First recorded in 1960–65
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The daily chart has shown some absolute strength against peers, with BAC acting well on the ratio chart over the past year.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
Bank of America BAC -1.18%decrease; red down pointing triangle said its profit rose 12% in the fourth quarter of last year, as consumer spending climbed and delinquencies on credit cards edged lower.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
Bank of America BAC 2.52%increase; green up pointing triangle reported third-quarter earnings and revenue that bested analysts’ expectations, thanks to healthy consumer activity and a busy summer in its investment banking division.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
The BBC has not been able to independently verify these reports - but we do know that Bulgarian authorities have now begun investigating another company linked to BAC.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2024
BAC ... changing, you shall become a dragon, and your wife becoming a beast, shall receive in exchange the form of a serpent, Harmonia, the daughter of Mars, whom you had, being a mortal.
From The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides
Cold bulk fermentation, also called pointage en bac in French, is a technique where the dough — all in one large mass — is placed into the refrigerator for some number of hours before dividing.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2021
The bac had been the sole requirement to graduate and move on to university — grades being seen as too susceptible to bias and gamesmanship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2018
Some take the bac 2-3 times without succeeding.
From US News ● Sep. 22, 2016
Ironically, Hugo himself sharply criticised the bac and academia in general in a 1864 essay from his book William Shakespeare.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2014
Otherwise the "bac" would have gone on forever.
From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)
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