The F.B.I. opened an investigation of JPMorgan Chase’s $2 billion loss as the company held its annual shareholder meeting in Tampa, Fla.

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DealBook: F.B.I. Inquiry Adds to JPMorgan’s Woes

In the years leading up to JPMorgan Chase’s $2 billion trading loss, an increased appetite for risky trading had the approval of the upper echelons of the bank, including Jamie Dimon, the chief executive, current and former employees said.

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DealBook: Red Flags on Bets Said to Go Unheeded by Chase Bosses

A middle-class writer for The Times found that tasting great wealth even temporarily leaves a permanent impression.

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DealBook: Living Like a Billionaire, if Only for a Day

Coutts bank is fined £8.75m by the Financial Services Authority for failing to take adequate measures to prevent money laundering.

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Coutts fined £8.75m by regulator

Just as its shares started selling to the public for the first time, BATS Global Markets, one of the nation’s newest and largest electronic exchanges, halted trading on its own stock after a series of technical errors in its system.

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DealBook: A Fast-Paced Stock Exchange Trips Over Itself

While the authorities have traced hundreds of millions of dollars from MF Global, investigators do not know whether they can retrieve the money.

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DealBook: After a Delay, MF Global’s Missing Money Is Traced

As European banks move to shed businesses and write off losses, their regulators might veto any steps they fear could inflict further damage.

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DealBook: In Europe, a Conflict Over Bank Capital

A compromise seems to be at hand over how much of a loss investors should take on just over 200 billion euros in Greek government bonds.

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DealBook: Greece Inches Toward a Deal With Its Bondholders

A compromise seems to be at hand over how much of a loss investors should take on just over 200 billion euros in Greek government bonds.

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DealBook: Greece Inches Toward a Deal With Its Bondholders

The start-up boom means there are more freshly minted millionaires looking to manage their wealth. And Wall Street firms are happy to help, for a fee.

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DealBook: Wall Street Jostles to Help Silicon Valley Manage Newfound Wealth

European Union countries will need to sell billions of dollars in bonds every week in 2012 to replace existing debt, and policymakers and investors are watching debt auctions for signs of weakness.

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DealBook: For Europe, Few Options in a Vicious Cycle of Debt

European Union countries will need to sell billions of dollars in bonds every week in 2012 to replace existing debt, and policymakers and investors are watching debt auctions for signs of weakness.

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DealBook: For Europe, Few Options in a Vicious Cycle of Debt

Federal authorities have uncovered e-mails that detail the transfers of money in the firm’s last days, including transfers that contained customer money, according to people close to the investigation.

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DealBook: E-Mail Clues in Tracking MF Global Client Funds

Enrica Cotellessa-Pitz, the former controller of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, would be the sixth person, including Mr. Madoff, to admit to participating in his vast Ponzi scheme.

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DealBook: Madoff’s Ex-Controller Expected to Plead Guilty Next Week

Jon S. Corzine, the former chief of MF Global, is set to appear before the House Agriculture Committee to answer questions about the collapse of his brokerage firm. The panel began at 9:30 A.M.

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DealBook: Live Blog: House Panel Hearing on MF Global