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John Kerry's Fellow TravellersA 5--part series exposing John Kerry's Communist connections.Part 5: John Kerry vs. the War on Terror: Candidate Kerry's Subversive CampaignBy Fedora *NOTE: The term “fellow traveller" as used in this article series refers to someone who is not a member of the Communist Party (CP) but regularly engages in actions which advance the Party's program. Some apparent fellow travellers may actually be “concealed party members": members of the CP who conceal their membership. Which of these classifications is applicable to the Kerrys is a question this series leaves unresolved. This series does not argue for any direct...

<p>Bank of America Agrees to Buy Fleet for $47 Billion (Update4) Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp. agreed to buy FleetBoston Financial Corp. for $47 billion in stock, creating the second-biggest U.S. bank and signaling a revival in corporate acquisitions.</p>

NEW YORK -- FleetBoston Financial Corp. has decided to pull the plug on Robertson Stephens, its investment-banking division that in its heyday took some of the country's best-known dot-coms public. The decision comes after weeks of often-tense negotiations between Fleet and a management-led buyout team at Robertson. Despite an announcement in late June by the two sides that "an agreement to work together" had been reached, the pair failed to reach an deal. "I am sad to announce that the deal won't move forward and that Fleet has decided to shut down the firm," Robertson Chief Executive John Conlin...