摩根大通同意向美国政府支付130亿美元罚款

 　　摩根大通同意向美国政府支付130亿美元罚款

        Christine Romans is here to talk more about this. So let's break this down. Of course, the question is what does this mean for JPMorgan and Jamie Dimon?

　　-Jamie Dimon, this has been a very, very bad year. It breaks down to about $9 billion in fines and $4 billion in consumer relief, some op that will be loan modifications¹.   Not exactly sure how that is going to work just yet. That's the numbers there.

　　Look, Jamie Dimon, someone who for those of us who covered him, he's someone many people thought could be a Treasury² Secretary some day, now he is being made to pay for what are the worst offenses³ of the mortgage-backed security crisis.

　　Much of this is because they bought Bern Stern's Washington Mutual⁴ now, as a favor. Actually Jamie Dimon described it to the fed in the heat of the 2008 crisis, now they are having to pay up big time.

　　-But paying up big time, you are talking a record penalty, $13 billion. It's still not over for them.

　　- No, it looks as though we are told that Jamie Dimon really want to push there would not be any criminal investigation⁵ and the criminal investigation, settle the civil problem here for $13 billion and end the criminal investigation. He did not get his way on that. Attorney General Eric Holder⁶ and folks in California, actually Sacramento, criminal investigation continues.

　　- Much more to come on that. It's really interesting how far they have come. It started with JPMorgan offering up $1 billion to settle this. They are at 13.

　　-The $13 billion is a lot of money and this is costing the bank all of this litigation.

　　-Christine, thank you so much.

1 modifications   

n.缓和( modification的名词复数 )；限制；更改；改变

参考例句：

• The engine was pulled apart for modifications and then reassembled. 发动机被拆开改型，然后再组装起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The original plan had undergone fairly extensive modifications. 原计划已经作了相当大的修改。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

3 offenses   

n.进攻( offense的名词复数 )；（球队的）前锋；进攻方法；攻势

参考例句：

• It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此，除非有可弹劾的行为，否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法

4 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

5 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

6 holder   

n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物

参考例句：

• The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
• That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。