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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBankster memory loss
(Bloomberg) JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)s Douglas Braunstein repeatedly said he couldnt remember specifics as U.S. senators grilled him about Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimons role in withholding data from regulators.
Lawmakers pressed Braunstein, the banks former finance chief, today on statements he made to investors about trading losses and on Dimons decisions as the firm held back details about the investment bank from regulators. Carl Levin, the head of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, asked about Dimons reaction when the division resumed the daily profit and loss reports to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. An examiner at the OCC had said Dimon halted them because the CEO believed it was too much information.
I dont recall the specifics of his reaction, answered Braunstein, in one of at least three exchanges in which he said he couldnt remember details. A Senate report released yesterday said Dimon reportedly raised his voice in anger when told the profit and loss reports had resumed.
Lawmakers expressed exasperation throughout the hearing as current and former JPMorgan executives deflected assertions that the bank, Dimon and other executives misled investors and dodged regulators while losses mounted on the so-called London Whale bets. The senators released a 301-page report yesterday examining the trading debacle, which cost the New York-based firm $6.2 billion in last years first nine months. ..................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-15/braunstein-repeats-i-don-t-recall-at-senate-grilling-on-dimon.html
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Bankster memory loss (Original Post)
marmar
Mar 2013
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cbrer
(1,831 posts)1. Business As Usual...
But it plays well to the constituents!
tech3149
(4,452 posts)2. start the Peter Gabriel
I don't remember
I don't recall
I have no memory of anything at all.
People with such limited mental capacities should never be in any position of power.
There's no telling how much they could screw up.
pansypoo53219
(20,978 posts)3. i see a good example for the guillotine.