The comptroller's office could issue a cease-and-desist order to JPMorgan in coming months, an action that would force the bank to plug any gaps in oversight, according to several people knowledgeable about the matter.
Google has offered Groupon $5.3 billion, with the promise of $700 million in performance bonuses for management, according to a person knowledgeable about the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Bank of America played hardball on request, and the commission's staff was unlikely to get enough votes from commissioners to subpoena the bank, according to a person knowledgeable about the matter.
Meanwhile, private equity firms are considering making a bid to buy Yahoo, and have spoken with AOL and the News Corporation about teaming up on a deal, according to people knowledgeable about the matter who were not authorized to speak publicly.
In recent weeks, agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation have delivered subpoenas seeking a broad range of records and other information to a growing circle of Mr. Liu's more generous donors, said the people knowledgeable about the matter, who spoke only on the condition of anonymity.
The federal inquiry into the campaign finances of New York City's comptroller, John C. Liu, a possible mayoral candidate in 2013, appears to be widening, with people knowledgeable about the matter saying Thursday that there has been an increased focus on seeking information from his supporters in the Chinese-American business community.
In a careful chronology that Newsweek, to its credit, published in the same issue as Whitaker's editor's note, Evan Thomas described Michael Isikoff's principal informant as "a longtime reliable source, a senior U.S. government official who was knowledgeable about the matter".
In this world, the very word, "boss," is a dirty word, particularly if the incumbent is not knowledgeable about the matter at hand a frequent occurrence in today's fast-moving, complex, high-tech environment.
I discussed the Bush administration's takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with four people knowledgeable about the matter's significance: Nouriel Roubini, New York University professor of economics; Mohamed El-Erian, CEO of PIMCO; Gretchen Morgenson and Floyd Norris, both with the New York Times.
"He is knowledgeable about the subject matter, a great believer in process, a writer about process," he said.
"But if they're interesting dissections by people quite knowledgeable about the subject matter — bloggers covering the Boston Ballet who like the Boston Ballet and say so — then that wouldn't be so bad".
