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
Big banks such as Chase, Bank of America BAC 1.15%increase; green up pointing triangle , Wells Fargo and Citigroup C 2.69%increase; green up pointing triangle have millions of customers they can sell mortgages to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 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
But based on initial conversations, it said it did not have any involvement with BAC.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2024
I have obtained the names of 120 "active" and "graduate" members of the BAC, listed below.
From The Invisible Government by Dan Smoot
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 lack of transparency around how Parcoursup works led many to suspect it was introducing even greater selectivity and competition among students who were once guaranteed admission to university if they passed the bac.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2018
The bac took place one week and the correction took place the following week.
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 L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone
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