A historian's quest links J.P. Morgan to slave ownership
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Research has discovered that business conducted between 1834 and 1861 by Citizens Bank of Louisiana, a predecessor of J.P. Morgan Chase and Co., links the modern day New York bank to financial dealings with slaveowners. The research was initiated as a result of a city ordnance in Chicago, Illinois, that required Bank One, a recently acquired branch of J.P. Morgan Chase, to disclose any ties it may have had to slavery before it could legally do business with the city.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2005
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Visa scores World Cup sponsorship with eight-year, $170 million deal
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Visa International garnered a contract to sponsor soccer's World Cup, one week after the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) settled a legal battle with MasterCard Inc. for $90 mil. MasterCard had sponsored the event for the past 16 years. Visa will pay $170 mil for the eight-year contract.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2007
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Credit-card 'issuers' problem: People are paying their bills
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Americans are carrying more debt, however they are also making larger credit card payments although interest rates are creeping up. As Americans become more adept at juggling their debt, the banking sector is taking in less moneys.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2006
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