BofA

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  Big U.S. Banks Are ‘Uninvestable,’ Say Industry Insiders at SIFMA Meeting

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  November 8, 2011

  Industry insiders criticized big U.S. banks as being “uninvestable” on Tuesday at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s (SIFMA) annual meeting in New York.

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  Krawcheck’s $6 Million BofA Payday: ‘Win Win,’ Expert Tells AdvisorOne

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  October 13, 2011

  The severance package for Sallie Krawcheck, the former head of Merrill Lynch, includes a one-time payment of $5.15 million and $850,000 in payments to be spread out over the next year.

• Krawcheck Out in BofA Reorg

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  September 29, 2011

  Bank of America said in early September that wealth-management head Sallie Krawcheck was leaving the company as part of a major reorganization of the bank and its operations.

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  Labor Dept. Slaps BofA for Firing Countrywide Whistleblower

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  September 15, 2011

  Bank of America was ordered to rehire and pay $930,000 to a whistleblower who had exposed improprieties at Countrywide Financial. DOL said the firing violated the whistleblower-protection provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley.

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  BofA Sells Half Its Stake in Chinese Bank for $8.3 Billion

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  August 29, 2011

  Bank of America said Monday it was selling about 13 billion common shares, or 5%, of China Construction Bank to a group of investors for some $8.3 billion in cash and an after-tax gain of $3.3 billion.

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  Sallie Krawcheck: BofA’s Wirehouse Wonder—Top Women Extended Profile

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  July 7, 2011

  Krawcheck’s experience as a leader at two wirehouse firms has made her the respected voice of the channel’s strengths and its interests

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  The New Wirehouse World

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 1, 2011

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  Merrill in Crisis—Greg Farrell Takes Hard Look at How the Bull Stumbled: Video

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  March 24, 2011

  Greg Farrell, author of "Crash of the Titans: Greed, Hubris, the Fall of Merrill Lynch, and the Near-Collapse of Bank of America," speaks with Research magazine’s Ken Silber about the pressures and personalities in the high-stakes, crisis-driven merger of Merrill and BofA.

• Wirehouse Watch: Why Merrill Lynch's Results Top Morgan Stanley's

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  August 30, 2010

  Profits and margins at BofA-Merrill are well ahead of those at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, despite MSSB's larger advisor force.

• Wirehouse Watch: Why Merrill's Results Top Morgan Stanley's

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  August 30, 2010

  Profits and margins at BofA-Merrill are well ahead of those at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, despite MSSB's larger advisor force.