Merrill Lynch
Background
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER TYO: 8675) is a global financial services firm. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, the company provides capital markets services, investment banking and advisory services, wealth management, asset management, insurance, banking and related financial services worldwide. Merrill Lynch is headquartered in New York City, and occupies the entire 34 stories of the Four World Financial Center building in Manhattan. Plans were announced on September 14, 2008 for Bank of America to acquire Merrill Lynch, if approved by regulators and shareholders of both companies.
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...and National City respectively, and became the 4th and 5th largest banks in the country. Earlier, in September of last year, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy and the other two major investment banks -- Morgan Stanley (MS) and Goldman Sachs (GS) -- converted...
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iStockAnalyst
...investors from leaving, and private-equity firms are licking their wounds. And with oil prices at less than $50 a barrel, the Persian Gulf sovereign wealth funds aren't feeling particularly flush. The FDIC noted that it "received considerable initial interest...
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Newsweek
"This is to inform you that we, DSP Meryll Lynch, have terminated our advisory engagement with Satyam Computer Services Ltd for considering various strategic options on Jan 6, 2009. This has been communicated to the company as well," the company said
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New Kerala
...address some of the operational matters on hand. Ram can also act as an interim CEO reporting to the board. 2. Merrill Lynch can be entrusted with the task of quickly exploring some merger opportunities. 3. You may have a 'restatement of accounts' prepared...
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New Kerala
... AZO) from Buy to Neutral. Price target $143. AutoZone, Inc. is a specialty retailer and a distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories. Receive full access to all new and archived articles, unlimited portfolio tracking, e-mail alerts, custo...
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Street Insider
U.S. stock futures are trading well below fair value this morning, indicating that Wall Street could be in for a sharply lower start to the regular session of trading. Alcoa's (AA) aggressive cost-cutting plans have thrown traders into shock this
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SchaeffersResearch.com
For the past quarter century, many individual investors followed a fairly simple investment strategy: set aside regular savings to invest, buy a diversified basket of holdings and ride out the occasional pullbacks by staying focused on very long term
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MSNBC
...of America Corp. Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis is recommending to his board that he and his top executives not receive bonuses for 2008, according to an internal memo Lewis sent to BofA employees Tuesday. A bank spokesman confirms the authenticity of the memo. In...
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Tampa Bay Business Journal
...outstanding to 160 million and maintain them at that level. At Sept. 30, KBR had 167 million weighted-average shares outstanding. Lazard (LAZ: , , ) was downgraded to neutral from buy at Merrill Lynch, with the broker citing a deterioration in M&A fundamentals....
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MarketWatch
...site I come from the same state as this douchebag CEO RamaLingaraju and I am just ecstatic that his bluff has been called finally. good riddance. Satyamites look to entrust Merrill Lynch with exploring some merger opportunities. thank you and come again!...
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DealBreaker
Last Week - About Merrill Lynch
...Bank of America also bought mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp. Analysts pointed to JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Co. and PNC Financial Services Group Inc. as among the year's winners. All three capitalized on the market turmoil, scooping up...
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PR-Inside.com
...circles by purchasing stakes in stock exchanges. Those have turned out to be bad bets. The QIA owns 15% of the London Stock Exchange, and Dubai's fund has 20%. LSE shares have dropped nearly two-thirds since the funds bought in 15 months ago. At the same time,...
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Business Week
...and how modern finance as we knew it collapsed with the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, the takeovers of Bear Stearns by JPMorgan Chase and Merrill Lynch by Bank of America, and the transformation of the last two standing investment banks - Goldman Sachs and...
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Daily FX
...company or some of its assets, according to the statement. It received interest from BG Group Plc, Petro-Canada and Talisman Energy Inc., the Sunday Times reported Dec. 7, citing people it didn't identify. Oilexco was up for sale after efforts to raise capital...
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Financial Post
...Lynch, the investment bank that agreed to be acquired by Bank of America in September, will pay more than $1.5 million to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit brought on behalf of a former employee, an Iranian Muslim who federal civil rights officials said...
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The New York Times
...up our business section time-and-time again as the night unfolded. First to tell the breaking story of the failure of Lehman Brothers; then the collapse of Merrill Lynch into the arms of rival Bank of America; and finally a last ditch private-equity bid to...
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The Telegraph
...HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Validus Holdings, Ltd. (NYSE: VR) announced today that Conan Ward, Executive Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer of Validus Reinsurance, Ltd. is scheduled to present during the Merrill Lynch Reinsurance Renewals...
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Street Insider
...a pretty awesome deal: Work for Merrill Lynch for a few days until it's acquired by Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) and receive a $25 million golden parachute. Then turn around and buy a $37 million Park Avenue apartment. Peter Kraus was hired to help...
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Blogging Stocks
...New York-based Merrill Lynch and Zurich-based UBS AG, agreed to merge or have exited the business. The worst year for municipal bond investors since 1999 may further reduce demand for tax-exempt debt just as state governments face the biggest budget deficits...
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Inside Bay Area
...that includes the election of Barack Obama, the Beijing Olympics, Somali pirates, and the collapse of Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers. Some articles from 2008 that didn't make our staff's list were huge hits with our audience, so with that in mind, here...
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Finding Dulcinea
Last Month - About Merrill Lynch
...who if he gets his wish may end up the only major investment banking chief to snag a bonus this year. Just ask Morgan Stanley's John Mack, who joins a growing list of CEOs who are forgoing their 2008 bonuses because of the atrocious performances of their respective...
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DealScape
...lieutenants _ announced last month that they won't take cash or stock bonuses for 2008. NEW YORK (AP) - Morgan Stanley CEO John J. Mack is giving up a bonus for the second straight year amid a climate of bank failures, thousands of layoffs and an economic...
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PR-Inside.com
...crater while simultaneously having to fund the Wall Street bailout with billions of their tax dollars. This gesture by Morgan Stanley is appropriate, and I hope other firms like Merrill Lynch will take it to heart." Merrill shareholders on Friday approved...
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Bradenton Herald
...The online edition of The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources, reported Monday that Morgan Stanley's John Mack decided to forgo his bonus because it "would send the wrong message." The report noted that Morgan Stanley (MS: , , ) has accepted $10 billion...
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MarketWatch
...two high-profile financial CEO's announced today that they would forgo year-end bonuses. Both Morgan Stanley's (NYSE: MS) John Mack and Merrill Lynch's (NYSE: MER) John Thain said they would not receive bonus compensation, as well as several other c-level...
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Street Insider
...throws a bit more weight around inside boardrooms than that of the blogosphere. No one, it should be noted, argued that John Mack has earned such a reward this year. Mack, who has now agreed not to take a bonus for the second consecutive year, managed to keep...
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Conde Nast Portfolio
...the federal government. The Democratic leader called on the company to reject the request. "The TARP program, from which Merrill Lynch has taken billions of taxpayer dollars, was designed explicitly to limit executive compensation, bonuses and golden parachutes."...
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FOX News
...who asked not to be named, said the sale happened last week. Based on Religareâs average stock price of Rs 299 last week, Merrill Lynch could have cashed out for Rs 113.6 crore, generating a return of 87.5% in one year. Merrill had acquired 5.56% stake in...
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Economic Times
...lay-offs , Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain is reportedly seeking a $10 million bonus, prompting New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to reach out to the firm's board of directors urging them not to grant the "shocking" payment to Thain in light of the firm's...
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ABC News
...to CNBC's Maria Bartiromo, Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER) CEO John Thain and other executives have elected not to receive a bonus this year. Earlier reports said Thain was looking for a $10 million bonus. Receive full access to all new and archived articles, unlimited...
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Street Insider