The line between risk-taking and following the rules on Wall Street has always been fuzzy.

Maybe it can be broken down into a financial equation: profits versus fines. Of course that's oversimplifying it. But it's worth revisiting now that the Securities and Exchange Commission has levied a fine of almost a billion dollars against JPMorgan (JPM) for the bank's conduct in the "London Whale" debacle (to review, JPMorgan's chief investment office lost more than $6 billion on one giant trade gone wrong and then misled investigators.) Has the landscape changed for banks on Wall Street in light of this settlement?

Donald Langevoort, a professor at Georgetown University School of Law, told The New York Times: “None of these big banks really want compliance people causing traders and investment bankers to second-guess themselves too much because that gets in the way of making money. No one will say this, but it’s more effective to run the risk of noncompliance and pay a few fines, which is

The Emmy wins by AMC Network’s (AMCX) “Breaking Bad” and Netflix Inc.’s (NFLX) “House of Cards” Sunday show that award voters have come around to what critics, viewers and investors have known for a while: The best, most addictive original series are coming from cable and online studios, and they are turning audience buzz into dollars.

A week ahead of its intensely anticipated series finale, “Breaking Bad” won the Emmy for best dramatic series and Anna Gunn took the best-actress trophy for her portrayal of Skyler White, wife of Brian Cranston’s schoolteacher-turned-drug-gangster lead. “Breaking Bad” is commonly referred to as a cult hit, but if so it’s a pretty big cult. More than 6 million viewers tuned in Sept. 15, double last year’s average audience, and more than 600,000 tweets about the show flew the night of that episode.

Netflix became the first online platform to earn an Emmy when David Fincher won as best director for “House of Cards,” its political thriller that represents