Bank of America Posts Loss After Firm Repays Bailout [Getty Images]

A patron enters a Bank of America branch in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Bank of America Corp., the largest U.S. lender, posted a quarterly loss and its first full-year deficit in more than two decades, driven by the cost of repaying U.S. bailout money and defaults on consumer loans. Photographer: JB Reed/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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