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12 hours ago ago from Daily Intel

Former Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis. "At Foreign Cars Italia of Charlotte, where cars run from about $100,000 to $1 million or more, bank bonus season used to provide a boost every February. But Gary Furnas, a sales consultant at the dealership, said he hasn't been involved with a sale to a bank employee since November 2008. That customer, a Bank of America employee, bought a black Ferrari, but then kept it on the lot for two months ...

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S&P cuts BofA, Citi outlook to negative

7 hours ago ago from Beans Rice and Gold

bizjournals.com Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service said Tuesday that it downgraded its outlook on Bank of America and Citigroup to negative from stable. The move underscored that the global financial crisis is far from over despite BofA, California’s largest bank, repaying the government’s investment of $45 billion in the bank under the federal Troubled Asset Relief Program in December. The revised outlook signals possible downgrades to ...

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BofA Spent $1.18M Lobbying Government in 4Q – ABC News

14 hours ago ago from Mortgage News and Mortgage Rates

Bank of America Corp., the nation's largest lender, spent $1.18 million in the fourth quarter to lobby the federal government on issues such as executive compensation, credit cards and mortgage lending practices, according to a recent disclosure View original story

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6 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal

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