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		<title><![CDATA[Bank sues own captive over WorldCom claim.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: DOUGLAS McLEOD    PROVIDENCE, R.I.-Bank of America Corp. has filed bad-faith charges  against its own Vermont-based captive insurer and units of Chubb Corp.  for their alleged refusal to cover more than $24 million of the  bank's $460.5 million   Byline: DOUGLAS McLEOD ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bank of America profit jumps 75 percent]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK AFP &#8212; Bank of America said profit climbed 75 percent as the company cited strength throughout its businesses, lower credit costs, cost-savings from its merger with FleetBoston and gains from the sales of securities.  The third largest US banking group said first-quarter net income was 4.7 billion...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sox appeal.(FleetBoston Financial Corp's Charles Gifford benefits)(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sox appeal: Gifford's agreement gives him use of an airplane  for up to 120 hours a year the first five years and the right to buy as  many as four tickets for up ...  Sox appeal: Gifford's agreement gives him use of an airplane  for up...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TSYS Finalizes Expanded Agreement With Bank of America; Processing Deal Includes Entire Credit Portfolio, Adds FleetBoston Accounts]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ga. -- TSYS has added five years to its current agreement with Bank of America to provide exclusive processing services through 2014. The expanded relationship covers all consumer- and commercial-credit Visa and MasterCard accounts issued by Bank of America, as well as the recently acquired portfolio of FleetBoston Financial...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Public meeting held on merger between Bank of America and FleetBoston Financial Corporation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m4126/is_2004_Winter/ai_n8688708]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve Board, on December 22, 2003, announced that public meetings would be held in]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fidelity Investments eyes former FleetBoston headquarters.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_200411/ai_n22266082]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By Thomas C. Palmer Jr., The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune  Business News    By Thomas C. Palmer Jr., The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune  Business News  ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bank of America merges with FleetBoston Financial]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4189/is_20041008/ai_n10171227]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Say hello to banking's latest  couple: Bank of America and FleetBoston Financial.    After a long courtship, the two banks made it official, spawning an institution with about $990 billion in assets, 1,600 ATMs and 5,700 branches.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bank of America to cut more jobs as FleetBoston merger proceeds.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_200410/ai_n22249236]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By Sasha Talcott, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business  News    By Sasha Talcott, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business  News  ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bank of America discloses plans to lay off 4,500]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK AFP &#8212; Bank of America said it will cut 4,500 jobs, or about 2.5 percent of its total work force, as part of the company's ongoing integration of FleetBoston Financial.  The Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank, the biggest US retail bank with 33 million accounts and 5,800 branches,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[With Bank of America, FleetBoston merger, bank executive's star rises.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sasha Talcott, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business  News    By Sasha Talcott, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business  News  ]]></description>
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