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- Ken Lewis on Leaving BofA
- Bank of America announced last week that longtime CEO Ken Lewis would retire by year's end. WBTV's Melissa Hankins buttonholed Lewis to ask about his departure.
- Videos 2009-10-05
- Blame Feds for Meltdown?
- In his new book, The Sellout, Charles Gasparino details 30 years of missteps by Wall Street and government agencies. He tells us why we should close the SEC.
- Videos 2009-11-12
- Gasparino on Bank CEOs: From 'Nasty' to 'Tragic'
- In an interview with Jill Schlesinger, "The Sellout" author Charles Gasparino dishes on Wall Street's most prominent figures.
- Videos 2009-11-13
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- B of A's Ken Lewis: Beware What You Wish For
- Ken Lewis, the embattled CEO of Bank of America has always been full of surprises. It sure took my breath away when Lewis bought Countrywide Mortgage on the eve of the biggest mortgage meltdown in US history, not to mention his shot gun $50 billion acquisition of Merrill Lynch,...
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- Is B of A CEO Ken Lewis Serious in Naming Possible Successors?
- When it comes to retaining power, Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis has more moves than J. Edgar Hoover. Earlier this year, moving to deflect public outrage over the company's decision last fall to pay billions of dollars in bonuses to employees of the recently acquired, financially calamitous Merrill Lynch,...
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- Are Ken Lewis and Vikram Pandit Toast?
- One of the more interesting aspects of the bank stress tests is that only two institutions seem to be blabbing their results around town: Bank of America and Citigroup. Yet these are the two largest banks that will likely require the biggest infusion of capital in order to survive. ...
- Blog posts 2009-04-28
- Ken Lewis: Whistleblower?
- George Weinbaum submits: "[Fed] Chairman Ben Bernanke and then-Treasury Department chief Henry Paulson pressured Bank of America Corp. to not discuss its increasingly troubled plan to buy Merrill Lynch & Co.--a deal that later triggered a government bailout of BofA--according to testimony by Kenneth Lewis, the bank's chief executive....
- External links 2009-05-06
- Bernanke's a Bully and Ken Lewis is a Weenie
- It's painful to watch the continuing circus act in Washington. Moronic lawmakers once again can deflect any personal complicity in the financial crisis by beating up on the schlub of the day. Today that prize goes to our Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, or as I like to call him,...
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- Ken Lewis and the Regulators
- Felix Salmon submits: The WSJ has an interesting Ken Lewis profile today: If there was a bank executive who seemed to have the mettle to withstand today’s regulatory and market pressures, it was Ken Lewis. The Mississippi native clawed to the top of Bank of...
- External links 2009-11-09
- Paulson Throws Bernanke Under the Bus, Backs Ken Lewis
- Tom Lindmark submits: New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has released a letter with accompanying addenda that he sent to key Washington officials. In it he says that Henry Paulson essentially corroborated Ken Lewis’s testimony concerning the acquisition of Merrill Lynch. Paulson also testified that the threats made to Lewis...
- External links 2009-04-23
- Patience running out.(Bank of America's new chairman Ken Lewis)(Company Profile)
- Suzanne Miller reports from New York on the many challenges awaiting Bank of America's new chairman Ken Lewis Suzanne Miller reports from New York on the many challenges awaiting Bank of America's new chairman Ken Lewis
- Research articles 2001-03-01
- Bank of America. (Charlotte).(salary for Ken Lewis)(Brief Article)
- Bank of America Chairman and CEO Ken Lewis received $17.5 million in pay, bonuses and stock options in 2001, the bank said in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. He earned a base salary of $1.3 million and a $5.2 ... Bank of America...
- Research articles 2002-06-01
- Financial Roundup: Blood at BofA, Ken Lewis's Curious Date, SEC Not to Blame, Credit Card Debt Up
- Blood in the halls at BofA -- Some 20 high-ranking Bank of America executives have been let go as the company gears up to take over Merrill Lynch which will lead to up to 35,000 job losses overall.. The cuts involve executives just a tier down from the top and...
- Blog posts 2008-12-16
- How Ken Lewis Has Failed the Test of Good Leadership
- James F. Wood submits: FT had a remarkable article Saturday explaining what is behind the write-downs in December for Merrill Lynch. Briefly, the article says that Ken Lewis sent his chief financial officer Neil Cotty to review the Merrill finances in the fourth quarter of 2008 and it is...
- External links 2009-03-22
- Seeing Through Bank of America's Earnings; Ousting Ken Lewis
- Tyler Durden submits: Ken Lewis' days may be numbered. Despite yesterday's voodoo earnings out of the Bank of America BAC, both investors and analysts have already seen through the non-recurring and one-time benefits, as well as the accounting sleight of hand used to justify the "outrageous" earnings. If Lewis...
- External links 2009-04-21
- Chrysler's in Crisis and Ken Lewis Laments
- Whether or not Chrysler files for bankruptcy today, there sure is something strange about a plan to have Fiat, a union and the government run a company. When my friend owned a Fiat convertible in the eighties, she loved to visit it in the shop. Imagine how the additional layers of...
- Blog posts 2009-04-30
- Ken Lewis and BAC's Shareholders Got Hosed by the Feds
- Angry Banker submits: [Note that I originally posted this as an Instablog two weeks ago, but it seems to be even more relevant today, so I am reposting] I have just finished reading 18 pages of emails between various US government officials in the weeks immediately preceding...
- External links 2009-06-26
- BAC's Ken Lewis Mulls Another Deal as Lehman Reaches Brink
- Chad Brand submits: As soon as Lehman Brothers LEH shares hit $4 yesterday and reports came out that the company is up for sale to try and survive, only one name came to my mind as a potential buyer; Bank of America BAC CEO Ken Lewis. The guy loves...
- External links 2008-09-12
- Was Ken Lewis Silenced, Threatened By Bernanke and Paulson?
- Kirk Shinkle submits: Bank of America's BAC Ken Lewis' testimony sheds some light on the gory details of last year's crisis management. From the WSJ (sub. req.): Mr. Lewis, testifying under oath before New York's attorney general in February, told prosecutors that he believed Messrs. Paulson and...
- External links 2009-04-24
- The Real Source of BofA's Troubles: Ken Lewis
- Tom Brown submits: It’s been awhile since I’ve had a chance to engage in an extended squawk about what a train wreck Bank of America BAC has become under Ken Lewis. I’ve been busy! But the company’s management changes of the past few weeks and years show yet again...
- External links 2009-08-18
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