She looked down at the whale.

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Since the London Whale news, JPMorgan stock has lagged other bank stocks, edging down about 0.4%.

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JPMorgan Chase has received regulatory approval to restart its share repurchasing program, which the bank shut down last May after the disastrous losses from the London Whale derivatives trade.

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There's barely time to understand what's happening before a flash of silver whale's skin breaks the surface, dips beneath a wave and plunges down to the dark fathoms of the North Atlantic.

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It was odd but totally coincidental timing when, just days before the crisis in the Maldives began with the stepping down of President Mohamed Nasheed, I posted a piece about swimming with whale sharks in the Maldives and around the world.

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The glossy black fin and back of a minke whale rose a hundred yards astern, two yellow-striped dolphins broke water and plunged down again, and then the flow of the turned tide could be seen as a chop on the water, small standing waves that indicated the Minch was reversing its direction.

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The so-called London Whale blunder weighed on shares heavily in the spring and summer, but with the year winding down the stock was just a few bucks shy of its 2012 highs.

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