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Bank Of America On Two-Day Slide, Down On Mortgage, Legal Woes
Last Update: 8/13/2008 2:31:07 PM
By Marshall Eckblad
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Shares of Bank of America Corp. (BAC) are having a bad
week.
And it’s only Wednesday.
Investors have headed for Bank of America’s exits over the last few days, pushing
the Charlotte bank’s shares [...]

Four US Banks To Launch Covered-Bond Mkt Programs
Last Update: 7/29/2008 7:35:00 AM
(This article was originally published Monday)
By Meena Thiruvengadam
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–Four of the U.S.’s leading banks are joining a government
effort to promote the development of a covered-bond market.
Bank of America Corp. (BAC), Citigroup Inc. (C), JPMorgan Chase & [...]

Protected stocks rise, helping market — for now
By Nick Godt, MarketWatch
Last Update: 7/21/2008 2:41:00 PM
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — While most of the shares of the 19 financial
institutions protected from illegal short sales by the Securities and Exchange
Commission continued last week’s advance Monday, concerns about the rest of the
financial sector are still weighing on the market.
“Nineteen [...]

Euro rises to new record against yen
Sterling trades weaker on gloomy U.K. economic prospects
By William L. Watts & Lisa Twaronite, MarketWatch
Last Update: 7/21/2008 12:13:00 PM
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — The euro and yen stole the spotlight from the U.S.
dollar Monday, with the European unit rising to a record against Japan’s
currency.
The euro was buying 169.46 yen, up [...]

US HOT STOCKS: Nautilus, Schering-Plough, Timken, TransAlta-2-
Last Update: 7/21/2008 11:58:36 AM
Among the companies whose shares are actively trading in Monday’s session are
Genentech Inc. (DNA), Bank of America Corp. (BAC) and Yahoo Inc. (YHOO).
Genentech Inc. (DNA, $92.45, $10.63, 12.99%) rose following an offer by Swiss
drug maker Roche Holding AG (RHHBY, $88.10, $0.00, 0.00%) to buy the [...]