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Bank of America Reports Fourth Quarter 2024 Financial Results
16 Jan 2025
Bank of America reported its fourth quarter 2024 financial results today. The news release, supplemental filing and investor presentation can be accessed at Bank of America’s Investor Relations websit
U.S. Soccer Federation and Bank of America Announce Transformative, Long-term Partnership
14 Jan 2025
U.S. Soccer Federation and Bank of America announce new long-term partnership
BofA’s Consumer Investments Surpasses $500 Billion in Assets as Clients Choose High-Tech, High Touch Approach to Managing Finances
10 Jan 2025
Bank of America today announced its Consumer Investments business has grown to more than $500 billion in client assets, a more than 10-fold increase since the business started a decade ago. This inclu
Bank of America to Report Fourth Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Host Investor Conference Call on January 16
09 Jan 2025
As previously announced, Bank of America will report its fourth quarter 2024 financial results on Thursday, January 16. The results will be released at approximately 6:45 a.m. ET, followed by an investor conference call at 11:00 a.m. ET.
Merrill Launches Ultra-High-Net-Worth Advisory Group
08 Jan 2025
Today, Merrill Wealth Management announced the launch of its Ultra-High-Net-Worth (UHNW) Advisory Group, a team of more than 25 Merrill specialists who will partner with advisors to deliver comprehens
Bank of America Announces Redemption of $2,000,000,000 3.366% Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes, Due January 2026
08 Jan 2025
Bank of America Corporation announced today that it will redeem on January 23, 2025, all $2,000,000,000 principal amount outstanding of its 3.366% Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes, due January 2026 (C
BofA Names Matt Reilly President of New Hampshire
08 Jan 2025
Bank of America has named Matt Reilly president of Bank of America New Hampshire. As president and head of the market, Reilly will connect clients, teammates and communities to the full power of the f
Bank of America Announces Full Redemption of Its Series MM Preferred Stock and Related Depositary Shares
27 Dec 2024
Bank of America Corporation announced today that it will redeem all outstanding shares of its Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series MM (CUSIP No. 060505FR0), liquidation prefer
Republic of Ecuador Selects Bank of America for Sovereign Debt Conversion to Support Conservation in the Ecuadorian Amazon
17 Dec 2024
Bank of America today announced the completion of a $1 billion sovereign debt conversion transaction to refinance approximately $1.53 billion of sovereign debt of the Republic of Ecuador (“Ecuador”),
Bank of America Declares Preferred Stock Dividends for First Quarter 2025
17 Dec 2024
Bank of America Corporation today announced the Board of Directors has authorized regular cash dividends on the outstanding shares or depositary shares of the following series of preferred stock
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Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
How Quaker Oats grabbed customers’ attention
By Kiron Kasbekar | 07 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats, the American food products giant that was created in 1901 through the merger of many older oat millers, and was acquired by a bigger foods giant, Pepsi, in 2001, has been an innovative company. One example of its innovativeness shows in its packaging – the cereal box it launched in 1915.
Company story – Cunard Line
By Kiron Kasbekar | 12 Jan 2024
The Cunard Line started its life in Glasgow in 1839 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company when Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract.
Samuel Slater – textile tycoon or traitor?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Dec 2023
Samuel Slater is a name that holds significant importance in the annals of American industrial history. Often referred to as the ‘Father of the American Factory System’, Slater's contributions played a pivotal role in shaping the nation’s industrial landscape.
Underwood Typewriter Company – an icon of the past
By Kiron Kasbekar | 21 Dec 2023
You’ve probably never heard of Underwood typewriters. For the company folded up in 1963 – 60 years ago. You may not even have seen and handled a typewriter, unless someone in your family owned one.
The rise and fall of Chrysler
By Kiron Kasbekar | 16 Dec 2023
A century ago, the American automobile industry was more crowded than a vegetable market on a Sunday morning, with such a wide variety of stuff on sale that buyers were spoilt for choice. Buyers could pick and choose, bargain, pay up and drive out with the newly purchased vehicle.
TRW – the tide turned
By Kiron Kasbekar | 13 Dec 2023
There used to be an American company called Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. This company, which was a global supplier of automotive systems, modules, and components to car and truck manufacturers, started small, as most companies do. Then, as the automotive industry grew bigger, so did TRW.
The rise and fall of Nokia
By Aniket Gupta | 07 Dec 2023
My interest is stories about dominant companies that failed all of a sudden. These companies were once etched into people’s minds but have since become a symbol of nostalgia. One such company, which was the biggest in its industry before it failed catastrophically, is Nokia.
Yahoo!: The first king of the internet
By Aniket Gupta | 01 Dec 2023
The year is 1994. You go to the internet to search for a particular website, but there is no Google that could be used to search your desired website. What do you do? The answer is that you use Yahoo.