
Nov 16 - By Marcy Gordon, AP Business Writers
A senior House Democrat says the government didn't force Bank of America to take over Merrill Lynch, but a bank board member said much pressure was applied and Republicans charged that a committee inquiry was covering up the role of an Obama administration official.

Nov 12 - By Ieva M. Augstums, AP Business Writer
With Bank of America Corp. CEO Ken Lewis retiring in less than seven weeks, analysts don't see any candidate emerging as a front-runner for his successor.

Nov 10 - By Ieva M. Augstums, AP Business Writer
Bank of America Corp.'s outgoing CEO Ken Lewis said Tuesday that the economy may be improving but the recovery in the financial industry remains slow.
Nov 9 - By Associated Press
Bank of America Corp. said Monday that it extended nearly $184 billion in credit during the third quarter, as households and communities remain under financial strain.
Nov 5 - By Ieva M. Augstums, AP Business Writer
Bank of America Corp. on Thursday reiterated that the current credit environment will remain difficult into next year, as unemployment is likely to continue to rise.
Oct 21 - By Ieva M. Augstums, AP Business Writer
Bank of America Corp. said Wednesday it has agreed to sell First Republic Bank, a private bank it inherited from Merrill Lynch & Co., to a group of investors.

Oct 16 - By Ieva M. Augstums, AP Business Writer
Bank of America Corp. said Friday it lost more than $2.2 billion in the third quarter as loan losses kept rising, providing more evidence that consumers are still struggling to pay their bills.
Oct 16 - By Ieva M. Augstums, AP Business Writer
Bank of America Corp. says it lost more than $2 billion in the third quarter as its loan losses continued to rise.

Oct 15 - By Stevenson Jacobs, AP Business Writer
Capping a year in which he faced shareholder fury, regulatory scrutiny and was stripped of his chairman post, outgoing Bank of America Corp. CEO Ken Lewis will get no salary or bonus for 2009 under an agreement with the government's pay czar.
Oct 13 - By Candice Choi, AP Personal Finance Writer
Bank of America Corp. said Tuesday it will charge a limited number of its credit card customers annual fees ranging from $29 to $99 starting next year.

Oct 12 - By Ieva M. Augstums, AP Business Writer
Bank of America Corp., giving up a months-long fight with regulators, plans to turn over documents revealing legal advice it received on its purchase of Merrill Lynch.
Oct 7 - By Associated Press
The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked for a jury to hear any triable issues related to its lawsuit against Bank of America Corp.
Oct 6 - By Associated Press
Bank of America Corp. on Tuesday pledged not to hike credit card interest rates or fees before a new law intended to reform industry practices takes effect in February.
Oct 2 - By Ieva M. Augstums, AP Business Writer
Bank of America Corp. said Friday it created a six-member committee of directors to find a successor for CEO Ken Lewis.
Oct 2 - By Associated Press
Bank of America Corp. said Friday its board authorized a $713 million dividend payment on preferred stock issued to the Treasury Department as part of the government's bank rescue program last year.

Oct 1 - By Ieva M. Augstums, AP Business Writer
Bank of America Corp. plans to select an emergency CEO this week in case Ken Lewis steps down before the end of the year, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

Sep 30 - By Stevenson Jacobs, AP Business Writer
Ken Lewis' legacy as CEO of Bank of America Corp. will likely be determined by whether his successor can do what Lewis couldn't: prove that the bank's messy acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. was worth the money.
Sep 30 - By Stephen Bernard, AP Business Writers
Bank of America Corp. said Wednesday it is selling the long-term asset management business of one of its units to Ameriprise Financial Inc.
Sep 28 - By Stephen Majors, Associated Press Writer
Bank of America Corp. executives improperly concealed billions of dollars in losses and billions in bonuses paid by Merrill Lynch before a shareholder vote on their proposed merger, Ohio's attorney general argued in a class-action securities lawsuit he described as among the largest in history.
Sep 22 - By Daniel Wagner, AP Business Writer
Bank of America Corp. will hand over more documents to a congressional committee probing its hastily arranged acquisition of troubled brokerage house Merrill Lynch.

Sep 21 - By Marcy Gordon, AP Business Writers
Bank of America Corp. now faces a trial with the Securities and Exchange Commission over billions in bonuses paid at Merrill Lynch, after a judge threw out the bank's $33 million settlement and rebuked the agency for not pursuing charges against executives.
Sep 21 - By Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer
Bank of America reached an agreement Monday to pay the United States $425 million to exit a costly arrangement whereby the government would have shouldered losses on risky assets from the bank's takeover of Merrill Lynch.
Sep 21 - By Associated Press
Bank of America Corp. said Monday it appointed Charles "Chad" Holliday Jr. to its board of directors, effective immediately.
Sep 18 - By Associated Press
The FBI and Department of Justice are conducting a criminal probe into Bank of America Corp.'s purchase of Merrill Lynch last year, the Charlotte Observer reported Friday.
Sep 16 - By Stephen Bernard, AP Business Writers
Bank of America Corp. was facing a deadline Monday to turn over additional information about its acquisition of Merrill Lynch, this time to a Congressional committee.