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Will Bank of America's Ken Lewis survive?
People have been speculating for months about whether Bank of America's Ken Lewis (and his slate of directors) will survive the annual shareholder meeting. The truth, as we all know, is that... Read more...
Andrew Cuomo: Bank of America's bete noire
Andrew Cuomo has picked right up where Eliot Spitzer left off as a huge thorn in the side of Wall Street. Clearly, nothing exercises the New York AG quite like bonuses that he considers unfair. He's... Read more...
Bank of America bombshell hurts all
No one looks good in the wake of the bombshell news that Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis fingered Fed chairman Ben Bernanke and then Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson for his decision to not publicly... Read more...
How much capital will banks need?
The results of the stress tests were scheduled to be communicated to banks starting Friday. Analysts are certainly busy crunching their own numbers, and modeling various economic scenarios. Bloomberg... Read more...
BlackRock looking for deals
People have been expecting some consolidation in the asset management industry for a while now. If we do see some deals, what are the chances that BlackRock will be involved? Pretty good, according... Read more...
Banks to require more capital injections?
Everyone's got an opinion on the results of the stress tests that will be revealed in early May. You can add mortgage analysts at JPMorgan to those who think the capital needs might be intensifying... Read more...
Loan-loss reserve cushion weak at Bank of America, Citigroup
Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase all bested analysts' expectations by significant margins for the first quarter. But few think that Bank of America and Citigroup have put their woes... Read more...
Bank of America beats consensus, is it enough?
Bank of America joined the parade Monday, announcing much better than expected earnings of 44 cents a share vs. the consensus expectation of about 5 cents. This was good news, and helped confirm a... Read more...
Stress test result coming in two parts
The world will get a glimpse of what the vaunted stress tests are all about in two distinct parts: On April 24, Treasury will disclose the assumptions involved in the tests, which include a best case... Read more...
Can anti-Ken Lewis forces win?
Bank of America is scheduled to hold its annual shareholder meeting on April 29 in Charlotte, North Carolina. It will be the best show in town. There's a whole lot of anti-Ken Lewis sentiment out... Read more...
