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The Motley Fool April 23, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	Conspiracy at Bank of America? News breaks that Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis was supposedly strong-armed by the government to keep mum on the losses at Merrill Lynch.
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The Motley Fool February 26, 2009 Morgan Housel	How Much Money Will It Take to Save the Banks? NYU economic professor Nouriel Roubini estimates banks still need at least $1.4 trillion of new capital to get back on a sustainable path, suggesting therefore that the U.S. banking system is effectively insolvent in the aggregate.
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The Motley Fool January 28, 2009 Alex Dumortier	Worst Stock for 2009: Bank of America Which 10 companies should you keep out of your portfolio? Find out in our special series on the Worst Stocks for 2009. Here, take a look at why Bank of America falls into the "cheap for a reason" category.
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