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The Exception

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 06.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Media, John Stumpf, Business, Fortune, Berkshire Hathaway, Vikram Pandit, Bank of America, Cnbc, Ken Lewis, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Becky Quick, New York Times, Warren Buffett, Carol Loomis, Charlie Munger, Business News
Yvette Kantrow

At a time when the financial press is in the doghouse for cozying up to CEOs and failing to see the economic disaster ahead, Buffett remains above the fray.

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House Panel To Probe BofA's Merrill Deal

Wall Street Journal | MICHAEL R. CRITTENDEN | Posted 06.06.2009 | Home

Read More: Bank of America, House Panel, House Probe Merrill, Ken Lewis, BofA Chief, Kenneth Lewis, Congressional Probe Into Bank of America, Home News

Bank of America Corp. Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis and top federal officials will be asked to testify under oath by a U.S. House panel next month, as...

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Jason Linkins

Rick Santelli To Fellow CNBC Host: "Don't Open Your Mouth And Say Dumb Things" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Cnbc, Video, Steve Liesman, Bank of America, Ken Lewis, Merrill Lynch Buyout, Rick Santelli, Financial Crisis, Telecom Immunity, Torture, Media News

The blogosphere is all abuzz with Rick Santelli again. Seems he got into one of those trademarked shouting matches on CNBC -- your source for tradema...

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Sam Stein

SEIU Writes Bank Of America, Calls For Lewis' Outright Firing

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.05.2009 | Business

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Officials with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) are calling on the new chairman of Bank of America to fire recently-replaced chairman ...

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Bernie Madoff, Scapegoat

Michael Moore | Posted 06.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Tarp, Bill Clinton, John Thain, Phil Gramm, Bank of America, Gfc, Aig, Ponzi Scheme, Jamie Dimon, John Mack, Bernie Madoff, Vikram Pandit, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Bailout, Ken Lewis, Michael Moore, Global Financial Crisis, Bernard Madoff, Wall Street, Edward Liddy, Citigroup, Madoff, Business News
Michael Moore

Instead of putting those responsible for the financial crisis in jail, why did we give them huge sums of our hard-earned tax dollars. Bernard Madoff is nothing more than the scab on the wound.

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Progressive Victory: Bank of America's Ken Lewis Out as Chairman

ZP Heller | Posted 05.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Wall Street CEOs, Take Back the Economy, Bailout, Bank of America, Seiu, Ken Lewis, Business News
ZP Heller

This is a huge win for progressives, who have been up in arms for months over BofA's decision to continue its shamelessly greedy, predatory practices after receiving tens of billions in bailout funds.

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Mack, Lewis Blame Pay Limits For Executive Departures

Bloomberg | Posted 05.30.2009 | Business

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John Mack and Kenneth Lewis, the chief executive officers of Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Corp., said pay limits tied to federal rescue funds ha...

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Lewis: Bank of America's Merrill Deal Had To Be Completed Amid Crisis

Bloomberg | David Mildenberg and Linda Shen | Posted 05.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Bank of America Merrill Deal, Ken Lewis, Bank of America Shareholders Meeting, Business News

Bank of America Corp. Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Lewis said shareholders weren't told about losses at Merrill Lynch & Co. because aborting the de...

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Ken Lewis Ousted As Bank Of America Chairman

AP | IEVA M. AUGSTUMS and MITCH WEISS | Posted 05.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Bank of America, Bank of America Annual Meeting, Bank of America Shareholders, Ken Lewis, Business News

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ken Lewis was ousted as chairman of Bank of America Wednesday after shareholders angry about the company's acquisition of Merr...

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CalPERS To Vote Against BofA's Ken Lewis

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 05.29.2009 | Business

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The huge California Public Employees' Retirement System, or CalPERS, will vote against the re-election of Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis tomorrow at th...

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Fire Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Greed, Ceo, Bailout, Wall Street, Bank of America, Seiu, Ken Lewis, Business News
Robert Greenwald

The economic crisis is out of control, as Bank of America and the corrupt corporate elite continue to wage class warfare. It's time we hit back hard.

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John Thain Versus Bank Of America: Former Merrill Lynch CEO Fights Back

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 05.28.2009 | Business

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John Thain has given a series of interviews to the Wall Street Journal, where the former Merrill Lynch CEO tells his side of the bonus story that led ...

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BofA Chief Lewis: U.S. Wanted Me To Keep Quiet About Merrill Deal

Reuters | Posted 05.23.2009 | Business

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Bank of America Corp Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis testified under oath that U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and then-Treasury Secretary He...

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Hank Paulson, The Unnamed "Decider" In The Merrill Lynch Saga

David Fiderer | Posted 05.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Merrill Lynch, Andrew Cuomo, John Thain, Lehman Brothers, Ken Lewis, Merrill Lynch Bonuses, Bank of America, Henry Paulson, Fortune, Sec, Financial TImes, Barclays, Mortgages, Financial Crisis, Credit Default Swaps, New York-New York, Business News
David Fiderer

Why would Merrill's senior management, with BofA's acknowledgment, base their internal year-end projections on the assumption that securities prices would recover so sharply?

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Bank Of America CEO Ken Lewis: Don't Compare Me To EX-GM CEO Rick Wagoner

McClatchy | Christina Rexrode | Posted 05.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Bailout Bandits, Bailouts, Ken Lewis, Bank of America Bailout, Rick Wagoner, GM Bailout, Detroit-Michigan, Business News

Bank of America Corp. chief executive Ken Lewis bristled at comparisons between himself and Rick Wagoner, the ousted CEO of General Motors Corp., in a...

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Unions Demanding Obama Fire BofA CEO In Wake Of Wagoner Ouster

The Plum Line | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

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The major unions are grabbing on to the ouster of General Motors chief Rick Wagoner to launch a campaign to pressure the Obama administration to engin...

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Wagoner's Exit Puts BofA CEO Lewis In Hot Seat

Reuters | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis may be the next corporate boss to feel the heat after the administration force...

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Why Does this Man Still Have His Job

Henry Blodget | Posted 04.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Bank of America, Bailout, Aig, AIG Risk Management Team, Ken Lewis, Business News
Henry Blodget

The whole system remains infected with the rot that destroyed AIG: An incentive structure that can be summarized as "Heads we win, and tails we win, too."

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The Guillotine Hasn't Arrived Here Yet

Vicky Ward | Posted 04.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Ponzi Scheme, Bernard Madoff, Society, Fairfield Greenwich Advisors, Ken Lewis, War on the Rich, Paul Greenwood, Robespierre, Bailout Outrage, Business News
Vicky Ward

The war on the rich is spreading fast. People with money are being scrutinized in a way they never used to be.

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5 Reasons Celebrity CEOs Crash And Burn

Daily Beast | Judy Smith | Posted 04.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Celebrity CEOS, John Thain, Ken Lewis, Ceos, Business News

Now that Bernie Madoff will be trading in his jet-setting lifestyle for a more humble existence (with a big, mean, short tempered cellmate), I'm remin...

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Help Dig Up The Praise That Today's Bailout Bandits Once Received

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 04.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Mack, John Thain, Bailout Bandits, Madoff, Allen Stanford, Ken Lewis, Ezra Merkin, Fuld, Jacob Ezra Merkin, Bernie Madoff, Bob Rubin, John Mack, Pandit, Bailout Outrage, Business News

Over the past few months we've seen the media begin to cast a hairy eye on many of the financial characters it once dubbed as experts, creators of gre...

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Cuomo, Frank To BofA's Lewis: You "Fuel Distrust And Cynicism"

AP | STEPHEN BERNARD and IEVA M. AUGSTUMS | Posted 04.09.2009 | Business

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UPDATE: See this update from CNBC's Charles Gasparino on Cuomo's investigation into Merrill's bonuses. NEW YORK -- New York Attorney General Andrew ...

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BofA's Ken Lewis: TARP Funds "A Mistake"

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 04.02.2009 | Business

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Bank of America's CEO Kenneth Lewis told the Financial Times the $20 billion in funds he requested in January was a "tactical mistake" that made the c...

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BofA CEO Lewis Flies In Private Jet, Refuses To Answer Questions

ABC | RICHARD ESPOSITO and JOANNA JENNINGS | Posted 03.30.2009 | Business

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In just one day, the president of Bank of America, Ken Lewis, managed to defy both President Barack Obama and New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. ...

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BofA CEO To Be Grilled Over Bonuses: Who Approved $3.6 Billion Payout?

ABC News | Posted 03.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Bank of America Bonus, Economy, Ken Lewis, Bank of America, Financial Crisis, BofA Bonuses, Bailout Outrage, Business News

Bank of America President Ken Lewis is set to be confronted by the lawyers for New York Attorney General Anthony Cuomo this afternoon over his stateme...

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