Merry Biz-mas? Last year’s weirdest business Christmas cards from Warren Buffett, Jamie Dimon and Maurice Lévy December 2, 2014 Tony Blair has already been given a heavy ribbing for his alarmingly wooden Christmas cards, while Nigel Farage has released a cartoon of him in a white van, reversing over his rivals. But they've got nothing on last year's trickle of chief executive Christmas cards, which ranged from the sublime to the downright tasteless. Here [...]
JP Morgan chairman Jamie Dimon diagnosed with throat cancer July 2, 2014 Jamie Dimon, the chief executive and chairman of JP Morgan Chase, has been diagnosed with a curable form of throat cancer. Dimon, 58, will now undergo an eight-week course of radiation and chemotherapy treatments. He indicated in a note to shareholders and staff that the cancer had been caught early and was considered curable by [...]
JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon has throat cancer July 1, 2014 Chief executive of JP Morgan Jamie Dimon has curable throat cancer, according to reports in the US late last night. “The cancer was caught quickly, and my condition is curable,” Dimon told investors and staff in a note, explaining that he will now face eight weeks of radiation and chemotherapy treatment to tackle the disease. [...]
… as reports say China regulator asked Dimon to hire family friend February 10, 2014 CHINA’S top insurance regulator directly asked JP Morgan Chase’s chief executive Jamie Dimon to hire a family friend as a “favour,” the New York Times has reported, citing a confidential email. The latest report comes as Wall Street’s practice of hiring family and friends of China’s ruling elite continues to attract the attention of regulators. [...]
Dimon says settlements unfair January 23, 2014 JP MORGAN chief executive Jamie Dimon has said legal settlements against the firm were not fair. Speaking at The World Economic Forum in Davos, Dimon told the US network CNBC: “I think a lot of it was unfair, but I am not going to go into the details,” adding that court battles could have taken [...]
Jamie Dimon’s $11bn day out September 26, 2013 JP Morgan boss heads to Washington for settlement talks JP MORGAN boss Jamie Dimon met Justice officials in Washington DC yesterday, travelling down from New York to hammer out the final details of the bank’s bill to settle mortgage investigations. The lender is facing the biggest ever fine levied on a bank, with officials thought [...]