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  • Bank of America's fine breakdown

    CNBC's Kate Kelly analyzes Bank of America's agreement with the Justice Department.

  • Cramer: BofA's next quarter 'pretty much wiped out'

    CNBC's David Faber and Jim Cramer discuss Bank of America's $17 billion settlement with the DOJ. Cramer says the Justice Department wanted to maximize the embarrassment and pain of Bank of America.

  • BofA reaches record settlement with DOJ

    CNBC's Kate Kelly reports Bank of America will pay $9.6 billion in cash and provide consumer relief valued at $7 billion for its role in the sale of mortgage-backed securities before the 2008 financial crisis.

  • A Bank of America branch in New York's Times Square.

    CNBC's Kate Kelly reports Bank of America has reached a landmark $17 billion settlement with the Justice Department over mortgage backed securities.

  • Bank of America reaches $17 billion settlement: AP

    The Associated Press is reporting Bank of America has reached a $17 billion settlement over mortgage backed securities.

  • Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett pauses during an interview in New York.

    Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is paying almost $1 million to the government for failing to make disclosures required by antitrust law ... again.

  • The Rabobank Group logo sits on display on the bank's headquarters in Utrecht, Netherlands.

    A former Rabobank employee pled guilty to participating in a plot to manipulate the Yen Libor rate, the second employee of the Dutch lender to do so.

  • Cyber security

    Community Health Systems said a group believed to be operating out of China attacked its hospitals, affecting 4.5 million patients. Re/code reports.

  • Santelli Exchange: Geopolitics & the markets

    CNBC's Rick Santelli, and James Bianco, Bianco Research president, discuss whether big geopolitical news coming out of Iraq and Ukraine should be big news for the market.

  • What if banks fail now?

    Former chair of the FDIC Sheila Bair, gives her take on Bank of America's potential landmark settlement with the Justice Department, and shares her thoughts on "too big to fail."

  • BofA-DOJ mortgage deal crystallizing

    CNBC's Kate Kelly reports Bank of America nears a potential mortgage settlement with the Justice Department.

  • Who is Tony West?

    Bank of America's potential settlement with the DOJ has focused the spotlight on Justice Department official Tony West. CNBC's Kate Kelly reports he is a big fan of public service.

  • Brian Moynihan, president and CEO of Bank of America at 2014 WEF in Davos, Switzerland.

    As BofA nears a potential $17 billion settlement with the Justice Department, CNBC's Kate Kelly discusses the problems the bank has faced since Brian Moynihan has taken over as CEO.

  • Most feared man on Wall St.

    Bank of America's potential settlement with the DOJ has focused the spotlight on Justice Department official Tony West. CNBC's Kate Kelly provides insight on his bank oversight history.

  • Bank of America nears DOJ deal: Sources

    According to sources, Bank of America is nearing a settlement deal with the Department of Justice. Nothing is final yet, reports CNBC's Kate Kelly.

  • A Bank of American branch office in Oakland, Calif.

    Bank of America and the Justice Department are closing in on a deal to settle mortgage probes that could reach as much as $17 billion.

  • Bank of America nears settlement: Sources

    According to sources, Bank of America is nearing a settlement deal with the Department of Justice, with CNBC's Kayla Tausche.

  • Sprint drops bid for T-Mobile

    The writing has been on the wall since the beginning that this was not a feasible expectation, say Craig Moffett, MoffettNathanson founder & senior analyst, sharing his thoughts on Sprint's decision not to pursue T-Mobile.

  • Allergan sues Valeant & Pershing Square

    CNBC's David Faber reports Allergan has filed a lawsuit against Valeant Pharmaceuticals and Pershing Square's Bill Ackman alleging a violation of federal securities laws.

  • President Barack Obama during a meeting in the Oval Office on March 3, 2014.

    The White House dismissed the legal defeat as "interesting to legal theorists," but House Speaker John Boehner said it's further proof that Obamacare "is completely unworkable."