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Is Insider Trading Part of the Fabric on Wall Street? The Securities and Exchange Commission has been getting tougher on insider trading on Wall Street, but its potential target may be too wide. Discord at JPMorgan Investment Office Blamed in Huge Loss Trans-Atlantic tension in JPMorgan Chase?s chief investment office contributed to the unit?s giant losing trades, current and former bankers said. In Facebook Stock Rush, Fanfare vs. Realities The small gain for Facebook?s stock on its first day of trading suggests that many professional money managers viewed all the hype as just that. Novelties: Wristwatches That Help Screen Your Messages, and More A new generation of watches connects with smartphones and other devices to offer news feeds and e-mail, text and other alerts. Google Gets Approval From China for Motorola Deal Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week. Character Study: James Crockman, the Human Antenna of the Breaking News Network James Crockman listens to 17 police and fire frequencies from a New Jersey office to cull spot items for subscribers like news media outlets. Mugabe Seeks Zimbabwe Edge by Pressing for Black Ownership President Robert G. Mugabe has begun pressuring companies operating in the country to comply with a law requiring that black Zimbabweans own more than half their shares. The Boss: Pixability Chief Is an Entrepreneur at Heart The chief of Pixability drew on her and experience in business, law and government to found her company, a provider of video marketing software and services. Preoccupations: Training for a Marathon, With Your Co-Workers A grade-school teacher describes how she and four of her colleagues have trained together to run a marathon ? and have found a new sense of camaraderie along the way. Letters: Letters: Adam Smith?s Way A reader responds to ?At JPMorgan, the Ghost of Dinner Parties Past? (Fair Game, May 13). Letters: Letters: Logic and the Mandate Readers respond to ?Slippery-Slope Logic, Applied to Health Care? (Economic View, May 13). Bookshelf: Books on Rejected New Yorker Covers, and the Guilt of Aaron Burr Three new books explore The New Yorker?s cover designs, the cultural influence of Samuel Rothafel and the struggles Aaron Burr faced after he shot Alexander Hamilton. Mortgages: Mortgages - How to Pump Up Your Credit Score Experts offer tips on how to raise your score most effectively. Fair Game: A Bailout Analysis That?s Incomplete - Fair Game A recent Treasury analysis paints a glowing picture of the eventual outcome of the 2008 financial rescues. But taxpayers deserve a better breakdown of the costs and benefits. Corner Office \| Chris Barbin: Chris Barbin of Appirio, on Boiling Down Answers Chris Barbin of Appirio, an information technology company, says he asks job candidates how a best friend would describe them, and then how they would describe themselves. Economic View: How National Belt-Tightening Goes Awry - Economic View An overextended family can solve its problems by cutting spending, increasing savings and paying down debts. But such belt-tightening doesn?t work as a metaphor for the national economy. Strategies: Facebook?s Swings Are Ho-Hum to a Nobel Laureate To Harry Markowitz, the father of modern portfolio theory, the Facebook stock hubbub is a yawn. He?d rather focus on a rigorously diversified mix of stocks and bonds. The Haggler: E-ZPass, and the Cash Lane That Wasn?t ? Haggler What happens when your car doesn?t have E-ZPass, but you?re forced to use the ?E-ZPass Only? lane at the tollbooth? A reader asks the Haggler to help resolve the resulting mess. The Pain Hits Home in Madrid Caught in a downward spiral of debt and economic decline, Spain?s banking crisis has been deepening and its unemployment rate has been rising. For all too many, it has been a season of despair. The Week?s Business News in Pictures Austerity protests in Europe, the fallout from an embarrassing trading failure at JPMorgan Chase and Facebook?s long-anticipated initial public offering were among the week?s top business stories. It?s the Economy: Making Choices in the Age of Information Overload The Internet was supposed to make us smarter shoppers. So why should we still listen to the signals that brands send us? Degrees of Debt: Colleges Begin to Confront Higher Costs and Students? Debt With the balance of student debt topping $1 trillion, college presidents are recognizing that they must handle the costs of education through methods other than tuition increases. BUSINESS: House Advantage: The Sure Thing An animated explanation of how banks use securities lending to make a profit, while their customers cover the losses.