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Dimon blasts press for missing the big picture

Giulia Marchi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., speaks during an interview on the sidelines of the JP Morgan Global China Summit in Beijing, China, on Monday, June 5, 2017. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon had some critical words Friday for …

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What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week

Uptown, the Met Breuer is hosting a broad exhibition of the art of Lygia Pape, Brazil’s most restless modernist; downtown, the Whitney is opening a retrospective of the psychedelic Brazilian Hélio Oiticica. Both artists appear in Galerie Lelong’s healthy introduction to Grupo Frente, the abstract art movement they participated in …

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Earnings were good, so here’s why bank stocks are down

Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images A pedestrian carries an umbrella while walking along Wall Street past the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Banks are beginning to report earnings. All four banks reporting (JP Morgan, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, and PNC) beat earnings expectations and all but Wells …

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US business inventories rebound as sales fall

Shawn Patrick Ouellette | Portland Press Herald | Getty Images A forklift operator moves bottles of Poland Spring water at the Hollis facility in Hollis, Maine. U.S. business inventories rebounded in May as sales recorded their biggest drop in 10 months, government data showed on Friday. The Commerce Department said …

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Liu Xiaobo’s Dying Words for His Wife

But his last known writing shows how Mr. Liu, whose fame began in the 1980s as a quarrelsome literary academic, remained an artistic soul who drew inspiration from Ms. Liu and feared for her future. She has lived under constant police watch since Mr. Liu received the Nobel Peace Prize. …

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‘Lady Macbeth’ Kills the Bonnet Drama, and a Few Other Things, Too

“The people who’ve gone before us have made a choice to not include black people in films, when black people were clearly there,” he said of other period films. “Ultimately, we did feel like we were more representative of that region and period.” Video Trailer: ‘Lady Macbeth’ A preview of …

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Amazon Alexa and Echo head Mike George retires

Rick Wilking | Reuters Mike George, VP Alexa, Echo and Appstore for Amazon, speaks during the LG press conference at CES in Las Vegas, January 4, 2017 Amazon Echo and Alexa VP Mike George has retired after two decades with the company. George made the announcement on LinkedIn which now …

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Boeing upgraded by JPMorgan

Stephen Brashear | Getty Images A Boeing 737 MAX 8 airliner lifts off for its first flight on January 29, 2016 in Renton, Washington. JPMorgan upgraded shares of Boeing, which are up 33 percent for 2017 through Thursday, saying the stock is still cheap and the aerospace leader will benefit …

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government collapse fears leave investors eyeing another UK election

Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images A broker looks at financial data on computer screens on the trading floor at ETX Capital, a broker of contracts-for-difference, in London, U.K., on Friday, June 9, 2017. Despite weathering a particular nasty political storm in recent months, U.K. leader Theresa May and …

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Events for Children in NYC This Week

Photo Egyptian art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where on Saturday children are invited to enjoy activities tied to the 50th anniversary of the novel “From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.” See listing below. Credit Filip Wolak Our guide to cultural events in New York City …

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