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SEC sues BofA over Merrill Lynch statements

Aug. 3, 2009
Bank of America Corp. was sued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly making false claims in a proxy statement about the purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co. Bank of America said in the November 2008 joint proxy statement for the acquisition...
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