In this rundown of news from around the stock market, Fool analysts Austin Smith and Anand Chokkavelu discuss:

  • Whether the LIBOR interest rate scandal changes the investing theses in JPMorgan and Citigroup, and whether there are simpler alternatives.
  • Apple's potential troubles in overcoming its reputation for getting leverage over partners as it tries to negotiate itself into our living rooms.
  • Trading at less than half of book value each, Citigroup and Bank of America are the laggards in the big banking space. Is one riskier than the other?
  • The latest blow to compact discs.

See it all in the video below.

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