of the discussions said.
The Federal Reserve, drafting standards for the nation's largest banks, may force non-U.S. firms to house all of their U.S. businesses, including securities trading, within a regulated holding company, said the people, who requested anonymity because the rules haven't been completed. That means local units would have to bolster capital in the U.S. to guard against losses regardless of their parents' resources.
Deutsche Bank and London-based Barclays Plc have changed their U.S. legal status in the past two years to discard the holding-company structure. The treatment could force foreign banks to inject capital into their U.S. units and limit their ability to move funds across borders, said Luigi De Ghenghi, a partner at law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York.
"Fragmenting capital along regional lines will impose real costs on doing cross-border banking," said De Ghenghi, a member of the firm's financial-institutions group. "Global banks will risk ending up with overcapitalized units all around the world because regulators are reluctant to allow the repatriation of capital once it's moved to their jurisdiction."
Seizing Assets
The Fed's move fits with a worldwide trend of increasing local supervision powers, according to Barbara Matthews, managing director of BCM International Regulatory Analytics LLC, a Washington-based consulting firm. Regulators are moving in that direction because of the failure to agree on a cross-border resolution framework for globally active banks, she said.
"So when the next crisis hits, you can seize the assets of the local unit and prevent its liquidity from fleeing your jurisdiction," Matthews said.
The Fed provided $538 billion of emergency loans to the U.S. units of European banks during the financial crisis, almost as much as it did to U.S. firms. That increased political pressure on lawmakers and regulators to tighten rules for all.
Foreign lenders currently can choose whether to create U.S. bank holding companies. Those units were exempt from capital standards as long as their parent firms were well-capitalized. The 2010 Dodd-Frank Act removed that exemption. Some non-U.S. lenders then altered their legal structures to remain outside the scope of local capital rules.
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Sox edge Twins in 10, 3-2SportsDirect Inc.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Jonny Gomes plated the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the 10th as visiting Boston picked up its third straight win, 3-2, over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.
David Ortiz and Jacoby Ellsbury each added an RBI and Alex Wilson (1-0) picked up his first major-league win in relief of Clay Buchholz, who struck out nine and allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings. Koji Uehara worked a scoreless 10th to earn his first save.
Dustin Pedroia led off the 10th with a single and Josh Roenicke (1-1) walked David Ortiz before Will Middlebrooks laid down his first sacrifice bunt. Minnesota elected to intentionally walk Stephen Drew to face the right-handed Gomes, who lofted a fly to left that rookies Aaron Hicks and Oswaldo Arcia converged on before Hicks made the play and threw late to home as Pedroia came across.
Pedro Florimon provided the runs for the Twins with a two-run homer in the third and Vance Worley allowed an unearned run and six hits in six strong innings.
Florimon's blast to right gave Minnesota a 2-1 lead in the third and the Red Sox evened things up in the seventh. Gomes walked and moved to third on Jarrod Saltalamacchia's double before Ellsbury's single up the middle bounced off two different gloves and found its way into center field.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Boston RF Shane Victorino (back) got the night off and is day-to-day. ... Ortiz went 3-for-4 for his first multi-hit game since April 30 at Toronto. ... Twins C Joe Mauer (back stiffness) was held out of the lineup and is day-to-day. Ryan Doumit started at catcher.


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SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Two children were among four people killed when a car collided with a minivan on a rural Northern California highway, authorities said.
The wreck came as a Toyota Prius crossed the center line on Highway 50 near Placerville on Saturday night and struck a Toyota Sienna minivan "broadside," said California Highway Patrol spokesman Officer John Frizzell.
The crash also left three people injured. Earlier reports had put the injury toll at five.
Three people in the Prius were killed in the crash, Frizzell said. They were identified as 38-year-old Sheng Kun Su, who was driving; 39-year-old Shu Zhen Zhao; and 8-year-old Shawn Su, all from Oakland. Another child in the car, identified as 10-year-old Elly Su, was hospitalized with severe injuries, CHP Officer Sean Ricci told the Sacramento Bee.
Of the five people in the minivan, a 4-year-old girl from Pollock Pines was killed, Frizzell said. Nora Elizabeth Temple died after being taken to a hospital. A 35-year-old female driver and a 52-year-old man suffered minor to moderate injuries. Twin 1-year-old boys were not injured.
Weather conditions at the time of the crash were clear.
"We don't know what caused the Prius to cross into oncoming traffic," Frizzell said Sunday. "There's an infinite number of possibilities."
Investigators have pulled computers from both vehicles that would indicate how fast they were going at the time of the crash, but collecting that information would probably take days, Frizzell said.
The highway where the crash took place is just outside of Placerville, about 45 miles east of Sacramento. The highway has two lanes, with minor to moderate curves, and with a speed limit of 65 miles per hour, Frizzell said.


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JBAS-6104; slow Seam deploymentsAles Justin Oct 17, 2008 3:08 AM
Moving the https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBAS-6104 discussion here.
Instructions to re-produce error:
"Jozef Hartinger" wrote:
I have encountered strange behaviour of AS when testing Seam 2.0.3.CR1 recently. To reproduce follow these steps:
a) deploy Seam booking example
b) some interaction is needed so book some hotel
c) undeploy Seam booking example
d) deploy Seam drools example
example starts to deploy but at some point it hangs and looks like nothing is happening - no messages being appended in log not even debug messages however I noticed heavy disk usage. Usualy after waiting more than 10 minutes second example is still not deployed. It happens in both Seam 2.0.3.CR1 and Seam 2.1.0.CR1. Same situation with registration and itext example. Issue may be caused by problem with undeploying the first example. in some cases second example gets deployed after several minutes.
Stan is able to re-produce it with different set of Seam examples:
"Stan Silvert" wrote:
I took a look at this. I used numberguess instead of drools, but followed the same steps above.
What I found was that numberguess does eventually get deployed and will work properly if you wait about 5 minutes after step d).
I guess something needs to time out. It's definitely weird behavior.
Shane's investigation begins. :-)
"Shane Bryzak" wrote:
Not much progress on this so far, I got to step c, undeploying the booking example which worked however threw some exceptions during undeployment. I then tried to deploy the drools example, which cause the app server to just sit there grinding the hard disk for at least 30 minutes (with no successful deploy).
I'm currently building the latest trunk of JBossAS so that I have something a little more recent to test against.
"Shane Bryzak" wrote:
Ok not looking much better on latest trunk either.. the HotDeployFilter bug is still happening (every single request is resulting in a full redeploy) and it's generally running dog slow. I'll spent some time profiling to try and nail down some more specific details.


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LONG POND — One after the other, the IndyCar drivers walked into the media center at Pocono Raceway.
LONG POND — One after the other, the IndyCar drivers walked into the media center at Pocono Raceway.
And one after the other, each politely described the uniqueness of the raceway's 2.5-mile triangle and the challenges it creates.
Then, Ryan Briscoe summed up what each driver — most seeing it for the first time in person — must have been thinking.
"Who thought to make an oval like this?" Briscoe said with a smile.
Welcome to Pocono Raceway, Ryan, the home of the Tricky Triangle.
After a 24-year hiatus, IndyCar racing will return to the superspeedway on July 7 for the Pocono IndyCar 400. Fourteen teams, including the top five drivers in points, were conducting tests in preparation for the race July 7, the first IndyCar event since 1989 when Danny Sullivan took the checkered flag.
"It's different, for sure it's different," said points leader Helio Castroneves. "For sure we're going to have four wide in the front straightaway, or five wide probably, no question about it."
One of the unforeseeable variables is the racing groove. Depending on the width of the groove — the area where cars can safely travel without losing grip — will impact passing.
If the groove is narrow, the racetrack may feel more like Indianapolis, but that remains to be seen. Another question for drivers is the car setup and which turn to be the strongest.
"It's always a compromise," said Ryan Hunter-Raey, who is second in points and has two wins this year. "If you make one corner perfect, the next corner is going to be loose and vise versa. It's just the way this place is. And with the changing wind direction, I'm sure when we come back here we'll have a different wind, it'll change the whole track. But you have to look at what pays off the most, where you're the strongest and focus on that and where you can make passes on other cars."
There are some second-and third-generation drivers expected to start on July 7. Marco Andretti is the grandson of IndyCar champions Mario Andretti and son to Michael Andretti. He has not won this year, but has four top-5 finishes.
Graham Rahal was born in 1989, the same year Pocono Raceway last hosted an IndyCar race. He's the son of the 1986 Indianapolis 500 winner, Bobby Rahal. Bobby Rahal had one career win at Pocono Raceway in 1988.
"Anytime you can draw off of a person like that, someone like dad who has so much experience, at any track it helps us," Graham Rahal said. "Quite frankly when they've driven at so many different sorts circuits, they can help you anywhere.
"He'll be here when we come back next week and I'm sure he's looking forward to it. This track, it's a hell of a lot of fun that's for sure. It keeps your attention."


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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Members of a church in Haiti said on Saturday that an American missionary slain in his home this week was well liked and called on police to find his killer.
George Knoop, 77, was stabbed multiple times Tuesday afternoon in the Delmas section of Haiti's capital. The missionary from Chicago was alone at the time and apparently knew his assailant, according to friends and police.
Detectives have taken two statements, but no arrests have been made in the case and the motive for Knoop's murder is still not known, said John Munsell, chairman of the board for the Quisqueya Chapel in Haiti where Knoop worked.
"We're definitely wanting this person to be found and brought to justice," said Munsell. The Quisqueya Chapel is a non-denominational and evangelical church.
After he was stabbed, Knoop called a security guard who worked at the church and cried for help. Munsell said Knoop may have called the guard because it was the first number he could reach in his cellphone.
Church members then went to Knoop's home, a two-minute drive away, and he was found on the floor. Police later recovered the knife. A computer was apparently stolen during the attack but it does not appear robbery was the motive
Knoop was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead at 5:09 p.m.
"In terms of us here at the chapel we are not aware of any conflicts he had with people," Munsell said. "He was well-liked."
Knoop also mentored young men and led Bible study groups. "He worked with guys, take them under his wing and follow up with them. 'How's it going?' That kind of stuff," Munsell said.
Knoop came to Haiti for the first time in 2010 in the aftermath of the earthquake. He became an elder with the Quisqueya Chapel and a worked as a volunteer for U.S.-based Missionary Flights International.
He was divorced and didn't have any children, Munsell said.
The church has planned a memorial service on Wednesday afternoon.
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NEW YORK (AP) — September was supposed to be ugly for financial markets.
The prospects of a U.S. attack on Syria and less economic stimulus from the Federal Reserve only added to investor worries going into September, which historically is the worst month of the year for stocks.
Instead, the Dow Jones industrial average is up 3.3 percent so far this month, even after it slipped 26 points, to 15,300.64 on Thursday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index is up 3.1 percent this month, after falling six points Thursday to 1,683.42.
The S&P 500 rose for seven straight days before Thursday, its longest winning streak since July. The Dow climbed three straight days before Thursday's loss.
Another positive sign for markets is the CBOE Volatility Index, sometimes referred to as "Wall Street's fear gauge." When the VIX, as it is better known, moves higher, it means investors expect more volatility in the next 30 days. It is down more than 15 percent this month. Gold, another signal of investor fear, is down more than five percent.
What happened to gloomy September?
The recent de-escalation of the U.S.-Syria crisis combined with a calming in the bond market has provided fuel to lift stocks, market strategists and investors said. Expectations of stronger corporate earnings are also helping out stocks, investors said.
While the ultimate fate of a U.S. attack on Syria is unknown, it looks like an immediate missile strike isn't happening soon.
Syrian President Bashar Assad said Thursday his government has agreed to surrender its chemical weapons in response to a Russian proposal.
"Syria is still there as a concern, but it's starting to de-escalate," said Richard Sichel, chief investment officer at Philadelphia Trust Co., which manages $1.9 billion in assets.
While Syria's economy is too small to have an impact on the global economy, the country is important for oil markets since a conflict there could escalate and jeopardize the flow of crude from the Middle East.
"We're no longer looking at the worst-case scenario," said Burt White, chief investment officer with LPL Financial.
It's also important to look at what's happened in the bond market the last couple of weeks, said J.J. Kinahan, chief strategist at TD Ameritrade.
Investors had been dumping bonds most of the summer, Kinahan said, as investors prepared for the Fed to quickly wind down a bond-purchase program that had kept interest rates low for so long. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note soared from 1.63 percent in early May to 3 percent last week. Bond prices fall as yields rise.
Nearly every major debt investment in the U.S. is pegged to the 10-year note, from rates on corporate loans and home mortgages to student loans. When yields rise, it raises the cost of lending for everyone — potentially cutting into corporate profits, weighing down the stock and housing markets, and ultimately affecting the economy.
"The yield on the 10-year Treasury may be the most important number in the entire world," White said.
But after the 10-year note struck that psychologically-important three percent mark, the selloff of the notes slowed, along with the rise of the yield.
Most investors have become more comfortable with the Fed's plan and do not believe the central bank will reduce its bond purchases as much as originally anticipated, several investors said. The Fed is buying $85 billion of bonds each month. It could limit purchases to $75 billion or $80 billion a month, instead of $55 billion.
"The bond market got ahead of itself and expected a big exit by the Fed and frankly that hasn't happened and it's unlikely it's going to happen," White said.
There are other signs of a calmer bond market. Verizon Communications sold $49 billion in bonds Wednesday, the biggest bond sale ever by a corporation. Demand was robust as bond investors placed more than $100 billion in orders for Verizon's offering. On the same day, the Treasury Department auctioned off $21 billion in fresh 10-year notes, which was also met with strong demand.
"The fact that the market was able to absorb that much supply is very important," said Eric Wiegand, senior portfolio manager for the U.S. Bank's private client reserve.
The amount of money in the U.S. bond market is around $38 trillion, roughly double the size of the U.S. stock market. So when things calm down in the bond market, it affects stocks.
Investors are looking ahead to slow but steady growth in corporate earnings, as third-quarter earnings season starts up in October.
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Newtown gunman buried in private funeral, father's family saysBy PETER RUDEGEAIR
December 31. 2012 11:59AM
The gunman who killed 27 people and himself in Newtown, Conn., this month in the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history was buried at a private service over the weekend, a spokesman for his father's family said Monday.
The location of Adam Lanza's burial was not disclosed. His father, Peter Lanza of Stamford, Conn., claimed the body, said the spokesman, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Connecticut's chief medical examiner released Lanza's body on Dec. 27, a spokesman for the office said.
Police say Lanza, 20, shot and killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, in her home on Dec. 14 before forcing his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School and killing 20 first-grade students, six faculty members and himself.
"Like so many of you, we are saddened, but struggling to make sense of what has transpired," Peter Lanza said in a statement the day after the shooting.
Peter Lanza and Nancy Lanza divorced in 2009, and Adam Lanza continued to live with his mother in Newtown about 5 miles from the Sandy Hook school.
Police have so far offered no motive behind the attack. Connecticut State Police spokesman Lt. Paul Vance has said it will likely be months before a final report on the incident is released.
The shooting ranks as the second-deadliest at a U.S. school or college, exceeded only by the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia, which left 32 people dead.
The incident has renewed the debate about gun control in the United States. President Barack Obama on Sunday called the day of the Newtown shooting the worst day of his presidency and has pledged to bring the full weight of his office behind efforts to pass new gun control measures.


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You need a demolition permit to remove a building. If you are in an environmentally critical area, you need a demolition permit no matter the size of the building.
You don't need a demolition permit if:
For demolition with construction: If you're building a new building on the same property, your demolition permit will be issued with your construction permit. You don't need to apply separately.
For demolition without or before construction: If you're not replacing the building, or plan to get your building permit later, you must apply for a demolition permit and submit drawings.
Our land use code has special rules for demolition of housing. In some cases, we won't issue your demolition permit until we have issued your building permit. If you'd like to deconstruct your building instead of demolishing it, you may be able to get a deconstruction permit before the building permit is issued.
The fee for a demolition permit is the base fee per the current fee schedule, plus any additional review fees. You may need to pay additional hourly review fees if the disturbed ground area exceeds 750 square feet or deep cuts in the soil or shoring are needed. You pay 75 percent of your fees when you submit your plans. You pay the remaining fees when you pick up your permit.
The total time it takes to get your permit depends on how complex your project is and how many corrections you need to make on your plans. We try to finish initial review of simple permit applications in 2-3 weeks (8 weeks for complex projects) from when you pay or intake fees. You will need to schedule an intake appointment after your screening has been approved. (See next available appointment times.)
If your plans require corrections, we recommend planning for 4 weeks per correction cycle (2 weeks for you to respond to corrections and 2 weeks for us to review the changes). The average project involves 2 correction cycles. Our final review usually takes one week.
If you have a small demolition project or are demolishing the interior only, you may be able to get a subject-to-field-inspection permit, which is issued on the same day that you apply.
Get your property information. Find property information to help you plan your project.
Determine restrictions to your project.
Research Stormwater Code requirements: We may require a drainage review of your project. You need to determine whether stormwater requirements apply to your project to submit a complete and accurate application.
Find incentives for your project. Research the City's different incentives that might apply to your project.
Attend a coaching session. We offer 20 minutes of free coaching at the Applicant Services Center to answer drainage, land use, geotechnical or construction permit questions. If you need a longer coaching session, we offer one-hour sessions with hourly fees applied.
Start your application. Complete the Building & Land Use Pre-Application online using the Seattle Services Portal. You will need to include a preliminary site plan with the form.
Request a pre-application site visit. You need a pre-application site visit if you will disturb more than 750 square feet of land or disturb any land on a site with an environmentally critical area (other than liquefaction or peat-settlement prone areas). Request a pre-application site visit online through the Seattle Services Portal. Our report will include information about your next steps, what to include in your plans, and what to provide at your intake appointment.
Request a pre-submittal conference (optional). We recommend pre-submittal conferences for very complex projects, including buildings with unusual structural systems, substantial alterations, or work in environmentally critical areas or shorelines. You will need to pay a minimum conference fee of 1.5 hours of staff time. We might charge additional hourly fees based on the number of City staff attending the conference, and the amount of follow-up time required.
Prepare your plans. Plans should be to scale and easy to read.
Fill out forms.
Coordinate with other agencies. You may need permits or approvals from other agencies. These are the most common agencies you may need to work with for your permit type:
Get your project screened by our permit techs. We screen your application to make sure it's ready to submit. We prefer that you submit your application for screening through the Seattle Services Portal. Screening is also available on a walk-in basis at the Applicant Services Center on the 20th floor of the Seattle Municipal Tower. You may schedule an appointment without screening if you are a consistently prepared applicant with a rating of 80 percent or better.
Schedule an intake appointment. Schedule an intake appointment through your Seattle Services Portal.
Pay fees. Approximately 75 percent of your permit fees are due at intake. The fees are calculated based on your project value.
Make corrections and resubmit your plans. Your project reviewer will send you a corrections letter if changes are needed.
Pay fees. You will need to pay all outstanding fees before we issue your permit.
Print permit. You will be contacted when your plans are approved. You can print your permit and approved plans from your Seattle Services Portal.
Display your permit and plans. Place your permit in a visible location on the project site. You need to have copies of your approved plans on site for the inspectors.
Get related permits. You may need to get additional permits or approvals from other departments.
Request an inspection. See the construction inspections page for when to call us and how to schedule your inspection.
Get special inspections. If we assigned special inspections as part of your permit, some parts of your project will need to be inspected during construction. See the special inspections page for more details.
Close out Special Inspections for your project. See the special inspections page for information on how to submit a final letter to us for review.
Close your permit. Your permit information will be archived in our electronic document management system.
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's president says Nelson Mandela has steadily improved over the last few days after being diagnosed with a lung infection and undergoing gallstone surgery.
President Jacob Zuma said Thursday that the 94-year-old Mandela's condition had been serious but that the anti-apartheid icon had responded well to treatment.
Mandela was admitted Dec. 8 to a hospital in the capital, Pretoria.
Mandela was a leader of the struggle against racist white rule in South Africa, serving 27 years in prison for his beliefs.
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Fuengirola is a city in the Costa del Sol in southern Spain.
It is one of a number of villages along the Costa del Sol that has grown up with and due to tourism.
Get in
The main airport is Malaga International and just about every airline in Europe runs regular flights into it. The cheapest options from the UK being the usual Ryanair, Jet2 and EasyJet. Spanair offers a good European service, as do Sterling from Scandinvia. Once on the ground you have a few options:
Fuengirola is a 25km drive from Malaga airport. Numerous rental car agents operate from within the airport, but you can usually save a few Euros by going to cheaper rental companies across the road from the airport, rather than renting from a company inside the airport. However, in reality hiring a car can be a poor choice, unless you are only stopping overnight. In Fuengirola it is often difficult to find on-street parking and in summer the traffic can be challenging for visitors. It can be a better option to get the train or a taxi into the city on the first night and then rent a car by the day if you wish to go sightseeing in the surrounding areas.
Fuengirola is 20 minutes by taxi from Malaga airport, and taxis are available 24 hours a day. Fares are usually €25–30 (depending on time & season). The usual, common sense rules apply when taking a taxi abroad: agree the rate in advance, and if the driver is being vague mention ask to see the rate card "to help him understand your requirement". All taxis are required to have one. Be aware of the minibuses, as they will often try to charge you €65 or more.
This will take you approximately 35 minutes by light rail from Malaga airport. Fuengirola is the last stop. The station is situated about 2 minutes' walk from the terminal building, just go out of the door at departures and turn to the right. It's well sign posted. The fare is €1.75 (€1.85 Weekends and holidays) but make sure you have change as it's self service and there is almost always a ticket inspector. The first train leaves at 05.44 and then every 30 minutes until the last train at 22.44 and is very punctual indeed.
Get around
Fuengirola is a city, but chances are you will only visit the centre and beach front and it is possible to walk everywhere. The light train is excellent for getting up the coast as is the bus service. Both stations are in the centre of the city, 5 minutes walk from the marina.
This is very much personal taste and the kind of night you are out for. The clubs are mostly on the beach front and get going at around midnight. There are some very good bars towards the centre of town if the beach front isn't your scene.
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Wells Fargo & Co. WFC, -0.40% is the country's most profitable bank, and its shares outperform those of rivals J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM, -0.17% Citigroup Inc. C, +0.35% Bank of America BAC, +0.25% Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS, +0.89% and Morgan Stanley MS, +0.85%
Yet, it's still a bargain for investors.
Wells Fargo's shares are being held back on fear that the regulatory and political biases against the nation's largest lenders will restrain growth. Despite the headwinds, the San Francisco-based bank's stock has risen 6% this year, beating Bank of America's 4% gain. Their other major rivals have recorded declines. And Wells Fargo's stock has surged 166% over five years, the best of the group.
The company today once again showed its banking prowess. First-quarter net income applicable to common stock rose to $5.6 billion, or $1.05 a share, from $4.9 billion, or 92 cents, a year earlier. Profit beat the consensus estimate of 97 cents among analysts polled by FactSet. Beating by such a large margin is telling, given that earnings season was set up for disappointment when J.P. Morgan said in February that trading volume was running at a pace 15% lower than a year earlier.
J.P. Morgan disappointed investors, with net income of $5.27 billion, or $1.28 a share, missing the consensus EPS estimate of $1.40, sending the company's stock down over 3%. Wells Fargo's stock, in contrast, was up over 1% in afternoon trading.
J.P. Morgan may be the largest U.S. bank, with total assets of $2.477 trillion, but Wells Fargo has been earning more with a much smaller balance sheet. Wells Fargo has $1.536 trillion in total assets.
Wells Fargo is the nation's leading mortgage lender, and has been suffering along with peers form the epic slowdown of mortgage-refinance volume that began in the second quarter of 2013 as long-term interest rates began to rise. First-quarter mortgage banking revenue was down 46% to $1.510 billion. That's quite a drop, but it wasn't as painful as what J.P. Morgan's 65% plunge to $514 million in mortgage fees and related income.
Still, Wells Fargo's revenue declined 3.3% to $20.6 billion. J.P. Morgan's fell 8% to $23.0 billion, with all major categories except for asset management posting a drop.
A major factor in Wells Fargo's earnings improvement was a reduction in credit costs. The first-quarter provision for credit losses was $419 million, compared with $1.26 billion a year earlier. J.P. Morgan's first-quarter provision was $850 million, up from $617 million.
Turning back to Wells Fargo, the company's net interest income inched up 1% to $10.6 billion. Growth in average loans of 3% made up for a decline in the net interest margin to 3.20% from 3.49% a year earlier.
The narrowing margin may appear alarming, but it follows the industry trend. Even though long-term rates are up, many asset types continue to reprice at lower rates, since the Federal Reserve has kept the short-term federal funds rate in a range of zero to 0.25% since late 2008. From recent Fed comments, it appears the federal funds rate may begin to rise in the middle of 2015, which will be a boon for most banks.
J.P. Morgan's average loans rose 1%, but its net interest income was down 2% to $10.7 billion. That's a fascinating number, showing that even though the nation's largest bank has a 61% larger loan pool than Wells Fargo, its net interest income is only slightly higher, reflecting J.P. Morgan's more complicated business mix.
Here's another interesting set of figures: Wells Fargo's average credit-card loan balances were up 9% to $26.3 billion, while J.P. Morgan's were flat, at $123.3 billion.
Wells Fargo's average commercial loan balances were up 6% to $378.4 billion. This is one area where J.P. Morgan matched Wells Fargo, with average loan balances in its Commercial Banking segment up 6% to $137.7 billion.
The efficiency ratio is an interesting measure that underlines the performance gap between the two companies. The ratio is a bank's overhead expenses as a percentage of net revenue. Wells Fargo's first-quarter efficiency ratio was 57.9% to J.P. Morgan's 65%.
Wells Fargo's return on assets was 1.57%, improving from 1.49%, while return on equity was 14.35%, increasing from 13.59%. J.P. Morgan reported return on assets of 0.89%, down from 1.14%, while its return on common equity declined to 10% from 13%.
So what does all of this mean to investors? Simply, Wells Fargo's stock is cheap. The shares closed at $47.71 Thursday and traded for 11.1 times the consensus 2015 earnings estimate of $4.29 a share. J.P. Morgan's stock was second cheapest among large-cap U.S. banks, closing Thursday at $57.40, or 9.1 times the consensus 2015 EPS estimate of $57.40.
J.P. Morgan's stock may also be a bargain, but investors need to worry about the regulatory target on its back. The safer play, judging by years of better performance, superior loan growth and a less complicated business model, is Wells Fargo.
More must-reads from MarketWatch:
Hawaii, Texas banks outperform Wall Street titans
Trading, lending slumps hit J.P. Morgan's bottom line
Are rising rates good for banks — and you?


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Ocala police arrested a man on Thursday suspected of stealing two large-screen televisions from a Walmart on consecutive days.
Ocala police arrested a man on Thursday suspected of stealing two large-screen televisions from a Walmart on consecutive days.
According to an Ocala Police Department report, Bryan K. Bybee, 48, of Lady Lake, gave the TVs to a drug dealer.
On Wednesday, a loss prevention officer at the Walmart at 4980 E. Silver Springs Blvd. told Officer Mike Diesso that a man was seen on surveillance video walking to the electronics department, removing a 50-inch Sanyo television, placing it in a shopping cart and leaving without paying for it.
On Thursday, the loss prevention said the same man again entered the store, took another 50-inch Sanyo, placed it in a shopping cart and walked out the building.
This time, he was stopped and escorted back to the store. A store official called OPD.
According to the OPD report, Bybee told Officer Diesso he stole the television on Wednesday and had returned on Thursday for another one to give to his drug dealer. Bybee told him he has stolen many items from other Walmarts in the county.
Searching him, the officer found a small notebook in one of his pockets that contained a list of various items Bybee said were things he wanted to take, according to the report.
He was arrested, charged with two counts of grand theft and taken to the Marion County Jail.
Bybee has since been released from jail on $4,000 bond. He could not be reached for comment Friday morning.
Local court records show Bybee was convicted in 2005 on several offenses, including dealing in stolen property, grand theft of a motor vehicle and introducing contraband into a detention facility. He also has a retail petit theft conviction from 2004.


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Califone Launches 901 Wireless Headphone
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New listening device connects multiple users to support Common Core goals
San Fernando, Calif. (July 14, 2014) – Listening devices that help students achieve the goals outlined in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are a critical component of today's classrooms. To meet this need, Califone International, Inc., a leader in the design, development and manufacturing of audiovisual (AV) and supplemental curriculum products for use in education, announces the release of its 901 Wireless Headphone. The rechargeable headphone and separate 3.5 mm transmitter connect students to listening activities on computers, laptops, tablets and other mobile devices.
"Teachers have expressed a need for greater student flexibility and range than traditional wired headphones to access learning materials," said Tim Ridgway, vice president of marketing for Califone. "The 901 Wireless Headphone allows a 20' wireless listening range. It also enables multiple users to listen to one device with a single transmitter, giving educators the ability to group students with like abilities for a smaller differentiated learning community with the learning resources they need to succeed."
The headphone and transmitter charge in 2-3 hours, offer continuous play for 8-10 hours and come with a cord for conventional wired listening. Both components are built with durable ABS plastic to withstand classroom use. The 901 Wireless Headphone can be resized to fit learners of any age. It offers multiple listening options, including FM, wireless transmission and digital audio from a micro SD card. Students using the wireless headphone can share the audio with others by having a traditional wired headphone plug into the wireless 901. Any number of users can listen wirelessly to a single transmitter within the device's 20-foot range.
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Phoenix resident Gail Louise Olson will spend 30 days in jail and pay restitution for taking financial advantage of an elderly man she befriended for four years, a Jackson County judge decided Thursday.
Judge Lorenzo Mejia also prohibited Olson from serving as a caregiver for anyone outside her immediate family.
A jury found Olson guilty Thursday of first-degree criminal mistreatment toward the late John A. Becker of Phoenix, who gave Olson more than $110,000 in cash payments, signed over his car to her and took out a life insurance policy naming her as the beneficiary before he died in May 2012.
The verdict followed three days of often emotional testimony in court.
Olson was silent, often stoic, during the trial, but denied the charges brought against her after her sentencing.
"I loved John a lot. He was my best friend. I only did things to help him because he asked me to. He loved me like a daughter," Olson said, visibly distressed and wringing her hands behind her back.
"I don't know what to say. I didn't do anything wrong, I'm sorry. I can't admit to something I didn't do."
Becker's children John B. Becker and Sandy Becker both spoke to the courtroom through tears after the verdict was read. They said Olson's actions caused a rift in the family when members became suspicious of Olson, but their father refused to believe their concerns.
Sandy Becker said she found some comfort that her father seemed to understand what had happened in his final days.
"Things were so stressful and he was so angry for the last six to eight months, but the day he died, he had been asking for me," she said, wiping her eyes.
"I came back on Sunday and he opened his eyes and he looked at me and he reached out and grabbed my hand and he would not let go, so I knew that he knew I was there and that he loved me. ... With everything we went through as a family with the anger with Dad and the distrust, none of it was ever there until Gail came into his life."
John B. Becker spoke of regret for the time he was estranged from his father. During his testimony, Becker said the small amount of life insurance that Olson continued to try to claim — even recently — was not the family's focus.
"Unlike my sister, I don't think my dad ever did forgive me, which I guess I'll live with the rest of my life," he said. "But I'm not really a vindictive person and I don't want to see any harsh judgment really come to Gail other than I would not want to see her profit any more from what she's done.
"I also hope there's some way that she can be prevented from being a caregiver to another elderly person in the future, because what she did was obviously on purpose. And she may deny it, but I was there and I lost the last three years of a good relationship with a father who I've been close with for 60 years."
Olson's restitution will be set during a future hearing. Mejia (not the jury, as was reported in previous version) granted the defense's motion for acquittal on the second count of first-degree criminal mistreatment.
— Buffy Pollock
Phoenix woman sentenced to 30 days in jail for bilking elderly man
Phoenix resident Gail Louise Olson will spend 30 days in jail and pay restitution for taking financial advantage of an elderly man she befriended for four years, a Jackson County judge decided Thursday.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 24th Sep 2013 22:49 UTC, submitted by Radio
I missed this one:
The 2012 patent trial that grabbed the most headlines was Apple's $1 billion win (since reduced) against Samsung. But Apple also suffered a major patent setback of its own last year when a patent-holding company called VirnetX won a $368 million verdict against the tech giant.
The consequences of Apple's loss are now starting to become clear. This month, testimony in a court hearing showed that not only is Apple facing royalty payments that could cost it many millions more, but it has already made changes to one of its premiere products, FaceTime - changes that reportedly have degraded the service's quality.
While I won't shed a tear for Apple losing a patent lawsuit, this does illustrate once more why the system is broken.


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Patriot Pyro Review
If you were to go outside and ask any random person, let's say between the ages of 4 and 18, if they like fire, chances are they'd respond by saying, "Yes, I'm a pyro." These people obviously can't all have the same mental illness of pyromania, but the joy of playing with fire is something many human beings share. An example of this, at least to some degree, is Patriot Memory. I say this partly because of Patriot's Wildfire SATA III and Inferno SATA II SSDs, and partly because of the release of its newest SSD, the Patriot Pyro. Like many of the SSD releases we've seen recently, the Patriot Pyro is a SATA III 6Gb/s drive that uses the SandForce SF-2281 controller. For this reason, the drive should share the same 500MB+ read and write speeds. Despite the drive's SATA III interface, it is still backwards compatible with the more common SATA II interface. The drive also features DuraClass, DuraWrite, and TRIM technologies. Today we'll be taking a look at Patriot's 120GB version of the Pyro, which can be had for $209. 60GB and 240GB models are also available. With so many SSDs currently available all sharing the same SF-2281 controller, what makes the Patriot Pyro the drive to buy? Well that's easy — Patriot Memory hopes to have positioned the Pyro at a price point that will give the user the best price/performance ratio. As for whether or not this is true, well, let's put this drive to the test and find out!
Closer Look:
The Patriot Pyro's packaging uses a black and orange color scheme, similar to the packaging found on the Torqx. The packaging has a window located directly in the center that gives us our first glimpse of the Pyro SSD. To the left of the drive, the packaging highlights its MLC Architecture, SATA III interface, and 2.5" form factor. The very top of the packaging features the Pyro SATA III logo, while the Patriot logo is located on the bottom right corner. Flipping the drive over reveals some highlighted features in a few different languages. These include the drive's silent operation, low power consumption, and shock/vibration resistance.
Opening the box reveals the Patriot Pyro in a secondary clamshell packaging. Unlike many newer SSDs, the Patriot Pyro doesn't come with any extras other than the user's manual. Opening the manual up reveals a quick installation guide, as well as some more of the drive's features. While it's not the most important accessory, I would have liked to see an included 3.5" adapter.
Now that we've removed the Patriot Pyro from its packaging, let's take a closer look at the drive and its insides!


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|Santa Barbara > Virtual Tour
|Stearns Wharf - In 1872 construction was completed on what had just become the longest deep-water pier between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Named for its builder, local lumberman John P. Stearns, the wharf served the passenger and freight shipping needs of California's South Coast for over a quarter century.
|Santa Barbara Mission - This is where it all began for Santa Barbara. The mission is one of the most beautiful in the state and offers real historic insight. Many events are scheduled at the Mission and it continues to be a focal point of cultural and religious activity.
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|Santa Barbara Courthouse - This magnificent Spanish-Moorish "palace" was built in 1929 and is surrounded by lawns and a sunken tropical garden that plays host to many functions through out the year. Hardly a Sunday afternoon goes by that a festival, concert or get together of some sort isn't taking advantage of the beauty of this setting.
|Santa Barbara Beaches - Santa Barbara has an abundance of sand, surf and sun. Each beach has its own character and offers a variety of amenities. Take a virtual tour of a few local beaches. We'll be adding more beach virtual tours on a regular basis so come back and see what's new!


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HOOVER, Ala. (AP) - Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike
Slive says the league won't be able to sustain recent success
without avoiding "self-inflicted wounds," such as NCAA sanctions
and coaches drawing attention to themselves at the expense of
others in the SEC.
At SEC Media Days in Hoover Wednesday, Slive said he has told
conference coaches it is time to recommit to following the rules.
Five years ago, the league adopted a policy requiring coaches to
report concerns about other SEC schools to their athletic
Several coaches have publicly aired out complaints or
accusations about their peers or other schools in recent months.
Slive also pointed to the league's three straight football
national titles and other athletic successes in saying this period
might someday be regarded as the league's "golden age."
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Eli Manning hurled three touchdown passes -- including the franchise-best 200th of his Giants career -- and New York dominated Green Bay 38-10 Sunday.
Manning's third touchdown of the game, a 13-yard toss to Hakeem Nicks in the third quarter, gave the Giants their final margin of victory and boosted him past Phil Simms' former club record of 199 career TDs.
Manning completed 16-of-30 pass attempts for 249 yards and no interceptions. Nicks five grabs overall for 77 yards as the NFC East-leading Giants (7-4) broke a two-game losing streak.
Victor Cruz and Rueben Randle each made a scoring reception while New York's defense recorded five sacks.
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Title: The Dresden Files – Storm Front Vol 1: The Gathering Storm
Authors: Jim Butcher, Mark Powers, Ardian Syaf
Publisher: Del Rey
May Contain Spoilers
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A graphic novel based on the bestselling Harry Dresden books by Jim Butcher!
If circumstances surrounding a crime defy the ordinary and evidence points to a suspect who is anything but human, the men and women of the Chicago Police Department call in the one guy who can handle bizarre and often brutal phenomena. Harry Dresden is a wizard who knows firsthand that the everyday world is actually full of strange and magical things—most of which don't play well with humans.
Now the cops have turned to Dresden to investigate a horrifying double murder that was committed with black magic. Never one to turn down a paycheck, Dresden also takes on another case—to find a missing husband who has quite likely been dabbling in sorcery. As Dresden tries to solve the seemingly unrelated cases, he is confronted with all the Windy City can blow at him, from the mob to mages and all creatures in between.
I am new to The Dresden Files, and I have been putting off reading this graphic novel adaptation of Storm Front because I was afraid I wouldn't understand what was going on. This is the second comic series based on the novels, which made me doubly apprehensive; I haven't read any of the novels, I wasn't familiar with the Welcome to the Jungle GN series, and I didn't even know that there is a TV show based on the series. Dean told me about the show when he saw me reading the book. I felt like I have been living under a rock!
It didn't take long for me to get caught up in the story, and by the end, I was totally engaged. Dresden is pretty darn cool! He even battles a demon in his birthday suit! Do you know how hard it is to look tough and intimidating when you are fighting for your life while you are as naked as a jay bird?? Harry pulls it off with aplomb. I love his character – he makes mistakes, doesn't really learn from them, but he sure can roll with the punches. And the baseball bats! I hope he has a generous health insurance policy, because he sure does get beaten up a lot!
In this adventure, Harry is helping the police track down a killer. He's quickly threatened by a mobster and a vampire, and neither one would shed any tears if anything fatal happened to him. Even the White Council is out to get him; they think he is the only person who could have committed the grisly crime. They are also good at holding grudges. Despite everyone warning him off the case, and the threats against him, Harry is determined to solve the mystery. Whoever the killer is, they aren't joking around. The murderer is dangerous, and needs to be found before someone else turns up very, very dead. Such an unpleasant and painful way to die. too!
I enjoyed my first foray into Dresden's world. The magical and the mundane mix together, disrupting Harry's life. Fairies, vampires, and demons all manage to cause him grief, some much more than others. Harry's life is complicated, and when you start tossing mobsters, vampires, and women into the picture, it's no wonder that the guy is still single. He gets the crap beat out of him, pisses off several people by just breathing, and even double books a Saturday night date. Oops! I'm not surprised that his cat is about the only one who has his back.
Storm Front was a fun introduction to the Dresden Files. I hopped on over to the library catalog and placed a hold on the first graphic novel, Welcome to the Jungle. I am out of luck on the next volume of Storm Front though; I'll have to keep checking the library and hope that they eventually get a copy.
Grade: B
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