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Was Bank Of America Too Bold?

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Published September 15, 2008 at 12:00 PM CDT

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Bank of America will buy the ailing brokerage house Merrill Lynch for $50 billion. Marketplace's Janet Babin talks with Alex Cohen about whether Bank of America is overextending itself.