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Sen. Christopher J. Dodd is Connecticut¿s senior senator, first elected to that body in Jan. 1981. A Democrat, he is the son of Sen. Thomas Joseph Dodd, a former FBI agent and prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials. Chris Dodd was born in Willimantic on May 27, 1944. After graduating from Providence College in1966, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic, later graduating from the University of Louisville School of Law in 1972. An Army veteran, Dodd was elected to the House of Representatives in 1975, then reelected twice. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1980, but was elected to the Senate in 1981. He was reelected there four times. His latest term ends Jan., 2...
Sen. Christopher J. Dodd is Connecticut¿s senior senator, first elected to that body in Jan. 1981. A Democrat, he is the son of Sen. Thomas Joseph Dodd, a former FBI agent and prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials. Chris Dodd was born in Willimantic on May 27, 1944. After graduating from Providence College in1966, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic, later graduating from the University of Louisville School of Law in 1972. An Army veteran, Dodd was elected to the House of Representatives in 1975, then reelected twice. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1980, but was elected to the Senate in 1981. He was reelected there four times. His latest term ends Jan., 2011. Dodd served as general chairman of the Democratic National Committee and, in 2007, made an unsuccessful bid for president. Dodd is married to Jackie Marie Clegg, a former director for the Export-Import Bank of the United States. They have two young daughters.
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Speaker Boehner's strained definition of bipartisanship
This post has been corrected, as noted below. House Republicans like to refer to the legislation they've passed on energy, the environment, taxes and federal spending as a "bipartisan" package of jobs bills. For example, Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio)...
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When bankers become bettors
Addiction counselors tell their clients, "We can't help you until you admit you have a problem." It's time for American financial institutions to admit they have a gambling problem. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Banks: In a May 22 Op-Ed about...
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Key regulators learned of JPMorgan loss from media reports
WASHINGTON — The public won't be protected from the type of risky bets that led to the huge trading loss at JPMorgan Chase & Co. until new rules are approved to allow better monitoring of complicated derivatives transactions, two key federal...Tags: Parties and Movements, Economy, Business and Finance, Financial Markets, U.S. Department of the Treasury, American International Group
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Regulators said they learned of JPMorgan loss from news reports
WASHINGTON — Two key financial regulators told senators Tuesday that they learned of the huge trading loss at JPMorgan Chase & Co., through media reports and that the public wouldn't be protected from the fallout from future incidents until new...
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Obama uses JPMorgan loss to defend Wall Street regulations
WASHINGTON — Aiming squarely at GOP critics of Wall Street reform, President Obama said Saturday that investment bank JPMorgan's stunning $2-billion loss serves as a reminder of the importance of Washington's role in preventing another financial...
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JPMorgan's Dimon keeps his chairman job in shareholder vote
TAMPA, Fla. — Jamie Dimon will keep his jobs as chairman and chief executive of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Shareholders overwhelmingly voted him back onto the board as well as approving executive compensation packages. Shareholders voted only 40% in...
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White House: JPMorgan loss shows need for tough regulations
WASHINGTON -- The White House said Monday that the huge trading loss by JPMorgan Chase & Co. highlighted the need for tough regulations, blasting Wall Street efforts to weaken new rules in the 2010 financial reform law. "Ever since it was passed there...
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Senate committee to look at JPMorgan loss
WASHINGTON -- The Senate Banking Committee will examine the $2-billion trading loss by JPMorgan Chase & Co. as part of a hearing on implementation of the financial reform law. The committee's chairman, Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.), made the announcement...
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JPMorgan CEO may lose chairman post amid trading loss fallout
NEW YORK — Jamie Dimon faces his toughest personal challenge yet in the aftermath of the bank's $2-billion trading loss — JPMorgan Chase & Co. shareholders might strip the charismatic chief executive of his post as board chairman.
With the...Tags: Bank of America Corp., Jeff Merkley, Carl Levin, Tampa, Timothy Geithner
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Previewing the White House Correspondents' Dinner
WASHINGTON -- They call it the "Nerd Prom" around here. Otherwise known as the White House Correspondents' Dinner, it gives the usually staid official Washington a chance to bring a taste of Hollywood to the Potomac. This year is no different, even if...
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MPAA's Dodd urges industry to reach out to 'connected consumers'
Company TownMotion Picture of Association of America of Chief Executive Chris Dodd touted a strong rebound at the box office this year but said the industry needs to find new ways to stay relevant to younger "connect consumers."... -
The big picture gets brighter for movie theater owners
LAS VEGAS — After a year of box-office doldrums and a period of ugly clashes with studio executives over when movies should be released into the home, theater industry leaders sounded considerably more optimistic about the outlook for their...Tags: Entertainment, Dark Shadows (movie), Peter Jackson, Arts and Culture, Consumers
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