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Citing "the need to protect public interest," the board decided to name Kotowski on Tuesday afternoon during an emergency meeting in Sacramento.

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In a rebuttal this week, Oppenheimer & Co. analyst Chris Kotowski said the report was "demonstrably exaggerated and sensational."

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In that scenario, banks' so-called net interest margin, a measure of the money banks earn by making loans, would increase, says analyst Chris Kotowski of Oppenheimer & Co. That's because, in a rising-rate environment, banks can usually raise the rate on their loans faster than they have to raise the rates on their deposits.

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In a rebuttal this week, Oppenheimer & Co. analyst Chris Kotowski said the report was "demonstrably exaggerated and sensational."

Stocks for Bank of America, other banks fall again amid fears about mortgage issuers David S. Hilzenrath 2010

In a rebuttal this week, Oppenheimer & Co. analyst Chris Kotowski said the report was "demonstrably exaggerated and sensational."

Stocks for Bank of America, other banks fall again amid fears about mortgage issuers David S. Hilzenrath 2010

While taking net credit losses of $6.3 billion, mostly because of consumer losses on its North American credit-card portfolio, analyst Chris Kotowski of Oppenheimer & Co. said Citigroup's "net new problems asset inflow declined very sharply," to $1.5 billion from $3.8 billion in the fourth quarter.

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While Mr. Moynihan has not ruled out putting the Countrywide unit into bankruptcy, such a step would make it harder for healthy divisions of the company to borrow, Mr. Kotowski of Oppenheimer warned.

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"He's got to say something new, otherwise it'll be a real dud," said Chris Kotowski, an analyst with Oppenheimer.

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Chris Kotowski is Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. covering large-cap banks and brokers, a position which he has held twice at the firm from 1987 to 1995 and currently, since 2009.

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To make matters worse, Mr. Kotowski said, the cost of the mortgage mess has mushroomed, undermining confidence more broadly in how the bank has handled the issue.

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