Bank CEOs Try To Strong-Arm Fed, Hospitals' Debt Collector Tactics, NBA Players Union Probed And More

Friday, April 27, 2012

Bank CEOs Try To Strong-Arm Fed

The banking industry is getting personal in its tireless fight against regulation.

Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase and the industry's regulation-basher in chief, has called for a sit-down next week between the heads of four of the nation's biggest banks -- JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley -- and Federal Reserve Governor Daniel Tarullo, the Wall Street Journal is reporting.

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