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Topic: FleetBoston Financial


In the News (Wed 15 Feb 12)

  
  Federal Reserve Board: Public Meeting Transcripts
The factors are the effects of the proposal on the financial and managerial resources and future prospects of the companies and banks involved in the proposal, competition in the relevant markets, and the convenience and needs of the communities to be served.
Transcripts and exhibits are presented by speaker panel; each day's transcript and exhibits are also presented in their entirety after the last panel of each day.
January 14 meeting on the application of Bank of America to acquire FleetBoston Financial Corporation, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
www.federalreserve.gov /events/publicmeeting   (317 words)

  
  FDIC: FDIC Federal Register Citations
FleetBoston Financial Corporation (“FleetBoston”) is the seventh largest diversified financial holding company in the United States with total assets of U.S. $197 billion.
FleetBoston's fundamental belief is that capital for securitization activities should be based on the results of a bank's own internal models and subject to regulatory review.
FleetBoston has successfully managed a revolving commercial-loan securitization program for 5 years, and we believe that there is no justification for the asymmetric treatment of securitized-retail and securitized-committed/non-retail revolving facilities.
www.fdic.gov /regulations/laws/federal/03cfleetbasel.html   (7120 words)

  
 FleetBoston Financial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
FleetBoston Financial was a Boston, Massachusetts-based bank created in 1999 by the merger of Fleet Financial Group and BankBoston.
During the construction of a sports arena in Boston, FleetBoston acquired the naming rights to the facility, which therefore opened as the FleetCenter in 1995.
After FleetBoston's sale to Bank of America, the bank chose to give up its naming rights and an announcement was made on March 3, 2005 that the arena would be renamed TD Banknorth Garden.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/FleetBoston_Financial   (197 words)

  
 Responsible Shopper Profile: FleetBoston
FleetBoston employees filed a class-action lawsuit against the corporation in September of 2004, alleging that it violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) by switching to a cash-balance plan in 1997 and failing to notify employees about the associated reduction in benefits.
In March 2003, a settlement was reached with FleetBoston on a case stemming from charges that the corporation cost investors $38 million by repeatedly trading for their company's own accounts before filling orders from customers in some of the nation's largest stocks.
In November 2002 FleetBoston Financial Corp. and government regulators initiated negotiations to settle a probe into the company's role in underwriting initial public offerings at Robertson Stephens, its investment banking unit that is slated to be closed.
www.coopamerica.org /programs/rs/profile.cfm?id=225   (535 words)

  
 Comments of FleetBoston Financial Corporation on S7-32-02
FleetBoston Financial Corporation ("Fleet" or the "Corporation") is pleased to offer the following comments with respect to the above-referenced matter on behalf of itself, Fleet National Bank, its primary banking subsidiary (the "Bank") and Fleet Securities, Inc., its securities affiliate.
FleetBoston is the seventh largest financial holding company in the United States as of September 30, 2002, based on total assets.
Financial firms need to be assured that such service providers will also be subject to preparedness standards before they invest sizeable dollars in plans that rely in part on such third parties.
www.sec.gov /rules/concept/s73202/jasmilowski1.htm   (1493 words)

  
 Class Action Newsline
If you are a shareholder of FleetBoston Financial Corporation and want to learn more about this lawsuit and about becoming a lead plaintiff, you may visit our website at http://www.sbclasslaw.com/cgi/signup.cgi.
FleetBoston shares reached a closing price of $41.00 per share on March 1, 2001, the closing date of the Merger.
If you purchased FleetBoston Financial Corporation securities in connection with the merger between Summit and FleetBoston which was completed on or about March 1, 2001, you may be a member of the class and have until November 19, 2002 to move the court to become a lead plaintiff.
www.primezone.com /ca/news.html?d=32621   (532 words)

  
 The Boston Stock Exchange Celebrates the Listing of FleetBoston Financial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In celebration of the occasion, Mayor Thomas M. Menino, along with FleetBoston Financial President and COO Charles K. "Chad" Gifford, FleetBoston Financial Vice Chairman and CFO Eugene M. McQuade, and BSE Chairman and CEO William G. Morton, Jr., participated in an opening bell ringing ceremony on the BSE's trading floor.
FleetBoston Financial is the eight-largest bank holding company in the United States.
FleetBoston Financial is headquartered in Boston and listed on the Boston Stock Exchange (BSE:FBF) and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:FBF).
www.bostonstock.com /news/press_releases/pr2000/pr_011.html   (470 words)

  
 FLEETBOSTON FINANCIAL CORP.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap
The goal of this report, therefore, is to assist consultants, financial managers, strategic planners, and corporate officers in gauging indicators of a company's financial structure compared to firms competing or participating in the same economic sector, at the global level.
This report overcomes these issues and gives full financial benchmarks vis-a-vis worldwide competitors who are present in the same narrow industrial classification.
Ratios are projected using raw financial statistics and, as ratios, are therefore comparable.
www.mindbranch.com /FLEETBOSTON-FINANCIAL-CORP-R307-20842   (816 words)

  
 RW - Shareholder Initiatives: FleetBoston 2002
Despite this position, FleetBoston urged shareholders at last year’s annual meeting to oppose a shareholder resolution calling upon the Directors to link CEO pay to measures of employee and customer satisfaction and to freeze CEO pay during periods of significant downsizing.
In early 2000, FleetBoston announced the layoff of 4,000 workers, representing 14% of the company’s workforce.
Within days of the layoff announcement, FleetBoston announced that CEO Terrance Murray received a 13% increase in cash compensation and a special bonus of $20 million for completing the BankBoston merger.
www.responsiblewealth.org /shareholder/2002/FleetBoston.html   (552 words)

  
 BUREAU OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
A Principal Bank Examiner of the Maine Bureau of Financial Institutions conducted an investigation of this transaction.
BAC is a financial holding company that, through its banking and nonbanking subsidiaries, provides a diversified range of banking and nonbanking financial services and products.
The financial and managerial resources of BAC and FleetBoston are satisfactory and the future prospects of the institutions, both individually and collectively, are considered satisfactory.
www.state.me.us /pfr/bkg/boafleetorder.htm   (486 words)

  
 FleetBoston/Summit Bancorp Release
HACKENSACK, N.J. Charging that FleetBoston Financial and Summit Bancorp have "repeatedly violated their obligations under the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (CRA)," members of the nation’s largest trade organization for check cashing businesses have filed an official protest with the Federal Reserve Bank over the proposed merger between the two banking firms.
The Financial Service Centers of America (FiSCA), which represents 3,700 businesses nationwide, made the decision to object to the merger after FleetBoston recently announced a "corporate decision" to terminate all accounts maintained by check cashers.
FleetBoston has also not issued comments to the Federal Reserve on how closure of accounts owned by check casher businesses might be detrimental to CRA initiatives.
www.fisca.org /pr27.htm   (527 words)

  
 FleetBoston Financial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
FleetBoston Financial is the seventh-largest financial holding company in the United States, with assets of $192 billion.
A diversified financial services company, Fleet offers a comprehensive array of innovative financial solutions to 20 million customers in more than 20 countries and territories.
Within the first 10 months of use at FleetBoston Financial, OPNET software successfully assisted the Network Performance and Capacity Planning Team in a variety of projects.
www.opnet.com /spotlight/fleetboston.html   (457 words)

  
 FLEETBOSTON FINANCIAL   FleetBoston Financial is one of the largest U
FleetBoston Financial is one of the largest U.S. commercial banking institutions, with over $181 billion in assets and customers in every region of the country.
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fusion.babson.edu /html/mba_ccd/schedules/Cycle02-03/dFleetBoston2.htm   (737 words)

  
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 Mangosoft Inc. and Fleet Form Strategic Partnership for fileTRUST
FleetBoston Financial is the seventh-largest financial holding company in the United States.
A diversified financial services company with assets exceeding $200 billion, Fleet offers a comprehensive array of innovative financial solutions to 20 million customers in more than 20 countries and territories.
FleetBoston Financial is headquartered in Boston and listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FBF) and the Boston Stock Exchange (BSE: FBF).
www.mangosoft.com /news/pr/20020211.asp   (666 words)

  
 Bank of America plans to buy FleetBoston Financial
The announcement was a blow to Boston's status as a financial center.
However, FleetBoston and Bank of America executives said that because the companies had so little overlap, they expected the number of jobs in the Boston area to remain about the same.
FleetBoston has 47,700 total employees; Bank of America has 133,000.
archive.recordonline.com /archive/2003/10/28/fleet28.htm   (501 words)

  
 FleetBoston Classic sponsorship agreement extended - PGATOUR.COM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
FleetBoston Financial has been the title sponsor of the FleetBoston Classic since 1993.
The 2002 FleetBoston Classic field of top SENIOR TOUR professionals will be led by defending champion Larry Nelson, who will compete for his third consecutive FleetBoston Classic win.
Tickets to the 2002 FleetBoston Classic are available by calling toll-free 1-877-559-GOLF, by calling Ticketmaster toll free at 1-877-446-9428 or on-line at www.ticketmaster.com.
www.pgatour.com /u/ce/multi/0,1977,5526315,00.html   (436 words)

  
 Quick & Reilly, A FleetBoston Financial Company, Partners With FOLIOfn to Launch Q Folio Investing Business Wire - Find ...
Customers can also invest in dollar or share amounts for greater ease and diversification, and they can take advantage of the tax benefits that come with stock ownership, including the ability to potentially lower their tax liabilities.
Quick & Reilly, Inc. is part of FleetBoston Financial, a $200 billion diversified financial services company with an outstanding record of growth and profitability.
FleetBoston Financial is headquartered in Boston and listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FBF) and the Boston Stock Exchange (BSE: FBF).
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_Jan_9/ai_81516382   (849 words)

  
 FleetBoston Financial Special Stockholders' Meeting to Be Webcast Business Wire - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
FleetBoston Financial today announced that it will webcast its Special Meeting of Stockholders to approve the merger of the Corporation with Bank of America.
FleetBoston Financial (NYSE & BSE: FBF), a diversified financial services company with assets of $196 billion, offers a comprehensive array of financial solutions to over 18 million individual, corporate, and institutional customers.
Fleet is the leading small business and commercial banking provider in the Northeast and a premier provider of financial services to selected industries nationwide.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2004_March_12/ai_114182732   (234 words)

  
 FleetBoston Financial Corp. - SourceWatch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
FleetBoston Financial is currently "in the process of merging with Bank of America".
In March 2002, FleetBoston was named in a lawsuit filed in in U.S. District Court in New York "seeking damages for abuses suffered by slaves and accusing the companies of profiting from slavery".
"FleetBoston named in lawsuit seeking reparations for slavery", Associated Press, March 26, 2002.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=FleetBoston_Financial_Corp.   (173 words)

  
 FleetBoston Financial "neutral weight" | newratings.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
NEW YORK, December 12 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Prudential Financial reiterate their "neutral weight" rating on FleetBoston Financial (FBF.NYS).
Balance sheet restructuring, undertaken during the last quarter, is expected to drive the company’s net interest margin in the fourth quarter, the analysts add.
According to Prudential Financial, cost trimming initiatives would further boost FleetBoston Financial’s 2004 results.
www.newratings.com /analyst_news/article_363577.html   (210 words)

  
 Fleetboston Financial News
Fleetboston Financial News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
Enron Corp said Friday it reached agreement with FleetBoston Financial Corp. and Fleet National Bank to settle litigation linked to the former energy trader's dramatic collapse five years ago.
Fleet Financial did not admit liability or wrongdoing and both parties agreed to settle the litigation to avoid the costs and uncertainties of further proceedings, Enron said.
www.topix.net /com/fbf   (746 words)

  
 FleetBoston Financial Corporation Keeps Credit Card Customers Content with Assistance from TELECORP PRODUCTS INC.
No institution is more aware of that than the megalithic entity born from the merger of Fleet Financial and BankBoston.
As the eighth-largest U.S.-based financial holding company, FleetBoston Financial boasts 20 million worldwide customers, 500,000 small business customers, and 4,700 retail outlets serving 6 million households in the Northeast section of the country.
FleetBoston Financial Corporation is the #1 retail bank in New England; #1 home equity lender in New England; #1 small business lender in the Northeastern United States; #1 bank-owned commercial finance provider in the U.S.; and the 5
www.telecorpproducts.com /successstories/fleetboston.html   (815 words)

  
 | HighPoint Capital | Team Members
Bowman was a Managing Director of Leveraged Finance at FleetBoston Financial from 1998-2003, where he was a senior member of Fleet’s preliminary structuring and loan screening committees.
Cignetti was an Associate in the Leveraged Finance Group at FleetBoston Financial, where he structured and executed second lien, mezzanine, high yield and bridge loans for public and private companies.
At YankeeTek, he developed the firm’s financial operations, managed the closing process for deals and provided financial guidance and support to their portfolio companies.
www.highpoint-capital.com /team.html   (1463 words)

  
 FleetBoston buys Liberty - Jun. 4, 2001
NEW YORK (CNNfn) - FleetBoston Financial Corp. agreed late Monday to acquire the asset management unit of Liberty Financial Companies Inc. in an all-cash deal worth just over $1 billion.
The acquisition, worth $900 million, also calls for FleetBoston (FBF: Research, Estimates) to assume $110 million in debt.
FleetBoston, a regional bank, said the acquisition will add $51 billion in assets under management, bringing total assets to about $173 billion and making the bank the world's 29
money.cnn.com /2001/06/04/deals/fleet   (277 words)

  
 Bank of America | Home | Corporate & Institutional   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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Find out how you can benefit from working with a universal banking leader.
Our dedicated industry teams carefully analyze and track sector fluctuations and industry influences to deliver the financing and advice that's right for you.
www.bankofamerica.com /index.cfm?page=corp   (65 words)

  
 FleetBoston HomeLink Relaunch Announced
FleetBoston Financial Corporation is the seventh-largest financial holding company in the United States, with assets of $200 billion.
The company's principal businesses, Personal Financial Services and Commercial Financial Services, offer a comprehensive array of innovative financial solutions to 20 million customers.
Fleet's Commercial Financial Services Division provides commercial lending, syndications, capital raising and advisory, leasing, cash management, asset-based finance, foreign exchange and interest rate derivatives to clients.
www.molecular.com /news/010604_fleet.aspx   (574 words)

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