John Gapper - Financial Times
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JPMorgan fiasco exposes the myth of the imperial CEO
Neither shareholders nor regulators ought to be happy to let Jamie Dimon carry on wielding undivided power at the top, writes John Gapper

Dimon is a whale of a hedge fund manager
There is little that can be done to stop the kind of trading loss suffered by JPMorgan this week from happening again, writes John Gapper

Law firms have struck the limits of partnership
In austere times, legal practices can no longer borrow money and make rash promises to force their way into the top tier, writes John Gapper

Pharma needs an injection of financial engineering
The housing bubble gave financial engineering a bad name. By using it to aid medical research, Wall Street might improve its image, says John Gapper

What politicians lost to Murdoch
Not only individuals have been driven mad by the News Corp chief ? he has unbalanced the relationship between media and government, says John Gapper

Argentina?s oil raid can only end badly
The seizure is extreme, badly timed and unlikely to address the complaint that Repsol was failing to invest enough in the country, writes John Gapper

Facebook is scared of the internet
$1bn deal for a photo sharing site shows Mark Zuckerberg is worried at growing threats to social network?s dominance, writes John Gapper

City is right to crack whip on market abuse
The FSA is displaying a salutary determination to end the casual sharing of information among privileged insiders, writes John Gapper

China must stop its poor-country pretence
The rare earths case is a sideshow but it shows how credibility gained from Beijing?s Made in China policy has expired, writes John Gapper

Business should help the heartland
While it is rational for multinationals to move capacity offshore, the collective effect imperils the fabric of US society, writes John Gapper

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