BofA: curl ball

Bank of America chief executive Ken Lewis may have fouled things up by poorly executing on a series of takeovers during the financial crisis. But with BofA’s imminent payback of $45 billion of U.S. government assistance, unveiled Wednesday evening, his successor will be able to focus on reawakening the dormant banking monster – and can even get paid for the job. The Charlotte-based bank outlined a series of steps it will take to hand back the money it received through the Treasury’s Troubled As...