Warren Buffett Seeks Fed Leeway to Boost Stake in Bank of America Past 10%

(Bloomberg) — Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is seeking permission from the Federal Reserve to potentially increase its stake in Bank of America Corp. to more than 10%, a level that often triggers a regulatory review. The bank’s shares rallied.Berkshire, which disclosed in July that it had hit that threshold, filed an application with the Fed in recent weeks making a variety of assurances to show that it will passively invest in the bank, according to a copy of the application provided by the regulator.Berkshire “may decide to purchase additional shares of common stock of Bank of America based on …read more

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