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NEWS ABOUT: Jamie Dimon

Jamie Dimon stories: 7 news summaries
ANALYSIS

Top Wall Street Execs Have Direct Line to Geithner

Treasury chief's calendars show frequent contact with big players

Oct 8, 09 6:22 PM CDT
(AP) - A look at Timothy Geithner's phone calendars show the Treasury secretary has maintained close ties with Wall Street executives he has known for years. Executives at Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Citigroup can reach the nation's most powerful economic official at will. While there's nothing inherently wrong with keeping tabs on... More »

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Barack Obama • Goldman Sachs • Freedom of Information Act • Citibank • Treasury Department • Barney Frank • Lloyd Blankfein • JPMorgan Chase • Obama administration • Jamie Dimon • President Obama • Timothy Geithner

(Newser) - US bank CEOs are paid drastically more than their counterparts around the world. The CEO of Commercial Bank of China, the largest bank in the world, brings home just $234,700 a year—or roughly 2% of JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon’s $19.6 million haul. The US has... More »

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executive compensation • CEO • banking industry • Jamie Dimon



 Dimon: 
 DC's New 
 Favorite 
 Banker 

JPMorgan CEO ingratiates himself with Washington

Jul 19, 09 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the nation's financial center shifted from Wall Street to Pennsylvania Avenue, one man managed both to keep his bank afloat and emerge from a toppled industry with credibility in the White House. In a lengthy profile of Jamie Dimon, the New York Times takes a look at the JPMorgan... More »

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CEO • Rahm Emanuel • Washington, DC • JPMorgan Chase • Obama administration • banking industry • Jamie Dimon • TARP

JPMorgan Chief: I Could Repay TARP Tomorrow

Dimon calls bailout money a 'scarlet letter'

Apr 16, 09 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - JPMorgan Chase can’t wait to pay back the government’s bailout money, CEO Jamie Dimon said today, after the company posted a better-than-expected $2.1 billion in earnings. The CEO called the funds a “scarlet letter,” Bloomberg reports, and said he was just waiting for the Treasury’... More »

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JPMorgan Chase • Troubled Asset Relief Program • Wall Street bailout • Jamie Dimon • TARP • Public-Private Investment Program • PPIP

Bank Execs
to Congress:
We Are Lending

CEOs defend compensation,
call for new regulation

Feb 11, 09 9:35 AM CST
(Newser) - “We’re lending,” bank executives told Congress this morning, as CEOs including Jamie Dimon, Ken Lewis, and Vikram Pandit testified before the House Financial Services Committee. They also defended the outrage-inducing (but, they stressed, much reduced) bonuses they handed out, according to their prepared testimony. “Our employees... More »

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executive compensation • House Financial Services Committee • testimony • bonuses • Vikram Pandit • banking industry • Jamie Dimon • Ken Lewis

 Jumbo Mortgage Defaults Soar 

Banks and investors brace for a new wave of defaults as jumbo loans default

Jan 28, 09 8:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Jumbo mortgages are now going south at an alarming rate, reports the Wall Street Journal, as affluent Americans face mounting layoffs and see their stock portfolios shrivel. Nearly 7% of prime jumbo loans—which average $750,000—were at least 90 days delinquent at the end of 2008, up from... More »

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foreclosure • mortgage delinquency • JPMorgan Chase • financial crisis • Jamie Dimon • jumbo mortgages

 Letters 
 to Dimon: 
 You'll 'Die 
 in 10 Days' 

Feds hunt author of threats to bank CEO

Oct 23, 08 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A flurry of letters threatening the life of JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, as well as an Oklahoma City-style bombing of a bank facility, are being investigated by the Postal Investigation Service. ABC News reports a $100,000 reward has been posted for information about the 45-plus letters, all postmarked last... More »

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death threats • letters • Washington Mutual • FDIC • Office of Thrift Supervision • JPMorgan Chase • financial crisis • Jamie Dimon • U.S. Postal Inspection Service • Oklahoma City bombing

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