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Fed Under Fire as Hill Steps Up B of A Probe

American Banker  |  Thursday, June 25, 2009

By Steven Sloan

As Ken Lewis was considering invoking a "material adverse condition" clause that would have let him abandon the Merrill deal, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson called Lewis with a message from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke: Go through with the merger or lose your job...

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