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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
Event-Record 160,000 People Apply for the 2025 Bank of America Chicago Marathon
13 Dec 2024
The Bank of America Chicago Marathon will notify runners today of their selection status for the 2025 event. The race, which is the final event in the Bank of America Chicago Distance Series, continue
BofA’s CashPro® App Will Surpass a Record $1 Trillion in Payment Approvals for the Year
11 Dec 2024
By the end of 2024, Bank of America corporate clients will have made over $1 Trillion in payment approvals on the bank’s CashPro App, the mobile application that companies use to manage their treasury
Paze Checkout Solution Makes Online Shopping Fast and Streamlined for BofA Clients This Holiday Season
06 Dec 2024
In time for the holiday season, all eligible Bank of America credit and debit cards are now enabled with PazeSM, a fast and streamlined online checkout solution. Paze includes card tokenization, so th
Bank of America Chair and CEO Brian Moynihan to Participate in the Goldman Sachs Financial Services Conference on December 11
04 Dec 2024
Bank of America Chair and Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan will participate in the Goldman Sachs Financial Services Conference on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. A live
Bank of America builds on partnership with FIFA to become Official Partner of FIFA Club World Cup 2025™
04 Dec 2024
BofA builds on partnership with FIFA to become official partner of FIFA Club World Cup 2025™
BofA Global Research Expects 2025 to be a Year of Further Equity Market Strength Amid Macro Uncertainty
03 Dec 2024
While we await key details on policy changes in the US, indications thus far suggest the outlook for 2025 could present big opportunities for investors. The US economy is on strong footing, with growi
BofA Celebrates 20 Years of Neighborhood Builders
03 Dec 2024
Bank of America is celebrating two decades of its signature Neighborhood Builders® program—one of the country’s largest and longest-standing philanthropic investments in leadership—providing funding a
Bank of America Announces Redemption of $2,000,000,000 1.530% Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes, Due December 2025
27 Nov 2024
Bank of America Corporation announced today that it will redeem on December 6, 2024, all $2,000,000,000 principal amount outstanding of its 1.530% Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes, due December 2025 (
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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.