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Registered Rep. March 1, 2006 Kevin Burke	Got Conflicts? A new business model seems to be gaining popularity: retail brokerages spinning off their asset-management businesses but retaining a minority stake.
The Motley Fool December 29, 2006 Michael Leibert	Previewing 2007: BlackRock Investors might find BlackRock to be a disappointing investment next year after the firm delivered such a healthy 35% total return year to date.
Registered Rep. October 2, 2006 Kevin Burke	Merrill Hands Over Mutual Fund Reins to BlackRock BlackRock, the nation's third-largest bond fund manager, said it has completed its takeover of the asset-management arm of Merrill Lynch; the union is one of the world's largest asset managers.
Registered Rep. January 31, 2006 Kevin Burke	Merrill Goes to School for a New Fund Name Beginning in May, the company said its U.S. retail products will be offered under the Princeton Portfolio Research & Management brand, affecting about $223 billion in mutual funds and separately managed accounts.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2008	Independent Advisor Services, LPL Bill Dwyer President A conversation with Bill Dwyer, President of LPL Financial Services in San Diego, California, a financial services firm with $231.8 billion in client assets under management.
The Motley Fool October 18, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Solid as a BlackRock The investment firm reported strong third-quarter earnings.
Registered Rep. November 5, 2007 Christina Mucciolo	Fink offered O'Neal's post The Board of Directors of Merrill Lynch has offered the position of CEO and Chairman to BlackRock's Chairman and founder Larry Fink, according to CNBC.
The Motley Fool May 1, 2007 S.J. Caplan	BlackRock's Rocky Roll Wall Street is not impressed as asset-manager BlackRock reports earnings.
Investment Advisor January 2006 Kathleen M. McBride	Down, Then Up, in 2006 Economic predictions for the year by Robert Doll, president and CIO of Merrill Lynch Investment Management.
Registered Rep. February 2, 2006 Kevin Burke	Tangled up in Ivy: Merrill's Princeton Problem Princeton University is steamed at Merrill Lynch for rebranding its captive mutual-fund operation Princeton Portfolio Research & Management, as the giant investment bank and brokerage attempts to find a wider market for its lineup of 108 funds.
Registered Rep. February 22, 2012 Kristen French	Due Diligence: Merrill Edge on Hiring Binge, Gets One-Third of Clients From FA Referrals Does Merrill Edge, Merrill Lynch's brokerage, banking and financial advice platform for the mass affluent (those with $100,000 to $250,000 to invest), compete with Merrill Lynch financial advisors?
BusinessWeek February 27, 2006 Gene G. Marcial	BlackRock's Sale Will Line PNC's Pockets PNC Financial Services Group is a big winner in the deal between Merrill Lynch and investment manager BlackRock.
Registered Rep. March 4, 2009 David A. Geracioti	The Conflicts of Interest in Not Being a Fiduciary; Hang Charlie Merrill In Effigy? At least one commentator is calling for Charlie Merrill to be hung in effigy for creating the modern-day, hard-charging, sales-oriented brokerage called Merrill Lynch.
Registered Rep. November 6, 2008	Bank Of America To Sign Protocol, Herd Still Weighing Options Bank of America intends to sign the so-called "broker protocol," an agreement signed by most of the brokerage firms and RIAs stipulating what client information is acceptable for a departing financial advisor to take without getting sued by the former employer. But when?
Registered Rep. February 13, 2006 Kristen French	Merrill, BlackRock Deal Near Merrill Lynch is close to doing what Morgan Stanley could not: acquire a large stake in BlackRock, the stellar bond funds house, in a deal that would create a $1 trillion money manager.
Registered Rep. August 4, 2009 French & Churchill	Dan Sontag Departs Merrill Lynch Much beloved by Merrill financial advisors, Dan Sontag is stepping down as head of Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management.
Registered Rep. April 16, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	Merrill Advisor Defections Flat In Q1, Profit Falls Profits were down last quarter at Merrill Lynch but the brokerage's performance still helped to lift the fortunes of its new parent, Bank of America Corp.
Registered Rep. February 10, 2009	In First Media Interview, McCann Says Resignation Was At A "Logical Time" In his first interview since leaving Merrill Lynch, Robert J. McCann says he maintains good feelings for both Merrill Lynch and the timing of his departure.
Investment Advisor November 2009 Kathleen M. McBride	Merrill's Big Plans The importance of culture at the organization is what Sallie Krawcheck spoke of at her first press conference as president of Global Wealth Management & Investment Management at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2008	Cadaret, Grant Arthur F. Grant, President and CEO A conversation with Arthur F. Grant, President of Cadaret, Grant, in Syracuse, New York, an advisory firm with $18.5 billion under management.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2007	Hot Potato: Asset Manager Deal Boom Last year was a blockbuster for merger-and-acquisition activity in the asset-management sector -- buyers spent nearly $44 billion to purchase 191 firms managing more than $2.6 trillion, according to a recent research report.
The Motley Fool January 11, 2010 Jennifer Schonberger	10 Predictions for the Next Decade BlackRock's Bob Doll shares his outlook for the market's next 10 years.
Registered Rep. October 23, 2007 John Churchill	Pre-Earnings Whisper Not Good for Merrill By announcing the likelihood of a multibillion-dollar write-down in its third quarter a few weeks ago, Merrill Lynch prepared investors for dismal earnings.
Registered Rep. October 7, 2009 John Aidan Byrne	Exclusive: McCann Back To Work In October Robert J. McCann, former president of Merrill Lynch, settles a bitter lawsuit with Merrill parent company Bank of America over a non-compete agreement. The settlement frees McCann to return to work this month.
Registered Rep. August 13, 2007 Halah Touryalai	Merrill Grabs Advisors Producing $5.5 million From Rival UBS Merrill Lynch won big last week in the aggressive industry-wide recruiting war for top advisors.
Registered Rep. November 14, 2007 John Churchill	NYSE's John Thain New Merrill CEO According to reports in the online versions of the New York Post and The Wall Street Journal, NYSE Euronext CEO John Thain has accepted the top spot at Merrill Lynch.
Registered Rep. July 18, 2007 Kevin Burke	Merrill Reports Strong Revenues, Adds 270 Advisors Merrill Lynch's retail brokerage arm turns in another strong quarter, as fee-based revenue continued to climb to record levels.
Registered Rep. January 6, 2009	Sontag Takes McCann's Job At Merrill More shocking to Merrill Lynch advisors than the sudden departure of their leader is the disappearance of the "MER" logo from their computer screens.
Registered Rep. October 28, 2015	Merrill Lynch: A Simple and Streamlined Approach Merrill Lynch designed Merrill Lynch One, a multi-year, $100 million project that brought together five disparate money management platforms, each with their own fee structure, enrollment process and website.
Registered Rep. December 27, 2005 Stan Luxenberg	Merrill Funds To Change Name In the latest move, the Wall Street giant announced that it intends to change the name of Merrill Lynch Investment Management's funds to -- well, that has yet to be determined and won't be until sometime in early 2006.
Registered Rep. November 10, 2009 David A. Geracioti	Merrill Integration Ahead of Schedule, Says Lewis An article in the New York Post claims Merrill Lynch advisors are annoyed with Bank of America's (BoA) efforts to get them to offer their clients BoA checking accounts, but Ken Lewis says that's not true.
The Motley Fool July 20, 2006 Alex Dumortier	Merrill's Bull Stampeding Nearly all of Merrill's business lines showed strength and the firm seems to have navigated smoothly through a choppy market. That ought to keep investors running with this bull for now.
Registered Rep. January 22, 2009	Thain Departs BofA--An $87,000 Rug? Say It Ain't So, John! Client AUMs Fall By 30 Percent In 2008 John Thain, former CEO of Merrill Lynch and the man who engineered the sales of the storied Wall Street firm to Bank of America in September, is leaving the combined firm immediately.
Registered Rep. October 10, 2008 John Churchill	McCann: Merrill Managers Get No Retention, FA Package Due in Two Weeks Merrill's president revealed that managers will get no retention package and only the top third of financial advisors will be getting a deal.
Registered Rep. June 6, 2006 Halah Touryalai	End of Settlement Talks Bring Students to Protest Against Merrill Lynch African-American college students protested in front of several Chicago-based Merrill Lynch offices one day after settlement talks between African-American reps who claim they were discriminated against and Merrill Lynch came to an end.
The Motley Fool January 29, 2007 Tom Taulli	PNC: Trying to Escape the Dreaded Yield Curve PNC has a solid loan portfolio and a strong line of fee-based businesses, but the yield curve is still an issue for investors.
BusinessWeek November 26, 2007 Mara Der Hovanesian	Why Not Larry Fink Laurence D. Fink foresaw the mortgage crisis and was a contender to succeed Stan O'Neal. Then Merrill passed him over.
On Wall Street April 1, 2010 Howard J. Stock	Back Office Move Has Advisors Up In Arms -- Some Bolt Questions surround what will happen to BAI clients when Merrill moves their accounts from National Financial to Merrill Lynch.
Registered Rep. September 15, 2008 Kristen French	Merrill Lynch Sells Itself To Bank of America: Update 3 The biggest question, now that BofA has agreed to buy Merrill Lynch, is what Bank of America will do to hold onto Merrill Lynch's dearest asset -- its approximately 17,000 financial advisors.
Registered Rep. March 16, 2012 Kristen French	Due Diligence: Merrill Cost-Cutting Centers on Client Segmentation, Less Bureacracy Merrill Lynch financial advisors can expect Bank of America cost-cutting to take the form of greater client segmentation and reduced bureaucracy, said John Thiel of Merrill Lynch
Registered Rep. April 15, 2009 Kristen French	Bank of America Launches Client Referral Program It's one of several referral programs the bank is putting together as part of its integration with Merrill Lynch, including one that would offer leads from the commercial banking division to certain Merrill Lynch advisors.
The Motley Fool September 21, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Quick Take: Like Stocks Right Now? You're Not Alone. Volatility and uncertainty have certainly risen in the past few months, but that hasn't dampened many investors' interest in stocks.
Registered Rep. July 1, 2004 Will Leitch	The End of the World as We Know It? Is the traditional model for securities houses --- investment banking, research, asset management, retail brokerage all coexisting under one roof --- more trouble than it's worth?
Registered Rep. January 26, 2006 Kevin Burke	Merrill Awards O'Neal $20.6 Million in Stock Merrill Lynch CEO Stanley O'Neal was once again among the highest paid Wall Street executives in 2005.
Investment Advisor December 2009 Melanie Waddell	Retirement Planning: Income Plans, Merrill Style Service links Bank of America deposit accounts with Merrill Lynch cash management accounts.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2006 Kristen French	60 Seconds with Deborah Doyle McWhinney A short interview about the rivalry between the registered investment advisor (RIA) firms that Schwab caters to and Wall Street wirehouses.
Registered Rep. June 11, 2008	Thain + You, Sittin' in A Tree Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain heaps praise upon the wealth management division during an interview.
Wall Street & Technology May 21, 2007 Greg MacSweeney	20 Year Wall Street Data Veteran Roseann Palmieri Joins Merrill Lynch Palmieri's career -- including 10 years at Morgan Stanley, six years at Deutsche Bank and, most recently, four years at Bank of America Securities -- has touched almost every part of the data management business.
BusinessWeek November 26, 2007 Maria Bartiromo	John Thain on His New Job as CEO of Merrill Lynch John Thain talks about his appointment as CEO of Merrill Lynch.