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Five black fire safety directors of West Indian descent sued Bank of America Corp's Merrill Lynch unit on Friday, accusing it of discrimination on the basis of race and national origin, leading to their 2005 firings.

Bank of America Chief Executive Ken Lewis said his company is still in talks with U.S. officials on how to compensate the government for a prior loss-sharing agreement, according to a letter released by a watchdog lawmaker on Thursday.

Bank of America Corp said on Thursday it named London-based Andrea Orcel an executive chairman for its global banking and markets division, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.

Bank of America Corp and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday made a third attempt to persuade a skeptical judge to approve their settlement over Merrill Lynch & Co bonuses. But experts said they may not have done enough.

Bank of America Corp shot back at New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, saying he is simply wrong to claim that the bank is hindering an investigation into its takeover of Merrill Lynch & Co.

Bank of America Corp shot back at New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, saying he is simply wrong to claim that the bank is hindering an investigation into its takeover of Merrill Lynch & Co.

Bonuses Anger; Will Cuomo Attack?; Beatles are Back

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo threatened on Tuesday to file charges accusing top Bank of America Corp executives of failing to disclose essential details about its takeover of Merrill Lynch & Co.

U.S. stocks advanced on Tuesday on an uptick in corporate deal activity while the weak dollar led to gains in commodities, lifting shares of oil and mining companies.

Standard & Poor's said on Tuesday U.S. credit card losses declined in July, but forecast bad loans would soon resume their upward trend as thousands of Americans lose their jobs.

Banc of America Securities-Merrill Lynch reinstated coverage of Gilead Sciences Inc with a buy rating, saying upside to consensus estimates over the next few years is likely, driven by strength in the drugmaker's HIV medicines amid few competitive threats.

Reports that Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) is in talks with the U.S. Treasury to repay $20 billion of its federal bailout was met by the market with joy -- and a little skepticism.

Bank of America is offering to repay part of the U.S. government bailout money, starting with the $20 billion it received in January to help with the acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website late on Monday.

The U.S. pay czar has begun reviewing the appropriateness of the richest pay packages proposed by firms that received billions of dollars in government aid.

The pay czar tasked by the U.S. government with ruling on the eye-popping compensation of some of Wall Street's top earners is far from a stranger to big paychecks and the trappings of wealth.

The U.S. Federal Reserve asked a federal judge not to enforce her order that it reveal the names of the banks that have participated in its emergency lending programs and the sums they received, saying such disclosure would threaten the companies and the economy.

Robert McCann, former head of Merrill Lynch's wealth management unit, is in talks to settle a suit he filed August 24 against Bank of America Corp seeking to lift a noncompete clause, allowing him to join a chief rival, a source with direct knowledge of the situation said.

Robert McCann, former head of Merrill Lynch's wealth management unit, is in talks to settle a suit he filed Aug. 24 against Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) seeking to lift a noncompete clause, allowing him to join a chief rival, a source with direct knowledge of the situation said.

India's Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN hope to finalize by mid-September a deal that could lead to a full merger, with the Indian firm adding another adviser and getting closer to lining up loans, three sources said.

More recovery signs; SEC says 'Reveal; Shrugs for Goldman

A federal judge ordered Bank of America to explain why it agreed to pay $33 million to settle a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit if it believed it properly disclosed bonuses it authorized for Merrill Lynch & Co employees.

(Corrects word in paragraph 2 to 'settlement' from 'statement')

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to do a better job of explaining why it did not pursue allegations that Bank of America Corp lied in its proxy statement about its approval of bonuses for Merrill Lynch & Co employees.

In late August's quiet trading, four troubled financial companies have accounted for a big piece of total volume on the New York Stock Exchange, with all four rallying on little news.

Bank of America Corp and the top U.S. securities regulator sought to persuade a judge to approve their $33 million settlement of a civil lawsuit over the lack of disclosure of billions of dollars of bonuses at Merrill Lynch & Co.

Credit Card Industry Challenged; GM May Keep Opel; Last Try for 'Clunkers'

Bank of America Corp mounted an aggressive defense of Merrill Lynch & Co's awarding of $3.6 billion of bonuses last year, as it tries to persuade a federal judge to approve a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over its own disclosures.

Bank of America Corp has agreed to pay $150 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the former Merrill Lynch & Co of misleading investors in connection with the sale of bonds and preferred stock, court records show.

Banks are close to finalising South African telecom group MTN's 4.5 billion syndicated loan backing its proposed merger with Indian mobile phone company Bharti Airtel, bankers close to the deal said on Friday.