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And let me just say this about derivatives: You may know I went on to work at Merrill Lynch. Derivatives ain't all they're cracked up to be.

Almost a year ago at the height of the credit crisis, Bank of America bought troubled rival Merrill Lynch in a rushed deal.

One of the most stressful parts of my job as an analyst at Merrill Lynch, and now at Rose Park Advisors, is to meet with investors.

That afternoon, Thain met Lewis ready to discuss the sale of a minority stake in Merrill Lynch.

Asked why the bank did not use Merrill Lynch, the BofA spokesperson said: "We did it as a party to party transaction. "

Merrill Lynch said that Ms Ren had been employed to help strengthen the bank's China franchise.

Jesper Koll, economist at Merrill Lynch, said: "The golden age of pro-market reform is over. "

Merrill Lynch, which had not been previously thought to be in danger, sold itself to the Bank of America to avoid a similar fate.

But a year ago, he dove for safety in blue-chip stocks like IBM, Merrill Lynch, General Motors, and Delta Air Lines.

Tutwiler's philosophy, according to those who dealt with her, was to promote Thain as "the public face of Merrill Lynch" .

At once-proud Merrill Lynch, which collapsed into the arms of Bank of America, years of profits have been vaporized.

Merrill Lynch, which rates McDonald's a "buy, " said in a research report that the stock is "in a world of its own. "

A week earlier, Stan O'Neal lost his job at Merrill Lynch after leading the investment bank to a loss with $8. 4 billion of write-downs.

The New York Fed said it were unable to verify that the conversation with Merrill Lynch bankers took place.

John Murphy of Merrill Lynch said the plan was "confirmation that there is significant value in GM" .

Instead, Merrill Lynch strategist Richard Bernstein tracks the Korea Composite Stock Price index, known as the Kospi.

Stan O'Neal, who presided over giant losses at Merrill Lynch, was more empire-builder than risk manager.

This was the day after Lehman failed and Merrill Lynch was taken over, and the financial crisis entered a new, even more dangerous stage.

Share prices are also now in a sweet spot for a revival of deals, says David Bianco, an equity strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

The latest poll of global fund managers by Merrill Lynch found that risk appetite is at its lowest level in over a decade.

I've already done some research on other workers at Merrill Lynch to see how they achieved similar goals.

The Merrill Lynch Uranium Equity index is at its lowest level for almost three years, and has halved from its peak.

The bank has lost several senior staff since Bank of America Corp. completed its acquisition of Merrill Lynch on Jan.

As for what would have happened if Bank of America Corp. (BAC) hadn't bought Merrill Lynch, he says Merrill 'wouldn't have lasted a week. '

Merrill Lynch, meanwhile, took control of its Indian investment banking partnership after buying out the main shareholder for $500m.

Even so, Merrill Lynch says retail investors have still been flooding out of China this year. Hartnett says this may be irrational.

Within a few weeks some $40 billion was poured into distressed Western lenders, among them Citigroup, UBS, Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch.

The meeting was also attended by Dan Sontag, head of Bank of America Merrill Lynch's global wealth management business.

Merrill Lynch is seeking about $4bn in a second capital raising, as the hole in the US investment bank's balance sheet continues to grow.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch agreed that the inventory and orders data boded well for a recovery in output in coming months.

Stocks have taken a pounding today as investors pondered the demise of Lehman Brothers and a takeover of Merrill Lynch.

That may make it easier for BofA to reap the strategic benefits of its messy tie-up with Merrill Lynch.

Less than six months ago, Merrill Lynch's head of research complained that Wall Street analysis was being "Napsterised" , or pirated.

The spokeswoman said that the two subpoenas had been sent to Deane and Foster of Merrill Lynch Investment Bank.

When Merrill Lynch and Citibank had a problem, it was sovereign funds from abroad that bailed them out.

The cull comes soon after similar carnage at Citigroup and Merrill Lynch, which also announced thousands of cuts last month.

The circumstances surrounding the acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. became the subject of several state and federal probes.

BoA acquired Merrill Lynch during the credit crisis and agreed as part of the takeover to maintain bonus payments.

Gong. Merrill Lynch economist Ting Lu said fourth-quarter growth from the previous three months was "close to zero. "

Ultimately, we'll be operating in 20 countries. I believe this will prove to be an important milestone for Merrill Lynch.

Losses can become viral: Lang Gibson, a Merrill Lynch analyst, characterized the potential for losses in CDO pools in a recent report.

Last September Merrill Lynch estimated that outsiders cover more than 30% of the cost of film production.

John Thain of Merrill Lynch was originally going to be a big draw, but he has been thrown into the parchment waste-paper basket of history.

Daniel Hynes, metals strategist at Merrill Lynch, pointed to "a multitude" of drivers pushing gold higher.

Prior to Morgan Stanley, he worked at Merrill Lynch, where he ran the company's retail brokerage.

And a report from Bank of America-Merrill Lynch suggested that 50 to 60 per cent of the punters at Resorts World were locals.

The latest leaks from the investigation say that Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse First Boston and Citigroup will be found guilty of fraud.

"The outlook for sterling, particularly against the euro, has improved further, " said Meng Jiao of Bank of America-Merrill Lynch.

"We're not in a full-blown bubble yet, " says David Cui, China strategist for Merrill Lynch in Shanghai.

But if they decide they do, regulators could ease the transition as they did for ex-investment banks Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch.

Bear Stearns and Merrill Lynch found shelter in the arms of two big universal banks, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America.

This fire sale was not enough for one creditor, Merrill Lynch, which seized collateral and threatened to auction it off to cover its losses.

At Bank of America, Lewis' apparent act of generosity towards Merrill Lynch was being punished by the market.

'Japanese authorities' response to yen gains remains slow, ' notes Bank of America Merrill Lynch currency strategist Tomoko Fujii.

At Merrill Lynch, managers were surprised when seemingly secure mortgage investments suddenly suffered huge losses.

Subprime lenders have also been scooped up by investment banks, including Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank, in recent months.

"The canary in the coal mine is not dead; it's just sleeping, " said Ethan Harris, chief economist at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch.

For Bank of America, however, MBO says the fall reflects upheaval of the brand itself following its merger with Merrill Lynch.

The board did agree to $3. 6bn in bonuses to be paid out to other Merrill Lynch executives.

"These data should be quite positive to market sentiment, " said Lu Ting, economist with Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

On Friday, Merrill Lynch's US high-yield benchmark spread over Treasuries fell back to where it started the year.

It was also a leader in the commercial banking business, where Merrill Lynch was weak.

Lubbers pass, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and so on the company's turmoil has put these people on the brink of unemployment.

He had been previously employed by Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch.

The tough stance taken by regulators this past weekend with the investment banks, Lehman and Merrill Lynch, certainly helps.

Shareholders have been canvassed by BHP advisers, including Merrill Lynch.

Merrill Lynch signalled a $5 billion write-down in October 2007, only to increase it to $8 billion a mere 19 days later.

Steve Milunovich, technology analyst at Merrill Lynch, believes Sun Microsystems is in danger of falling into this trap.

Recipients include Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Switzerland's UBS (or, as wags now call it, Union Bank of Singapore).

Merrill Lynch, meanwhile, thinks the IEA underestimates the likely rate of decline.

Merrill Lynch is best known for its Global Private Client services and its strong sales force.

Porsche SE and Renault SA paced advancing shares after BofA-Merrill Lynch Global Research recommended the carmakers.

Lulla, Asia head of transportation investment banking for Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, started in the new job about three months ago.

The Merrill Lynch that Thain took over in December 2007 was a shadow of its former self.

Finally, I'll talk briefly about how Merrill Lynch is leveraging these forces to achieve preeminence in financial services.

Merrill Lynch, an investment bank, recently announced a plan to preserve a huge swathe of forest in the Indonesian province of Aceh.

Merrill Lynch does not see much new upgrading capacity becoming available until 2009 at the earliest.

Former Merrill Lynch officials said they contacted regulators about the way Lehman measured its liquidity position for competitive reasons.

David Rosenberg, an economist at Merrill Lynch, points out that inventories of new homes are 40% above their historical norm.

In our December interview, Thain admitted that he had underestimated the magnitude of the problems Merrill Lynch faced.

Well, Wall Street is home to two fewer investment banks (three, if you count Merrill Lynch). Some regional banks have gone bust.

Mizuho Financial Group in January said it would provide $1. 2 billion to Merrill Lynch &Co. through the purchase of preferred shares.

I'm happy to be here at Wharton, traditionally a wonderful source of Merrill Lynch talent.

Bank of America had promised its shareholders that no bonuses will be paid to bankers at Merrill Lynch without its express permission.

"When a company's numbers look too good, they often are, " says Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Michael Hartnett, chief emerging markets strategist at Merrill Lynch, cites an augury of tougher times.

Merrill lynch global wealth management and consulting institutions newly released capgemini the 2009 world wealth ". "

Mr Lewis has had a rough time ever since BofA took over Merrill Lynch amid the financial maelstrom in September 2008.

Lehman Bros. and Merrill Lynch, former mainstays of the gathering, are bad memories.

Congress today took aim at Merrill Lynch and its relationship with Enron.

The collapse of Lehman, the buy-up of Merrill Lynch and the nationalisations of Fannie, Freddie and AIG were obvious landmarks.

"You never control the market, it's a matter of luck, " Kevan Watts, chairman of Merrill Lynch International, told the Financial Times.

Merrill Lynch, the best-known firm, was forced overnight to sell itself to Bank of America.

The second-largest user was Bank of America, which bought Merrill Lynch during the financial crisis, and borrowed a cumulative $212bn.

But with many firms cutting staff numbers and some, like Merrill Lynch, leaving lower Manhattan, there is no denying the growing glut.

Interviewee 3: I have a degree in finance from Princeton. . . and the last two years, I've been an assistant to A. V. P at Merrill Lynch.

When they later apologized, they posted "The Best Stocks for 2008, " which, as Gawker points out, included. . . Merrill Lynch.

"The odds greatly favour the bulls, " said David Bianco, BofA-Merrill Lynch chief US equity strategist.

On Sunday, Merrill Lynch agreed to be bought out by Bank of America for some $50 billion.

Former Merrill Lynch investment bankers such as Mr. Horowitz have contributed mightily to Bank of America's profits since the merger.

By Sunday afternoon, it was apparent that BofA would offer a rich price, $29 a share, to acquire Merrill Lynch.

For the entire European market including financials, Merrill Lynch says, the yield is now the highest since 1975.

Merrill Lynch, in danger of collapsing before being rescued by Bank of America, now imperils its new parent.

But according to Francisco Blanch of Merrill Lynch, the rising cost of capital is likely to outweigh all these benefits.

Large investment banks like Lehman and Merrill Lynch all had solid investment grade ratings.

The shareholders at Lehman, Citi, Merrill Lynch and UBS, who've just ponied up rescue capital will demand it.

Unlike Merrill Lynch or Morgan Stanley, Goldman has had almost no recent retail operations.

Merrill Lynch developed a solid online trading system to be used by customers.

BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research downgraded the shares to "neutral" from "buy. "

Merrill Lynch suffered badly after it fired workers, including technical staff, as financial markets stumbled in late 1998.

Supplies procured at the contract rate meet only 35% of its needs, according to Merrill Lynch, an investment bank.

There are five in the top tier: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers and Bear Sterns .

Thain deserves a bonus, because he saved Merrill Lynch. He deserves a bonus, because he actually earned it.

Bob Wigley, chairman of Merrill Lynch for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, is leading the review.

In other business news, U. S. antitrust regulators have approved Bank of America's $35 billion purchase of Merrill Lynch.

Merrill Lynch is best known in the US for being the brokerage firm that brought Wall Street to Main Street.

Merrill Lynch estimates that the price would need to settle at about $80 to make further investment viable.

Wall Street has been transfixed this week by the antics of former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain.

Now many Merrill Lynch shareholders may scream that Thain earned nothing.

American shares plummeted on August 28th partly because Merrill Lynch's Guy Moszkowski cut his rating on several banks.

A survey of fund managers by Merrill Lynch, an investment bank, found 82% expected volatility to rise this year.

Investors have handed several writs to Citigroup and Merrill Lynch.

We intend to find out what Bank of America's board knew and when they knew it during the Merrill Lynch merger.

As Francisco Blanch of Bank of America Merrill Lynch points out, OPEC has not yet responded with extra supply to tame prices.

"We won't go out of business if we have too few airplanes, " CEO Gary Kelly told analysts at the Merrill Lynch conference.

So far in 2010 there have been 343 new authorisations for $178bn in buy-backs, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

On Thursday, Merrill Lynch (MER, Fortune 500) reported its fourth straight quarterly loss.

However, Sheryl King, an economist at Merrill Lynch, fears "it is a one-quarter wonder" .

Merrill Lynch expects further weakness for the copper market in 2007 with the price expected to average $5, 292 a tonne this year.

More than 60 percent of fund managers surveyed by Merrill Lynch believe global corporate earnings can rise by 10 percent in coming months.

Merrill Lynch and the Royal Bank of Scotland tripled their money from investing in Bank of China.

'I can't help but compare Dick Fuld [the Lehman boss] and John Thain of Merrill Lynch.

Yue Yuen has hired Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch to advise on the listing.

Lewis had long wanted to acquire Merrill Lynch and conquer Wall Street.

Inside Merrill Lynch and AIG, senior executives worried as far back as 2005 and 2006 about their firms' exposure to the mortgage market.

"FX [foreign exchange] is becoming a big issue for asset allocators, " said David Bowers, consultant to Merrill Lynch.

The Kuwait Investment Authority ranked second with $19. 9bn in deals, including stakes in Citigroup and Merrill Lynch.

Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch have each done more than 20, worth several billion dollars.

By this conservative measure the planet has about 10m millionaires, according to Capgemini and Merrill Lynch, a bank.

Ms. Ren was hired as chairman of Merrill Lynch's China investment banking business in February 2007.

In 2007, his high yield and large cap funds -- in similar amounts -- were managed by Merrill Lynch &Co.

But in fact, CEO Larry Kellner told the Merrill Lynch conference, "We didn't see a customer shift. "

Figure 4. 7 shows how the Fed Funds rate lags Merrill Lynch's MOVE Index, which is a measure of fixed-income volatility, by three years.

Peabody rates Merrill Lynch a "sell, " and told Reuters, "we wouldn't touch Merrill here. "

After the deal's announcement, Merrill Lynch analyst Denise Chai raised her target price for Li Ning stock by 25% to HK$32.

Now an executive with Merrill Lynch in San Diego, he worked in Dennis's unconventional office environment from 1982 to 1989.

It costs about $20 to $30 a metric ton less to ship ore from Australia than Brazil, Merrill Lynch said in July.

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Merrill Lynch bankers have to work a half hour longer before they can catch a company-paid taxi home.

In 2006, Merrill Lynch made more than $1bn in so-called "principal" investments on the Pacific Rim.

Francisco Blanch, an analyst at Merrill Lynch, calculates that a 50% increase in the wholesale price of petrol reduces demand by only 1%.

The likely takeover of Merrill Lynch is another one.

Bank purchased Merrill Lynch, which is accused of secretly doling out huge bonuses.

At Merrill Lynch, the most leveraged, $1 trillion of assets is teetering on around $30 billion of equity.

According to Merrill Lynch data, investment - grade corporate lending interest rate in the fourth quarter of 2008 a new record high.

Mr Moelis picked up some big names, including Mark Aedy, a former star at Merrill Lynch.

Alternatively, Benjamin Bowler of Merrill Lynch suggests investing in hedge-fund niches, such as merger arbitrage.

Just look at how Merrill Lynch is previewing it: "Coming soon: a new stock universe. "

Chart 6, from Merrill Lynch, shows the growing burden on households.

Carrefour SA gained 2. 5 percent as BofA- Merrill Lynch Global Research recommended the retailer.

Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch collapsed because they took massive positions in the opposite direction.

On Sunday night, Bank of America was close to striking a deal to buy Merrill Lynch for about $44 billion, or $29 a share.

The famous Merrill Lynch of USA bank is bought, but Lehmann the brother is over in order to going bankrupt but declaring that.

He also bought a 20% stake in his company from cash-strapped Merrill Lynch in July for $4. 5 billion.

If the government hadn't intervened, Lewis's second bet--on Merrill Lynch--would have bankrupted Bank of America.

Merrill Lynch's current prediction for the most likely average price in 2009 is $50 a barrel.

Merrill Lynch reckons it could approach 100% this year.

This is why, this past weekend, the Fed refused a direct rescue of either Lehman Brothers or Merrill Lynch.

"They will remain two markets as long as there are exchange controls, " says Kevan Watts, chairman of Merrill Lynch International.

By 2007, according to Merrill Lynch analysts, banks had vehicles containing close to $1, 700bn worth of assets.

Capgemini and Merrill Lynch forecast that 8% of their portfolio will be in alternative investments by 2011, up from 5% in 2009.

According to Merrill Lynch, an investment bank, photographic demand for silver has fallen by more than 60% in the past decade.

We are going to take what we've learnt and run the course again at Merrill Lynch.

"My wife quit her job at Merrill Lynch and with my brother we started recruiting doctors and scientists from the best universities. "

Merrill Lynch estimates that China will account for 40% of world GDP growth in 2009.

Merrill Lynch had expected China to contribute 60% of global growth in 2009.

A price of three times book value is equivalent to paying HK$161. 25 a share for Wing Lung, according to Merrill Lynch analysts.

Merrill Lynch agreed Sunday to salid hisself sell itself to bank Bank of America.

Ting Lu, economist with Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong, said there was no good method to adjust for the Chinese New Year effects.

He paid $4 billion in bonuses to his executives when Merrill Lynch had declared a loss of $15 billion in Q4.

Merrill Lynch, which was badly affected by the sub-prime credit crisis, dropped 24 places, losing 16 per cent of its brand value.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has cut its full-year forecast to 1. 7% and is predicting 2. 3% for 2012, barely in line with trend.

Economists at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch found that emerging Asia's vulnerability to financial shock has declined in the last year.

Bank of America-Merrill Lynch reports that Kangbashi, west of Beijing, has only 28, 000 of the planned 300, 000 residents.

Wilson Feng has left his post as a chairman of China investment banking for Merrill Lynch to work in China's state-owned enterprises.

According to numbers crunched by Merrill Lynch, 70% of profits in the FTSE 100 this year will be made by resources companies.

Rising wages in China aren't new, says Bank of America-Merrill Lynch economist Ethan Harris.

Such funds have experienced $23bn outflows in the past 12 weeks, the longest sustained outflow on record, according to Merrill Lynch.

The average yield on a junk bond is more than 20% now, according to Merrill Lynch.

Merrill Lynch forecast that it could drop to around 3. 5% of GDP in 2009.

A lot of Merrill Lynch's revenues have recently come from outside the US.

The sceptics include Henry Blodget, the former analyst at Merrill Lynch, which was bought by Bank of America in 2008.

"With the ECB, it's always dangerous to assume that a rate cut is in the bag, " said Sharda Dean, European economist at Merrill Lynch.

Temasek invested $5. 8bn in Merrill Lynch between December 2007 and July 2008.

Ken Lewis made Bank of America swallow the toxic Merrill Lynch but still pocketed $125m when he left last year.

Research from Bank of America Merrill Lynch shows emerging market debt grew 4. 5 per cent in 2008, reaching $8, 000bn.

Investment bank Merrill Lynch (MER, Fortune 500) reported a loss of $4. 95 per share after Thursday's close.

Merrill Lynch, for example, holds a stake in Bloomberg, an information provider.

Before joining JPMorgan, Abdelnour worked as a mergers and acquisition banker at Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong and Singapore.

For example, Merrill Lynch's wealth-management report starts counting at $1m in "investible assets" .

"The [Chinese] market is very much dominated by the local players, " says Joseph Jacobelli, analyst at Merrill Lynch.

"Many investors confuse flight to size with flight to quality, " says Sam Tabar, head of prime brokerage in Hong Kong for Merrill Lynch.

When Mr Thain took over at Merrill Lynch last year, Mr Chai soon followed, taking the reins as CFO.

Merrill Lynch, which was expected to announce a big write-down after The Economist went to press, also secured a large dollop this week.

(Merrill Lynch was one of the victims of the subprime crisis and has since been absorbed by Bank of America. )

Merrill Lynch and Capgemini noted that two key factors boosted the growth in Hong Kong's HNWIs .

The ranks of the wealthy, those with liquid assets of more than $1m, grew by 6 per cent last year, according to Merrill Lynch.

You are 40 years old, head of China investment banking for Merrill Lynch, the pride of your family and clearly destined for greatness.

Before that, Mr. Yiu was a Vice President at Merrill Lynch Hong Kong.

Merrill Lynch pointed out that Japan is still the wealthy family of champions, but the stock market plummeting, the growth rate is slow;

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