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The Company provides investment, financing, insurance, and related services to individuals and institutions on a global basis through its broker, dealer, banking and other financial services subsidiaries.

Portfolio Articles

Bailed Out, but Still Sinking
Some of the biggest banks that received billions in government aid are probably worse off than originally thought, a study contends.
Dec 31 2008
The End
The era that defined Wall Street is finally, officially over. Michael Lewis, who chronicled its excess in Liar’s Poker, returns to his old haunt to figure out what went wrong.
Nov 11 2008
What Jamie Dimon Must Do
Untainted by the financial meltdown, the J.P. Morgan boss must get Americans to trust again.
Oct 17 2008
World Turned Upside Down
In one day, Wall Street has been blown apart. Now comes the truly hard part.
Sep 15 2008
Auction Crock?
Two new lawsuits accuse 11 banks of colluding to prop up and then destroy the auction rate securities market.
Sep 07 2008

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News Feeds

Denver's Bonham Group shuts doors Denver
Jan 08 2009
Merrill brokerage chief McCann to leave Reuters
Jan 05 2009
Banks borrow more, investment firms less from Fed AP
Jan 02 2009
2 big banking sector acquisitions completed AP
Jan 01 2009
Bank of America, Wells close mergers as banking transforms Reuters
Jan 01 2009
Report: Bailout companies still shaky Albany
Jan 01 2009
Bank of America completes Merrill Lynch purchase Reuters
Jan 01 2009
Merrill Lynch workers stand, applaud, say goodbye AP
Dec 31 2008
Housing, credit crises slammed bank stocks in '08 AP
Dec 31 2008
Final Glance: Investment Banks companies AP
Dec 31 2008

Portfolio Blogs

From Frying Pan to Fire, Stockbroker Edition
Nov 14 2008
No Pain, No Gain
Sep 30 2008
Bailout's Benefits for Economy Won't Be Immediate
Sep 23 2008

A Market Price for Subprime CDOs
Sep 21 2008
Parsing Bank of America: Crisis Is Our Friend
Sep 15 2008

Press Releases

Bank of America Completes Merrill Lynch Purchase Jan-01-2009, 09:19AM EST
Seven Summits Research Releases Alerts on SLB, POT, MER, SPG, and DD Dec-30-2008, 09:31AM EST
Bank of America Announces Regional Leadership Positions Dec-18-2008, 04:05PM EST
American Water Files Registration Statement for Follow-on Offering Dec-18-2008, 08:03AM EST
Securities Fraud Attorney Mark A. Tepper Files Claim for Damages Against Merrill Lynch on Behalf of Elderly Investor Dec-15-2008, 09:00AM EST

News From Around the Web

News

Anglo American cut to underperform by Merrill Lynch (MarketWatch)

Jan 09 2009
TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation Acquisition of thinkorswim Call Transcript (SeekingAlpha)

Jan 09 2009
Former Merrill president leaving his new BofA job (Charlotte Observer)

Jan 09 2009
Community Trust Bank Sues Merrill Lynch (CBS 27 Central Kentucky (WKYT))

Jan 08 2009
B-Schools Wary on Lehman, Merrill Impact (Yahoo! Finance)

Jan 08 2009
Banks borrow more, investment firms less from Fed (San Jose Mercury News)

Jan 08 2009
Someone tell these guys to take an extended leave and maybe get some vocational skill like learning how to drive a bus. (CFO)

Jan 08 2009
TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation Acquisition of thinkorswin Call Transcript (SeekingAlpha)

Jan 08 2009
Merrill's former EMEA equities head to leave (Reuters)

Jan 08 2009
Events that forced Satyam Chief to confess (Economic Times, India)

Jan 08 2009

Blogs

Fleming Is Leaving Merrill Lynch to Go to Yale (DealBook)

Jan 08 2009
Greg Fleming Leaving Merrill Lynch and Bank of America (Clusterstock)

Jan 08 2009
Short-Term Rates Continue to Improve (WSJ.com: MarketBeat Blog)

Jan 08 2009
Credit Downgrade Hits BAC’s Debt, Equity (WSJ.com: MarketBeat Blog)

Jan 08 2009
Singapore's Outperforming Merrill Investment (Portfolio.com: Market Movers)

Jan 08 2009

Employees

Number of Employees: 64,200

Revenue per Employee: $1,013,772

Financials

Quarterly

Annual

Income Statement	10/2008	07/2008	04/2008	01/2008
Sales	NA	NA	NA	NA
Gross Operating Profit	7.85 Bil.	12.01 Bil.	-5.41 Bil.	14.17 Bil.
Operating Income before D & A (EBITDA)	7.85 Bil.	12.01 Bil.	-5.41 Bil.	14.17 Bil.
Total Income Before Interest Expenses (EBIT)	7.85 Bil.	12.01 Bil.	6.45 Bil.	14.17 Bil.
Total Net Income	-5.15 Bil.	-4.65 Bil.	-1.96 Bil.	-9.83 Bil.
Basic EPS, Total	-5.58	-4.97	-2.19	-12.01
Diluted EPS, Total	-5.58	-4.97	-2.19	-12.01

BALANCE STATEMENT	10/2008	07/2008	04/2008	01/2008
Cash and Equivalents	NA	NA	NA	NA
Total Assets	NA	NA	NA	NA
Total Liabilities	NA	NA	NA	NA
Total Capitalization	NA	42.2 Bil.	NA	NA

Cash Flow	10/2008	07/2008	04/2008	01/2008
Net Cash From Continuing Operations	NA	NA	NA	NA
Net Cash From Investing Activities	NA	NA	NA	NA
Net Cash From Financing Activities	NA	NA	NA	NA
Net Change in Cash & Cash Equivalents	NA	NA	NA	NA

Income Statement	2008	2007	2006	2005
Sales	NA	NA	NA	NA
Gross Operating Profit	56.97 Bil.	44.39 Bil.	29 Bil.	16.28 Bil.
Operating Income before D & A (EBITDA)	56.97 Bil.	44.39 Bil.	29 Bil.	16.28 Bil.
Total Income Before Interest Expenses (EBIT)	56.97 Bil.	46.36 Bil.	29 Bil.	16.28 Bil.
Total Net Income	-7.78 Bil.	7.5 Bil.	5.12 Bil.	4.44 Bil.
Basic EPS, Total	-9.69	8.42	5.66	4.81
Diluted EPS, Total	-9.69	7.59	5.16	4.38

BALANCE STATEMENT	2008	2007	2006	2005
Cash and Equivalents	NA	NA	NA	NA
Total Assets	NA	NA	NA	NA
Total Liabilities	NA	NA	NA	NA
Total Capitalization	NA	NA	NA	NA

Cash Flow	2008	2007	2006	2005
Net Cash From Continuing Operations	NA	NA	NA	NA
Net Cash From Investing Activities	NA	-11.01 Bil.	-3.94 Bil.	-4.95 Bil.
Net Cash From Financing Activities	NA	67.94 Bil.	23.39 Bil.	29.29 Bil.
Net Change in Cash & Cash Equivalents	NA	17.52 Bil.	-6.2 Bil.	11.07 Bil.