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Article: Dimon Basks in Love Fest At Stockholders Meeting.(Market Monitor)(James Dimon)
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- American Banker
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- May 20, 2009
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Byline: Matthew Monks
Ken Lewis and Vikram Pandit probably wish they had it this easy, but they did not.
The chief executives at Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. faced heavy grilling at recent shareholder meetings, but James Dimon all but hosted a cookout at JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s annual gathering Tuesday, reflecting the public's perception of the firms.
JPMorgan Chase's two-and-a-half-hour meeting featured a parade of quirky questions from the audience, punctuated by a few statements from Dimon on matters such as dividend prospects and repaying rescue funds.
In the past some of the questions would have been annoying, but in ...