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   Felix
   

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   Joined: Nov '10
   Posts: 396

   I've already had a low opinion of banking practices, but here you go:

   http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/bank-of-america-too-crooked-to-fail-20120314

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Chad
   

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   Joined: Jul '10
   Posts: 1,001

   The sad thing is that banks can be real stalwarts of a community or city, but the current environment is outrageous.

   Related to this subject. There is a good book I just finished on BoA's buyout of Merrill Lynch. The author really does a great job of finding out how this all happened. Fascinating look at the cultures of both companies and a few other companies that are tangently related to the whole process (Goldman Sachs, NYSE, Treasury, etc.).

   http://www.amazon.com/Crash-Titans-Merrill-Near-Collapse-America/dp/0307717860

   Posted 1 year ago #

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