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Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Dividend Meeting Left Out Feds

March 25th, 2011 • • Comments Off • Related • Filed Under • by tisha 
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) put together a party of investors and financial analysts this month with the intention of talking up better times again. However, the Federal Reserve was not part of the party plans. The executives of Bank of America were discussing an increase in dividends with the announcement that a ‘new era’ [...]
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Bank of America’s (NYSE: BAC) Countrywide Facing More Legal Action

January 28th, 2011 • • Comments Off • Related • Filed Under • by tisha 
When Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) bought Countrywide Mortgage in 2008, they likely expected some legal action but three years later lawsuits are still coming. This week three new suits were filed by the states of Michigan, Oregon, and California and each include investors that opted to not join in the $624 million class action [...]
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Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Encourages ‘Women’ Investments

January 28th, 2011 • • Comments Off • Related • Filed Under • by tisha 
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is advising investors to include female-oriented investments in their long-term portfolio plans. This encouragement comes as statistics show women are recovering faster after the recession than men. Women are also becoming bigger spenders and the fastest growing demographic group is now women in their 30’s. Currently the unemployment rate for [...]
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September 11th Statue Ready for Bids on eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY)

May 10th, 2010 • • Comments Off • Related • Filed Under • by tisha 
In Emmitsburg, Maryland a 40-foot statue depicting three NYC firefighters raising the United States flag at Ground Zero will be going up for auction on eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY). The bidding will begin this Wednesday and conclude May 22. There is only one minor requirement: the winning bidder will not be able to take the statue [...]
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Kraft to Take Over Cadbury… a Sweet Deal?

January 19th, 2010 • • 1 comment • Related • Filed Under • by trisha 
If brand names like Ferrero, Hershey and Kraft all make your mouth water, imagine the effect their association with the Cadbury company has had on investors over the past week. Cadbury, the UK based chocolate giant, faced a hostile takeover bid that stretches back into the last quarter of 2009, which is an eternity in [...]