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Merrill Lynch

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is the investment banking and wealth management division of Bank of America. With over 20,000 brokers and $2.5 trillion in client assets it is the world's largest brokerage. Formerly known as Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., prior to 2009 the firm was publicly owned and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MER. The firm was acquired by Bank of America under distressed circumstances during the 2008 Financial Crisis, at which point Bank of America merged its global banking and wealth management division with the newly acquired firm. Read More

Articles About Merrill Lynch

Icahn seeks up to $7 billion for Dell bid

By Reuters UK

Activist investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc have initiated talks with banks and asset managers to line up commitments for as much as $7 billion (4.6 billion pounds) in bridge loans to back their leveraged recapitalization proposal for Dell Inc <DELL. (May 24)

MORE TOPICS: CARL ICAHN, MICROSOFT, BANK OF AMERICA, BARCLAYS, MICHAEL DELL, MANAGEMENT

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YPlan: The London Going-Out App With $1BN Valuation in its Sights [VIDEO]

By IBTimes UK

YPlan, the London going-out app offers you everything from comedy gigs to chess boxing and has big plans for the future. (May 24)

MORE TOPICS: IPHONE, GOLDMAN SACHS, IPAD, ANDROID, LONDON

Lloyds raises 450 million pounds from St. James's Place share sale

By Reuters UK

State-backed Lloyds Banking Group said it had raised 450 million pounds from the sale of 15 percent of wealth manager St. James's Place to boost its capital. (May 23)

MORE TOPICS: BANK OF AMERICA

China factory activity shrinks for first time in seven months - flash PMI

By Reuters UK

China's factory activity shrank for the first time in seven months in May as new orders fell, a preliminary manufacturing survey showed, entrenching fears that its economic recovery has stalled and that a sharper cooldown may be imminent. (May 23)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, BANK OF AMERICA, HSBC, MANUFACTURING, SOUTH KOREA, COPPER

China HSBC flash PMI hits seven-month low, fans growth fears

By Reuters UK

China's factory activity shrank for the first time in seven months in May as new orders fell, a preliminary survey of purchasing managers showed, adding to concerns that a recovery in the world's second-largest economy is sputtering. (May 23)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, BANK OF AMERICA, HSBC, MANUFACTURING, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA

Home sales close in on three-and-a-half year high

By Reuters

Home resales rose in April to the highest level in nearly 3-1/2 years and prices surged, offering the economy a buffer from the stiff headwinds posed by belt-tightening by Washington. (May 23)

MORE TOPICS: FEDERAL RESERVE, BEN BERNANKE, BANK OF AMERICA, EXISTING HOME SALES, MANUFACTURING, RETAIL SALES

Insight - No more easy pickings in Russia's banking market

By Reuters UK

Foreign banks that once treated Russia as virgin land where easy money could be made are now finding it a cut-throat market tougher than some bargained for. (May 22)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, BANK OF AMERICA, BARCLAYS, GOLDMAN SACHS, HSBC, MORGAN STANLEY

Insight: No more easy pickings in Russia's banking market

By Reuters

Foreign banks that once treated Russia as virgin land where easy money could be made are now finding it a cut-throat market tougher than some bargained for. (May 22)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, BANK OF AMERICA, BARCLAYS, GOLDMAN SACHS, HSBC, MORGAN STANLEY

German state to buy more bank data in tax clampdown

By Reuters UK

The German state of North-Rhine Westphalia may buy more secret Swiss bank data to clamp down on tax evaders even as politicians seek diplomatic ways to end bank secrecy, its finance minister said on Monday. (May 21)

MORE TOPICS: ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND, GERMANY, EUROPEAN UNION, MANAGEMENT, CREDIT SUISSE

Analysis: Frontier Markets booming but risks mounting

By Reuters

With the world's biggest central banks driving yields on safe assets to near zero, some investors are tossing caution to the wind and rushing to buy illiquid and previously overlooked bonds sold by countries with no capital markets track record. (May 20)

MORE TOPICS: FEDERAL RESERVE, GENERAL ELECTRIC, BANK OF AMERICA, FIXED-INCOME, JAPAN, ARGENTINA