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Registered Rep. September 6, 2011 Kristen French	Updated: Bank of America Spins Off Krawcheck, Not Merrill, FAs Unhappy Two years after hiring her, Bank of America is giving the heave-ho to Sallie Krawcheck, head of global wealth and investment management.
BusinessWeek June 17, 2010 Woellert & Stein	Rising Tab for the Mortgage Mess The bailout of Fannie and Freddie could reach $1 trillion
BusinessWeek January 27, 2011 Dakin Campbell	Wells Fargo Is Ready to Roll Careful mortgage lending practices helped the San Francisco bank avoid the problems plaguing large rivals such as Bank of America and Citigroup.
BusinessWeek April 14, 2010 Campbell & Henry	The Home-Equity Hurt Ahead for Banks Bad second mortgages are about to batter earnings and slow efforts to resolve the foreclosure crisis
BusinessWeek May 12, 2011 Hugh Son	Bank of America's Rosy Housing Outlook Bank of America, already burned by its upbeat home price forecasts, continues to count on more improvement than others see.
The Motley Fool May 7, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Amid Losses, Fannie Mae Takes on More Risk A deteriorating balance sheet, combined with dramatically increased risk exposure, could spell disaster for Fannie Mae.
BusinessWeek May 20, 2009 Dean Foust	Can BofA CEO Ken Lewis Keep His Job? The pressure on Bank of America Chief Executive Officer Kenneth D. Lewis is growing by the day. Officials fear Washington wants to push the CEO out.
The Motley Fool May 15, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Freddie Gets a Boost Freddie Mac's stock soars on news of capital raising.
BusinessWeek March 3, 2011 Farzad & Son	The Bull Whisperer Sallie Krawcheck, chief of the wealth management unit at Bank of America, needs her Merrill Lynch brokers to drive profit to other divisions. And Merrill's "Thundering Herd" is snorting mad about it
The Motley Fool September 2, 2011 Dan Radovsky	Extreme Bank Makeover, Continued Bank of America asks itself, "Does this mortgage lending business make my assets look too big?"
The Motley Fool August 30, 2011 Dan Radovsky	This Overweight Bank Is on a Crash Diet Bank of America is selling off as many non-core assets as it can.
The Motley Fool July 14, 2008 Dan Caplinger	Curtains for the American Dream? How trouble with Fannie and Freddie could affect your ability to get a mortgage.
The Motley Fool November 28, 2008 Dan Caplinger	Last Call for Smart Homeowners The Fed's recent move has triggered a sharp downtick in mortgage rates. If you want to refinance, it may be now or never.
Bank Systems & Technology July 23, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan	Fannie, Freddie Troubles May Have Been Avoided If Technology Was Used Properly As observers watch cash-strapped Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac being propped up by the government, many wonder how technology failed to save the agencies and the lenders supplying mortgages to them from being left holding the bag on so many bad loans.
The Motley Fool February 29, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	A Wild Week for Fannie and Freddie Analyst downgrades. Worse-than-expected earnings. The lifting of federal loan limits. Put it all together, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have experienced one of the most tumultuous weeks in their history.
Reason January 2009 Michael Flynn	Anatomy of a Breakdown Concerted government policy helped trigger the financial meltdown -- and will almost certainly extend it.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2011 Nicole Gelinas	What Would Have Been Good for B of A Would Have Been Good for the US of A What works at the company level, works at the country level.
Bank Systems & Technology January 26, 2009 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	Brian Moynihan Named Bank of America's President of Global Banking and Global Wealth and Investment Management Moynihan, who has been General Counsel of Bank of America, replaces John Thain, who is leaving the firm.
The Motley Fool July 11, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	The Financial System Is Cracking Banking news: Things got worse in the credit crisis this week as the market speculated that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could need a government bailout.
BusinessWeek April 16, 2007 Dawn Kopecki	How Big Is The Bite On Fannie And Freddie? Freddie Mac's and Fannie Mae's exposure to risky loans could be bigger than they say.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Housing Market Stimulants Bush administration remedies for the ailing housing market may provide much-needed inducements for the market to heal itself.
The Motley Fool November 26, 2008 Alex Dumortier	The $800 Billion Pick-Me-Up for Consumer Credit The central bank announces an $800 billion support package aimed at spurring mortgage lending and consumer credit, including car, credit card, and small business loans.
Bank Systems & Technology December 17, 2009 Nathan Conz	Bank of America Elects New CEO Bank of American has named Brian T. Moynihan as its chief executive officer (CEO) and president.
Commercial Investment Real Estate May/Jun 2011 Nick Silbergeld	Separation Anxiety Does splitting Fannie and Freddie's platforms make sense?
Registered Rep. January 26, 2009 John Aidan Byrne	New Head, But Same Old Mission For Merrill's Retail Bank of America has named general counsel Brian Moynihan, an executive well versed in legal and business principles, to replace John Thain.
U.S. Banker May 2008	As the Credit Crisis Grinds On, Lending Falls Off the Cliff The current climate for loan production might not be Great Depression 2.0, but try telling that to someone with less than perfect credit.
BusinessWeek June 8, 2011 Michael J. Moore	The Financial Sector Keeps Shrinking Bank of America, Citigroup, and other big banks are stymied by a sluggish economy, low interest rates, and new regulations.
BusinessWeek July 29, 2010 Kopecki & Campbell	Low Rates are Squeezing Bank Profits What started as a blessing for big lenders is becoming a burden as profit margins shrink.
BusinessWeek December 3, 2009 Francis & Silver-Greenberg	What Lurks on the Books of Banks Their profits have rebounded, but shaky home-equity and credit-card debt -- for starters -- could change that
The Motley Fool January 21, 2010 Philip Durell	The Worst Stocks for 2010: Fannie Mae Shareholders should cry Uncle.
Reason March 2009 Veronique de Rugy	Dissatisfaction Guaranteed The government has decided to encourage more lenders to take more chances by guaranteeing yet more loans to high-risk borrowers. The only guarantee for these loans is that our children will be paying billions to cover the losses.
U.S. Banker May 2003 John Engen	Out of Step They're exempt from state and local taxes and from registering most securities with the SEC. They have sharply lower capital requirements. Combined, these factors give Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac a gargantuan advantage in the market. Their "mission creep" has most bankers seeing red.
U.S. Banker September 2008 John Engen	Future Shock Where to start when trying to figure out how the banking industry got into the mess it's in today? And where, exactly, do we go from here?
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Weber & Palmer	The Mouse Roaring at Fannie and Freddie A small Chicago rival is horning in on their territory
U.S. Banker March 2008 John Engen	The Politics of Lending Sen. John McCain took time to present his vision of a world with simplified mortgage applications, and even suggested that the government might need to jump in to help mitigate the worsening crisis.
The Motley Fool July 11, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Freddie and Fannie Free-Fall There may be no choice but to bail out the behemoth mortgage lenders.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2008 Morgan Housel	Rate Cut Means Refi Madness Mortgages are almost at record low rates. Does this mean we will return to the days of easy money?
The Motley Fool June 2, 2005 Nick Baker	Fannie and Freddie Face New Rules The mortgage giants may get a tougher regulator, but Bush and Greenspan want more. Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek March 10, 2011 Karen Weise	States Test Mortgage Principal Write-Downs Some economists say home-loan forgiveness is the key to a real estate rebound.
Bank Systems & Technology January 20, 2010 Penny Crosman	BofA Repays TARP, Shareholders Lose Lending is up and the bank's purchase of Merrill Lynch appears to be more of an asset than a liability, based on the bank's fourth quarter results.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2010 Dan Caplinger	This Will Bring On the Real Recovery Now, some positive signs in mortgage financing are bolstering the argument that for real estate, the worst is truly over.
The Motley Fool July 12, 2007 Rich Duprey	The Newest Homeowners: Big Banks The vortex of price declines sucking down values could spiral out of the investment bankers' control, leading to their own subprime devaluation. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Why Getting a Mortgage Will Never Be the Same Lots of changes are happening to the mortgage market.
BusinessWeek October 29, 2009 Henry et al.	Credit Creaks into Gear With a big boost from the feds, investors again like securities backed by assets like car loans -- but it'll take years for lending to flow freely.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2006 Rich Duprey	Too Big to Fail -- or File Mortgage guaranty giant Fannie Mae avoids delisting despite failing to file financials. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2005 Selena Maranjian	When Debt Is Too Good to Be True Beware of interest-only mortgages and other extreme loans.
U.S. Banker October 2009 Barbara A. Rehm	What if More Women Ran Banks? Many of the women being honored in this issue say female CEOs would have had more diverse management teams that would have reined in the institution long before losses began piling up like leaves in the woods on a windy fall day.
BusinessWeek November 18, 2010 Bradley Keoun	Citigroup Will Woo Small Business Citi wants to renew its focus on U.S. companies with less than $20 million in annual sales. To court them, the bank will hire about 200 bankers by the end of 2011.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2008 Rich Duprey	Fannie Awaits the Wrecking Ball Mortgage guaranty company Fannie Mae is set for demolition after the Fed's recent moves.
Bank Systems & Technology April 22, 2009 Orla O'Sullivan	Suicide Suspected in Freddie Mac CFO Death David Kellermann, 41, found dead in a reported suicide.