Last year China Construction Bank’s net profit soared 10% to $11.9 billion. In the same period, Bank of America, which at the time owned some 19% of the Chinese lender, earned just $4 billion, down 73% from 2007. That’s all you need to know to understand why Bank of America in May sold a 5.8% [...]

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