A Bank of America branch is pictured in New York in this May 7, 2009 file photograph. Bank of America Corp posted a wider-than-expected third-quarter loss as improvement in its Merrill Lynch investment banking unit failed to offset consumer credit woes, sending its shares down 4.5 percent on October 16, 2009. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

A Bank of America branch is pictured in New York in this May 7, 2009 file photograph. Bank of America Corp posted a wider-than-expected third-quarter loss as improvement in its Merrill Lynch investment banking unit failed to offset consumer credit woes, sending its shares down 4.5 percent on October 16, 2009.

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  1. Director of Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Enforcement Robert Khuzami is sworn in before testifying before a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on "Bank of America and Merrill Lynch: How did a Private Deal Turn into a Federal Bailout? Part V" on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 11, 2009.
  2. Director of Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Enforcement Robert Khuzami testifies before a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on "Bank of America and Merrill Lynch: How did a Private Deal Turn into a Federal Bailout? Part V" on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 11, 2009.
  3. Director of Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Enforcement Robert Khuzami testifies before a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on "Bank of America and Merrill Lynch: How did a Private Deal Turn into a Federal Bailout? Part V" on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 11, 2009.
  4. Director of Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Enforcement Robert Khuzami testifies before a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on "Bank of America and Merrill Lynch: How did a Private Deal Turn into a Federal Bailout? Part V" on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 11, 2009.
  5. Director of Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Enforcement Robert Khuzami testifies before a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on "Bank of America and Merrill Lynch: How did a Private Deal Turn into a Federal Bailout? Part V" on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 11, 2009.
  6. Director of Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Enforcement Robert Khuzami is sworn in before testifying before a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on "Bank of America and Merrill Lynch: How did a Private Deal Turn into a Federal Bailout? Part V" on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 11, 2009.
  7. Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Sheila Bair (L) attends a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on "Bank of America and Merrill Lynch: How did a Private Deal Turn into a Federal Bailout? Part V" on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 11, 2009. Bair is greeted by Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY)(R), and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA).
  8. Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Sheila Bair attends a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on "Bank of America and Merrill Lynch: How did a Private Deal Turn into a Federal Bailout? Part V" on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 11, 2009.
  9. Director of Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Enforcement Robert Khuzami is sworn in before testifying before a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on "Bank of America and Merrill Lynch: How did a Private Deal Turn into a Federal Bailout? Part V" on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 11, 2009.
  10. Director of Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Enforcement Robert Khuzami testifies before a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on "Bank of America and Merrill Lynch: How did a Private Deal Turn into a Federal Bailout? Part V" on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 11, 2009.
  11. Director of Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Enforcement Robert Khuzami testifies before a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on "Bank of America and Merrill Lynch: How did a Private Deal Turn into a Federal Bailout? Part V" on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 11, 2009.
  12. Director of Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Enforcement Robert Khuzami testifies before a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on "Bank of America and Merrill Lynch: How did a Private Deal Turn into a Federal Bailout? Part V" on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 11, 2009.
  13. Director of Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Enforcement Robert Khuzami testifies before a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on "Bank of America and Merrill Lynch: How did a Private Deal Turn into a Federal Bailout? Part V" on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 11, 2009.
  14. Director of Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Enforcement Robert Khuzami is sworn in before testifying before a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on "Bank of America and Merrill Lynch: How did a Private Deal Turn into a Federal Bailout? Part V" on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 11, 2009.
  15. Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Sheila Bair (L) attends a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on "Bank of America and Merrill Lynch: How did a Private Deal Turn into a Federal Bailout? Part V" on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 11, 2009. Bair is greeted by Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY)(R), and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA).
  16. Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Sheila Bair attends a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on "Bank of America and Merrill Lynch: How did a Private Deal Turn into a Federal Bailout? Part V" on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 11, 2009.

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