Board Actions

Actions taken during the week ending March 29, 2008

Bank Holding Companies

Bank of America Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Countrywide Financial Corporation, Calabasas, California -- notice of public meetings to be held on April 22, 2008, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and on April 28 and 29 at the Los Angeles Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on the application by Bank of America Corporation to acquire Countrywide Financial Corporation.
-Approved, March 26, 2008

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, Edinburgh, Scotland -- to engage, on a limited basis, in physical commodity trading, energy tolling, and energy management services as activities that are complementary to a financial activity.
-Approved, March 26, 2008

Board Operations

Employment of Noncitizens -- final rule revising the Board's Rules Regarding Equal Opportunity to permit certain noncitizen employees to have access to confidential information (Docket No. OP-1264).
-Approved, March 25, 2008

Forms

Forms -- Board review to extend without revision the Financial Statements for a Bank Holding Company Subsidiary Engaged in Bank-Ineligible Securities Underwriting and Dealing (FR Y-20).
-Approved, March 25, 2008

Reserve Bank Operations

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis -- appointment of James B. Bullard as president and chief executive officer, effective April 1, 2008.
-Approved, March 24, 2008