Sun, Nov 17, 2002 - Page 10 News List

JP Morgan faces trouble with loans

FINANCE The bank has painted itself into a corner by holding on to problem loans brought on by big holdings in telecommunications and a host of crises on Wall Street

NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , NEW YORK

These cuts could run the risk of eliminating revenue-generating capacity when markets eventually recover," wrote Peter Nerby, an analyst at Moody's, when he lowered the bank's ratings last month.

All this would bode poorly for JP Morgan's stock, and a weaker stock could make the bank vulnerable to a takeover and increase pressure on Harrison and his team to resign.

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