Bank of America Reaches Record 16.65 Billion Settlement
Bank of America agrees to pay 9.65 billion in cash and spend 7 billion on homeowner and community relief to resolve more than a dozen federal and state probes. The Charlotte based bank seals a major liability tied to Countrywide Merrill Lynch acquisitions from 2008.
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Bank of America
U.S
Bank
U.S. Department of Justice
Charlotte
N.C
Countrywide Financial Corp
Merrill Lynch & Co
Eric Holder
Brian Moynihan
Countrywide and Merrill
Kenneth Lewis
Moynihan
Joel Conn
Lakeshore Capital
Birmingham
Ala
Conn
Beverages firms chase new natural sweetener stakes
Dr Pepper Snapple and rivals seek a calorie light sugar likeness that is natural and tastes like sugar as soda sales trend downward for a decade. Industry voices note 65 percent of liquid refreshment sales come from carbonated drinks, with diet sodas suffering the steepest declines amid concerns about artificial sweeteners.
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Coke
Pepsi
Dr Pepper Snapple Group
Ers
John Sicher
Beverage Digest
Michael Jacobson
The
Center
Science
David Thomas
Dr Pepper
Thomas
Dallas Morning News
Plano
Texas
Family Dollar Rejects Dollar General Bid Over Antitrust
Family Dollar Stores rejected a 9 billion offer from Dollar General citing antitrust concerns and defended its CEO against accusations his support for Dollar Tree’s 8.5 billion bid was self serving. Activist Carl Icahn weighs in as analysts compare store counts and sales across planned combinations.
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Family Dollar
Dollar General
Dollar Tree
United States
Ed Garden
Rick Dreiling
Howard Levine
Levine
Dreiling
Carl Icahn
Dollar General Family
U.S
Canada
Casey's plans new Cedar Rapids downtown store
Casey's will replace its downtown Cedar Rapids location at 201 Eighth Ave SE with a 4200 square foot store, replacing a 2916 square foot building. The project follows the 2006 HandiMart purchase and removes fuel tanks for a redesigned outlet on Sixth Street corridor.
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Casey’s
Cedar Rapids
Casey’s General Store
Eighth Ave
Martin Oil
Oper
Ated
Eighth Avenue
HandiMart
Brian Johnson
33Rd Ave
Johnson
Sixth Street
Sixth St
Atlantic Dr
George C. Ford
the Gazette
Casey's General
Ankeny Convenience Store
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Ankeny Chain
George
Ford
Thegazette
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