<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060123/bs_nm/financial_bankofamerica_earns_dc"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/afp/20060102/capt.sge.shv45.020106202838.photo00.photo.default-300x225.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=7MlIG4m9t6Zoc08 dKUal5A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Bank of America logo. Bank of America has formally taken over MBNA Corporation, sealing a mammoth 34-billion-dollar banking acquisition and creating the largest credit card issuer in the United States measured by balances.(Bank of America)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Bank of America Corp. , the No.
2 U.S. bank, on Monday unexpectedly reported its first profit
decline in more than four years as consumer bankruptcies drove
up loan losses and trading profits slid.</p><br clear=all>
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Bank of America profit unexpectedly falls (Reuters)