Few have actually done so, not least because America's 1940 Investment Company Act imposes tough restrictions on public firms that are principally an investment portfolio.

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She spoke candidly about the economic crisis and how Bank Of America emerged from it as quite a different company, having absorbed mortgage lender Countrywide and investment bank Merrill Lynch, and implementing programs and initiatives to win back consumer trust.

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Respondents apparently requested that the FINRA Arbitration Panel issue subpoenas for two witnesses, who would allegedly testify that Respondents Securities America, Inc. and Talbott could not and would not have discovered anything further about the subject investment or the company offering the investment.

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