Bonus fine for Bank of America 美洲银行因红利赔偿投资者_财经新闻

Bonus fine for Bank of America 美洲银行因红利赔偿投资者

文章来源：未知文章作者：meng 发布时间：2009-08-04 00:37 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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Bank of America has agreed to pay a $33m (£19m) fine to settle charges that it misled investors¹ about bonuses when it acquired Merrill Lynch in January.

美洲银行同意向投资者赔偿330万美元作为其一月份获得美林之后对投资者的错误引导。

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Bank of America is among the largest recipients of US government aid

Bank of America saved Merrill from collapse³ after telling its shareholders⁴ no bonuses would be paid to its executives without their approval.

However, Bank of America later authorised Merrill to pay up to $5.8bn in bonuses.

Bank of America was bailed⁵ out by the US taxpayer⁶ in 2008.

It needed $25bn in capital injections from the bail-out fund during the height of the financial crisis.

'Constructive⁷ conclusion'

On Monday, Bank of America agreed to pay the fine to settle the charges made by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

"Bank of America believes that the settlement... represents a constructive conclusion to this issue," company spokesman Scott Silvestri said in a statement.

The bank has neither admitted nor denied the SEC allegations（断言，主张）.

However, the SEC said its investigation⁸ was continuing.

The SEC said Merrill ended up paying £3.6bn in bonuses in 2008, even though it incurred⁹（招致） heavy losses that year.

The settlement comes soon after the US House of Representatives voted in favour of legislation to stop banks paying bonuses that encourage excessive risk taking.

And a report last week, by the office of New York Attorney Andrew Cuomo, said there was "no clear rhyme（押韵，韵文） or reason" for bankers' pay.

The findings suggested Wall Street banks that were bailed out by the government gave executives bonuses regardless of performance.

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1 investors
n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子 a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

2 recipients
adj.接受的；受领的；容纳的；愿意接受的n.收件人；接受者；受领者；接受器
参考例句：
The recipients of the prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者的姓名登在报上。来自《简明英汉词典》 The recipients of prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者名单登在报上。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 collapse
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
参考例句：
The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。 The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

4 shareholders
n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。 the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任

5 bailed
保释，帮助脱离困境( bail的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
Fortunately the pilot bailed out before the plane crashed. 飞机坠毁之前，驾驶员幸运地跳伞了。 Some water had been shipped and the cook bailed it out. 船里进了些水，厨师把水舀了出去。

6 taxpayer
n.纳税人
参考例句：
The new scheme will run off with a lot of the taxpayer's money.这项新计划将用去纳税人许多钱。 The taxpayer are unfavourably disposed towards the recent tax increase.纳税者对最近的增加税收十分反感。

7 constructive
adj.建设的，建设性的
参考例句：
We welcome constructive criticism.我们乐意接受有建设性的批评。 He is beginning to deal with his anger in a constructive way.他开始用建设性的方法处理自己的怒气。

8 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。

9 incurred
[医]招致的，遭受的； incur的过去式
参考例句：
She had incurred the wrath of her father by marrying without his consent 她未经父亲同意就结婚，使父亲震怒。 We will reimburse any expenses incurred. 我们将付还所有相关费用。

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