Coalition seeks to halt BofA, Fleet deal - 2004-02-01
A Hawaii-based community group hopes to delay or even stop the merger between FleetBoston Financial Corp. and Bank of America Corp. on the grounds that a key regulator overseeing the deal possess a Bank of America mortgage.

The Hawaii Fair Lending Coalition has made public documents showing that A. Linwood Gill, vice president of supervision and regulation for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, took out a home mortgage from Bank of America in February, before the merger was announced.
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AdBank value highlighted - 2004-02-01
Adelaide Bank shares have increased more than 12 per cent in value during the past year and after a strong first-half result last week some analysts see further gains ahead.

"Adelaide Bank continues to have a focused, well-managed mortgage factory with leverage to equity markets through its margin lending business," Macquarie analysts said.
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