Ken Lewis’ good deeds don’t go unpunished [updated]
By: Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) | September 30th at 09:51 PM |
Bank of America CEO resignation example of “No good deed goes unpunished” axiom Just over a week ago, The Wall Street Journal crystalized all of my numerous defenses of Ken Lewis and Bank of America during my stint as Charlotte Law & Politics Examiner: ”When Bank of America bought Merrill Lynch last winter, the political class applauded and called CEO Ken Lewis a solid citizen. | Read More »
Obama’s pitchforks fail to kill BAC’s moc-Ken-bird
By: Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) | May 1st at 02:14 PM |
Bank of America Corporation (BAC) CEO Ken Lewis barely pricked by hometown dead tree Drive-by hay baler, despite the Charlotte Observer’s months’ long vendetta And they say you can’t win against those that buy ink by the barrel? Shareholders at BAC’s annual meeting yesterday re-elected Ken Lewis and the 17 other members the bank’s Board of Directors (BOD) but did narrowly require (50.3%) that the | Read More »
Observer vendetta against CEO Lewis trumps concern for BofA, Charlotte
By: Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) | March 7th at 08:39 PM |
Since our first documentation of the Queen City’s local dead-tree Drive-by journalism hit job against Bank of America’s CEO, Ken Lewis, The Charlotte Observer has only ramped up the assault. They have attacked Lewis as “out of touch” for utilizing the Bank’s private jet to attend an Andrew Cuomo, New York Democrat witch hunt against BofA and Merrill Lynch; and ridiculed his 2008 pay cut. | Read More »
Obama, killing Bank of, and America, softly with his song
By: Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) | February 21st at 09:07 PM |
Listening to our new President’s bank and American free enterprise killing words of late reminds me of Roberta Flack’s 1973 box office hit, “Killing me softly with his song“: Strumming my pain with his fingers Singing my life with his words Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song Telling my whole life with his words Killing me softly with his | Read More »