dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com - 5/15/2009
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Bank of America's Kenneth Lewis has made some questionable private deals, but he is a master at negotiating with the government and leveraging a weak hand to cover his missteps, The Deal Professor says.
thedeal.com - 5/12/2009
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thedeal.com —
merrill-lynch-logo125x100.jpg Several experts think that Bank of America
Corp. (NYSE:BAC) could eventually take Merrill Lynch & Co....
public. For real. In a CNBC interview Friday, Bill Smith, president, CEO and senior portfolio manager at SAM Advisors, ...
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Bank of America to take Merrill public? (Dealscape)
market-ticker.org - 5/19/2009
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market-ticker.org —
This is getting very, very old folks. Bloomberg
reported CNBC said (yeah, I know): May 19 (Bloomberg)...
-- Bank of America today made a secondary stock offering priced at $10 a share, CNBC reported citing a person familiar with the situation. ...
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WHERE ARE THE DAMN COPS (BAC)
businessinsider.com - 5/12/2009
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businessinsider.com —
Some folks are pushing the idea that Bank
of America (BAC), after doing its shotgun wedding with...
Merrill Lynch could spin off the unit at some point down the road. No freaking way. Well, anything's possible, we guess. Dino Mauricio of Getzler Heinrich ...
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No Way Will Bank Of America Do A Merrill Lynch IPO
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