William Cohan’s House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street chronicles, play-by-play, the demise of the firm that had survived the Great Depression, 1987 stock market crash and dot-com bubble burst.

BY JOHN DETRIXHE – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

A story in today’s Financial Times makes Wall Street at least appear to be a little more compassionate. It seems that JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, after telling other executives to stop luring away Bear Stearns employees, has sent more than 30 letters to clients and colleagues [...]