The Close Connections Between JPMorgan and the CCP

The financial giant is hit by the CCP virus

The office of the locally incorporated JPMorgan Chase Bank in Beijing on Oct. 11, 2007. STR/AFP via Getty Images

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In April the CCP virus (novel coronavirus) pandemic spread in the trading department of JPMorgan’s Manhattan headquarters. The Wall Street Journal reported on April 7 that about 20 employees on the fifth floor of JPMorgan Chase ’s headquarters tested positive for the CCP virus, and 65 others were quarantined; many traders who buy and sell stocks and sell trading strategies to customers work on the fifth floor of the building.