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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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JPMorgan's fantastic dividend
— JPMorgan Chase has spent upward of $20 million on lobbying and campaign contributions in the past three years. On Tuesday, the bank received a healthy dividend on that investment. Its chairman, Jamie Dimon, has admitted that the firm was "sloppy"...
Tags: Mike Crapo, Finance, Jamie Dimon, The Washington Post, Bob Corker
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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...
Tags: MF Global, Lifestyle and Leisure, Mutual Funds, Citigroup Incorporated, Finance
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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: Laws, Citigroup Incorporated, Bob Corker, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Parties and Movements
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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...
Tags: Citigroup Incorporated, Democratic Party, Finance, Jamie Dimon, Bob Corker
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Speaker Boehner's strained definition of bipartisanship
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) said in a televised interview Sunday: "We've...
Tags: Barack Obama, Laws, Democratic Party, Crime, Law and Justice, White House
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JPMorgan loss shows need for Wall Street regulations
Our Club for Growth senator, Pat Toomey, supports repeal of all the regulations on Wall Street that the Dodd-Frank law has put in place. Does the senator have an answer for what happened to JPMorgan Chase & Co.? The company lost $2 billion gambling on...Tags: Allentown
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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...
Tags: Laws, Barack Obama, Jamie Dimon, Finance, Democratic Party
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Middletown Woman Who Shot At Officers: Not Guilty
The Hartford CourantWhat happened during a routine police call the evening of May 11, 2010, still plays back often in the mind of Middletown police Sgt. Heather Strick. A door swings open. A woman is standing there holding a pistol, aimed directly at Strick's head. A shot...Tags: Medical Specialization, Health, Middletown, Psychiatry, Trials
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CT Utilities Regulator, PURA, Names New Chair
The Hartford CourantThe state's Public Utilities Regulatory Authority has a new chairman, Arthur H. House of Simsbury. House was nominated to the three-member authority by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the nomination was confirmed by the legislature in the recent session. He...Tags: Cigna Corporation, Manchester, Aetna Inc., Crime, Law and Justice, Beacon Falls
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FBI Probes JPMorgan's $2 Billion Trading Loss
KTLA NewsNEW YORK -- The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday that the agency has opened an investigation into JPMorgan Chase, the nation's largest bank. "All I can say is that we have opened a preliminary investigation," Robert...Tags: Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Corporate Officers, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Citigroup Incorporated, Bank of America Corp.
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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...
Tags: Tampa, Jamie Dimon, White House, JPMorgan Chase & Co., CEO Pay
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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: Corporate Officers, Laws, Bank of America Corp., Los Angeles Times, Carl Levin
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