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Bank of America may extend search

NEW YORK - Bank of America Corp.’s board might extend its search for a permanent new chief executive officer into 2010 if directors can’t settle on a candidate in the next three days, according to people familiar with the matter. (Boston Globe, 11/23/09)

Study backs link between pay, risk

NEW YORK - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and Bear Stearns Cos. executives made $2.5 billion from 2000 to 2008, a sign pay policies may have encouraged risk-taking that doomed the companies, a Harvard University study said. (Boston Globe, 11/23/09)

Fed said to ask banks to submit TARP repay plans

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve asked nine of the US banks that were part of this year’s stress tests to submit plans for repaying the government’s capital injections, a person familiar with the situation said. (Boston Globe, 11/23/09)

Fed examines bank capital as risks rise

Federal Reserve officials are stepping up scrutiny of the biggest US banks to ensure the lenders can withstand a reversal of soaring global-asset prices, according to people with knowledge of the matter. (Boston Globe, 11/20/09)

As jobs remain elusive, foreclosures rise again

More Massachusetts borrowers lost their homes to foreclosure in October than in the month before, figures released yesterday show, adding to evidence that the sluggish economy is hindering national efforts to help homeowners keep their property. (Boston Globe, 11/19/09)