BofA Exec Won't Rule Out WikiLeak Target
NEW YORK (
) --
Bank of America
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's shares recovered some of their losses Wednesday after speculation it will be targeted by WikiLeaks, but a top executive wouldn't rule out the possibility Wednesday.
"We have had no contact from anybody about this...I don't know that it is us," said Anne Finucane, president of global strategy at a conference in Boston Wednesday morning, according to the
Boston Herald
.
Finucane told an audience of "hundreds of woman business leaders" that she did not think "there's another company that has had more leaks, more of our information provided to congressional hearings, attorneys general, etc.," she said, adding "We've been out there pretty much 24/7 whether those of us who are in communications like it or not," according to the article.
Bank of America shares hit a new low
Tuesday on speculation the bank would be targeted by Wikileaks, but they gained more than 3% Wednesday, outpacing peers like
Wells Fargo
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,
Citigroup
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and
JPMorgan Chase
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.
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Written by Dan Freed in New York
.
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