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The growing popularity of impact investing has led to a raft of new disclosure rules. The problem is that using the SEC to monitor companies' CEO pay policies and use of "conflict minerals" decouples the government agency's authority from its area of jurisdiction.

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An Uneven Recovery: Home prices are appreciating in wealthier areas, but values in poorer towns continue to lag behind, the Wall Street Journal reports. In the working-class suburb of Lithonia, Ga., for example, 54% of homeowners are underwater; the same is true of 15% of homes worth less than $200,000 nationwide, compared to just 6% of homes worth more than $200,000. One way to help struggling homeowners could be to slash the...

Congress should avoid becoming so focused on the problems with big banks that they overlook the community lenders suffering from a lack of regulatory relief.

Apple realizes that retailers are uniquely well-positioned to encourage mobile payments adoption. That's why the company's decision to start accepting retailer loyalty cards on Apple Pay before launching a loyalty program of its own makes good sense.

Wall Street Journal Jimmy Lee, the JPMorgan Chase vice chairman who unexpectedly died last week, will be "irreplaceable," according to CEO Jamie Dimon. Lee was responsible for being the point man to JPMorgan's top corporate clients; his duties will be farmed out to several executives. One example of Lee's importance: when General Electric earlier this year decided to sell off its GE Capital banking unit, Dimon and Lee were both summoned to a GE conference roomÂ...