Stories Related to Bank Of America Reverses Loss And Earns $2 Billion

By PALLAVI GOGOI, AP Business Writer, San Francisco Chronicle: Business
Thu, 01/19/2012 - 6:42am

(01-19) 05:42 PST NEW YORK, (AP) -- Bank of America made $2 billion in the last three months of last year, reversing a loss from a year earlier. It offset legal expenses over mortgages and losses in its investment...

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