Cuomo Vies for More Auction-Rate Pacts.

The article reports on the probe by New York Attorney Andrew Cuomo against Bank of America Corp., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG, which underwrote and sold auction-rate securities. Cuomo's office also cast doubt on protests from brokers which asserted that they were unaware of the market's problems and should not be forced to buy back securities from their clients. The investigation comes after large banks settled with his office and other state regulators.