hf-implode.com - 10/13/2009
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" Douglas Burns, a former federal prosecutor, talks with Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu about Bank of America Corp.'s agreement to give regulators documents the company had tried to keep private about its acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. The Securities and Exchange Committee and New York Attorney ...
The S.E.C. and BofA: What's Next?
dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com 9/25/2009 — What's next for Bank of America and the S.E.C., now that a judge has rejected their settlement? Peter J. Henning, a professor at Wayne State Law School, considers the possibilities.
Judge Halts Bank of America Settlement
nytimes.com 8/6/2009 — A federal judge has refused to approve a settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America related to the acquisition of Merrill Lynch . In an order on Wednesday, Judge Jed Rakoff of the Federal District Court in Manhattan ...
Bank of America Seeks to Pay Back Federal Aid
nytimes.com 9/22/2009 — One year and two bailouts later, Bank of America is moving to extricate itself from Washington’s grip. With the financial industry on the mend, the giant bank announced several measures on Monday to reduce its reliance on federal aid. The moves are ...
59% of New Home Sales Use Government Loans: John Burns
housingwire.com 10/19/2009 — Federally backed mortgages account for 59% of new home sales transactions with 96.5% to 100% loan-to-value (LTV) so far in 2009, according to the latest John Burns Real Estate Consulting homebuilder survey. The availability of Federal Housing ...
In Bank of America Mess, Whither Wachtell?
dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com 10/16/2009 — Deal Professors Steven Davidoff and Peter Henning mull over the potential dilemma facing Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz after Bank of America agreed to waive its attorney-client privilege for documents related to its Merrill Lynch deal.
BofA Is Bullish on Merrill Lynch's Logo
dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com 10/5/2009 — strong>Bank of America plans to spend as much as $20 million in the fourth quarter of 2009 to reintroduce the Merrill Lynch 's name and long-time bull logo.
BofA Seeks to Repay a Portion of Bailout
online.wsj.com 9/1/2009 — Bank of America Corp. is offering to repay part of its bailout money, and the U.S. is pushing for the bank to pay at least $500 million to shelve a tentative pact that would have had the government share its losses on certain assets. The moves, ...
More on Bank of America
baselinescenario.com 9/28/2009 — Last Wednesday I wrote a highly critical post about the agreement between Bank of America(BAC) and the government (Treasury, the Fed, and the FDIC) to terminate BAC’s asset guarantee agreement in exchange for a payment of $425 million. I’ve learned some more about this and I think ...
BofA, execs owe billions in lawsuit, Ohio says
reuters.com 9/28/2009 — Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in a class-action lawsuit against Bank of America Corp ( BAC.N ) over the Merrill Lynch & Co takeover are trying to collect "billions of dollars" in damages, Ohio's attorney general said on Monday. ...