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Factoring in the $13 billion. if you told jamie dimon in my guess he would have to pay an extra $13 billion for bear stearns and washington mutual, i bet he would still do that deal. >> so you noted that the stock is up. why? >> why, because wall street investors don't like uncertainty. they don't like the speculation, is it going to be $11 billion, $13 billion, will there be litigation hanging over this company. there has been so much litigation lately regarding jpmorgan, they reserved billions of dollars in this last quarter for litigation expenses. investors like to know there will be certa...

Earlier, a judge has not yet signed off on it. why not? >> okay. so this is interesting. there is a provision in the settlement, the settlement that's worth $600 million, that says that if coen's firm pays up they don't, right, they don't have to admit they've done anything wrong. the judge thinks it sounds pretty sketchy. he's asking, well, you know, why would the firm pay so much if they truly did nothing wrong? a lot of people are asking that question. in fact, the firm is responding. they're saying that, you know, they're willing to pay because, number one, they have a business to run. num...