5 Most Hated Companies in America

4. Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC)

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Major banks in the U.S. are often disliked but perhaps the most disliked is the Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC). Most major banks were involved in the housing bubble and default credit swaps fiasco that was directly responsible for the 2008 Recession and yet, because they’re deemed too big to fail, received hundreds of billions in bailouts from the Federal Government with executives pocketing eye-watering bonuses and salaries.