Thursday, September 20, 2012

Bank of America

  • Bank of America Ramps Up Job Cuts

    Bank of America Corp. is accelerating a broad cost-cutting plan and has set a target of shedding 16,000 jobs by year's end—cuts that would see the company relinquish its title as U.S.

    online.wsj.com

  • Officials see Iran, not outrage over film, behind cyber attacks on US banks

    The consumer banking website of Bank of America was unavailable to some customers on Tuesday, and JPMorgan Chase on Wednesday had the same problems, which multiple sources linked to a denial-of-service attack, in which a website is bogged down ...

    openchannel.nbcnews.com

  • UPDATE 3-Bank group warns of heightened risk of cyber attacks

    JPMorgan Chase is second U.S. bank in two days with issues. * Bank of America problems followed threat on Internet. * Comes in wake of FBI warning on cyber attacks.

    in.reuters.com

  • Child Actors Sue Bank of America

    Bank of America is once again in the hot seat, this time for allegedly withdrawing money from child entertainers' bank accounts, according to a recent class action lawsuit.

    abcnews.go.com

  • US Stocks Struggle to Gain; DJIA Up 18.97, S&P 500 Falls

    The Dow industrials turned positive after statements supporting recent U.S. central-bank action from three regional Fed bank presidents, a better-than-expected business activity reading from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and a successful ...

    online.wsj.com

  • RBS's Citizens, TD Bank overdraft fee accords win US court OK

    Citizens to pay $137.5 mln; TD Bank to pay $62 mln. * Lenders accused of reordering transactions to boost fees. * 14 lenders, including Bank of America, have settled. Sept 20 (Reuters) - Two large banks have won initial U.S. court approval to pay a ...

    in.reuters.com

  • Bank of America to Pare Bank Payrolls Even More

    Bank of America is now speeding up its plan to cut 16,000 more bankers by a year, WSJ reports this morning. That will bring its total headcount to 260,000, down from a peak of 288,000 in 2010.

    blogs.wsj.com

  • "Boring" banks make tepid debuts despite soft pricing

    The larger of the two newly floated banks, Capital Bank Financial, formerly known as North American Financial Holdings, is led by former Bank of America Corp executives Gene Taylor and Chris Marshall. They raised $900 million from investors in 2009 to ...

    www.chicagotribune.com

  • Live from Bank of America Stadium

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- I'm settled into Bank of America Stadium for Thursday night's game between the New York Giants and Carolina Panthers.

    espn.go.com

  • RHB Bank Seeks to Price US$200 Million Tap of 5-Year Bond to Yield Around ...

    Malaysian lender RHB Bank Bhd is seeking to price as early as today a $200 million tap of its 3.25% coupon May 2017 dollar bond to yield around 225 basis points over comparable Treasurys, according to a term sheet seen by Dow Jones Newswires Friday.

    www.foxbusiness.com

  • Report: Bank of America to speed job cuts

    NEW YORK (AP) - A published report says Bank of America is accelerating a cost-cutting plan and aims to eliminate 16,000 jobs by the end of the year.

    www.wbay.com

  • Bank of America set to shed 16000 jobs over 3-month period

    But when Terrell Gregory heard about the extensive layoffs at Bank of America, he decided a little music might help a little bit.

    www.wbtv.com

  • Japan's central bank follows US lead in easing monetary policy to cushion ...

    Masayuki Kichikawa, an economist at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, characterized the BOJ's move as a "pleasant surprise.

    www.washingtonpost.com

  • Bank of America Changes Strategy Chief Again

    The latest shakeup elevates Anne Walker, a holdover from Merrill Lynch & Co. who formerly was head of Americas equity syndicate at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. She replaces Thong Nguyen, who was in the strategy chief job for less than a year and left ...

    blogs.wsj.com

  • Bank stocks hit by negative news, downgrades of 3

    NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of financial companies were pummeled Thursday by a spate of discouraging economic news and analyst downgrades of three of the biggest U.S. banks. The financial sector was the second biggest loser in the Standard & Poor's ...

    www.businessweek.com

  • US Commercial Paper Declines to Least Since July, Fed Says

    Commercial paper sold by non-U.S. financial institutions dropped about $6.2 billion to $229 billion outstanding, the lowest level since the period ended Aug. 8, while the amount issued by U.S.-based banks fell for a third straight week, declining $4.4 ...

    www.businessweek.com

  • Disabled Employee Says Bank of America Fired Him for Slow Typing and Walking

    For three years, Daniel Herrmann, 38, worked in customer service for Merrill Lynch and then Bank of America after BoA acquired Merrill Lynch in January 2010.

    abcnews.go.com

  • US Credit Swaps Increase as Traders Shift Into New Benchmark

    "Almost all the widening you're seeing today is due to the roll," Hans Mikkelsen, a high-grade credit strategist at Bank of America Corp. in New York, said in a telephone interview. The gap between the two series is "very close to what we were thinking ...

    www.businessweek.com

  • Daniel Herrmann, Disabled Worker, Says Bank of America Fired Him For Being ...

    But when Bank of America took over, working conditions went south, he says in a lawsuit against the bank. He was transferred to customer relations, denied accommodations for his condition, and eventually was fired in 2010 for being too slow -- on the ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • B. of A. and J.P. Morgan weigh on Dow, financials

    NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - U.S. financial stocks led the broader market lower Thursday as big bank stocks fell after The Wall Street Journal late Wednesday reported that Bank of America Corp. was increasing its planned job cuts for the year to 16,000 as ...

    stream.marketwatch.com

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