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A customer uses a First Republic Bank ATM in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, Oct.

A customer uses a First Republic Bank ATM in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. Bank of America Corp. has agreed to sell First Republic Bank, a private bank it inherited from Merrill Lynch & Co., to a group of investors for more than $1 billion, according to a report Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)