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DealBook: Thain Resigns From Bank of America

Jan. 22, 2009
John A. Thain, the former chief executive of Merrill Lynch, resigned a week after Bank of America was forced to seek $20 billion in additional bailout money.
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch