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Bank of America Now Target of Fake Press Release

There is a Brian Moynihan imposter on the loose.

This morning a quite realistic-looking press release said the bank has launched a new campaign — “Your Bank of America.” Dressed in BofA’s famed “flagstaff” logos and color–it’s even the right fonts–the “release” says the bank is on a quest to find out how banking should happen and wants America’s help.

On a related website, yourbofa.com, a letter purporting to be from CEO Brian Moynihan kicks off with “Today, it’s time to acknowledge that our Bank isn’t working anymore.”

Bank of America Now Target of Fake Press Release
Wall Street Journal Blog
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Parody site puts Bank of America in your hands

What would Bank of America look like if it were owned by its customers?

YourBofA.com, a parody site launched this week, lets the crowd take a stab at answering that question. Mimicking the real Bank of America site's look, it takes scathing aim at the bank's missteps and invites visitors to share their ideas about what a taxpayer-owned Bank of America should do. Several thousand contributors have already sent in suggestions.

Parody site puts Bank of America in your hands
CNNMoney
Friday, April 20, 2012

Bank vs. America Showdown: Massive Protests at BofA Shareholder's Meeting

Release Date: 
Monday, May 7, 2012

Media Advisory for May 8 and 9, 2012

Daring Action at Bank of America Stadium Leads to Five Arrests

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

HI-RES PHOTOS: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainforestactionnetwork/sets/72157629583424804/

Rainforest Action Network Renames Bank of America Stadium – “Bank of Coal”

Rainforest Action Network Renames Bank of America Stadium – “Bank of Coal”

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Five Advocates Unfurl 70-Foot Banner Atop Bank Branded Stadium

HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON FLICKR: ran.org/bofaphotos

US Banks Risk Public Health and Climate by Financing Coal

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

RAN and Sierra Club Detail the “Filthy Five” Banks in third annual “Coal Finance Report Card”

Over 1000 to Protest Bank of America at Shareholder Meeting

Release Date: 
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Contact:

Kerul Dyer, 415.866.0005

San Francisco—A thousand-plus people representing the diversity of the 99 percent will converge in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 9 to protest Bank of America policies that are bankrupting our economy and destroying our environment at the company’s annual shareholder meeting.  Rainforest Action Network, the New Bottom Line, the Pushback Network and a growing number of other national organizations will coordinate with local grassroots efforts for the non-violent mass mobilization.

Chicago Coal Plant Closures Point to Energy Source as Risky Investment

Release Date: 
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO— Today, Midwest Generation, a subsidiary of Edison International, announced the retirement of the Fisk and Crawford coal plants, two of the oldest and dirtiest coal-fired power plants in the country. Agreements signed by Midwest Generation, Chicago’s Clean Power Coalition and the City of Chicago indicate that Fisk will shut down in 2012 and the Crawford coal plant in Little Village will shut down by 2014.  The announcement marks a historic victory after a decade-long grassroots campaign designed to protect public health and the environment from the impacts of burning coal.

San Francisco protesters target financial district on Friday

 Weeks after their eviction from several area encampments, anti-Wall Street activists in San Francisco, including a former Pacific Stock Exchange president, are vowing to disrupt the city's financial district on Friday with a series of protests.

Plans for the day include demonstrations at various bank branches starting early in the morning, an attempt to take over an unspecified foreclosed building and a bit of street theater by Iraq war veterans who have embraced the San Francisco spinoff of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

San Francisco protesters target financial district on Friday
Reuters
Thursday, January 19, 2012

Rough week for Bank of America isn't over yet

Folks working for Bank of America, especially in San Francisco, probably can't wait for this week to be over.

First off, there was that prank turning dozens of BofA ATMs in the city into "automated truth machines."

Rough week for Bank of America isn't over yet
SFGate
Thursday, January 19, 2012
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