JPMorgan Goes to War

Shares Drop Wal-Mart Gives Workers a Raise The world’s largest retailer cut its annual forecast as the company prepares to increase pay for half a million workers.

Today’s Top Stories THE BIGGEST WINNERS AND LOSERS OF THE OIL PRICE CRASH Good for the dollar, bad for private equity moguls. JPMORGAN GOES TO WAR JPMorgan has built a vast security operation and staffed it increasingly with ex-military officers. The company is convinced that it faces threats from governments in China, Iran, and Russia, and that the U.S. government isn’t doing enough to help. OBAMACARE IS BARELY DENTING CORPORATE PROFITS The biggest entitlement legislation in a generation is causing barely a ripple in corporate America. THIS DOCTOR MADE A BLIND MAN SEE AND AN AUTISTIC BOY SPEAK Did you know that the tongue is a “huge information highway to the brain?” WHY GREECE WON’T EVER BE ABLE TO PAY OFF ITS DEBTS WITH AUSTERITY History shows the country is facing a wall few nations surmount.

‘It’s Wal-Mart in Reverse’ Will Investors Put the Lid on the Container Store’s Generous Wages? CEO Kip Tindell’s brand of “conscious capitalism” is being tested in the face of a plunging share price.