BofA Contacts Consultants as Fleet Deal Looms

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NEW YORK Bank of America is contacting consultants to help “improve the process of how the work gets done” between Interpublic Group shops and the financial services company, a client representative said on Monday.

Separately, BofA this morning said that it plans to buy FleetBoston Financial in a $47 billion deal, due to close in the first half of 2004.

The combined entity, which will retain the BofA name, will serve 33 million consumers nationwide and 2.5



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