Kenneth D. Lewis has gambled on bold acquisitions to build Bank of America into the nation’s largest bank. But few of Mr. Lewis’s bets match the one he placed on Friday, when Bank of America announced it was buying the Countrywide Financial Corporation, the mortgage giant brought to its knees by the weakening housing market [...]
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Socialite Nicole Richie and her rock-star boyfriend became the parents of a daughter in Los Angeles on Friday, People magazine reported.
Harlow Winter Kate Madden was born at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, People said, quoting a spokesman for Richie’s manager. It is the first child for Richie, 26, and Joel Madden, 28, the [...]