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May 25 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today said that its ratings on the three classes of commercial mortgage pass-through certificates from Merrill Lynch Floating Trust's series 2008-LAQ, a U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS ...  

PLANTATION, Fla., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement is being issued by Klausner, Kaufman, Jensen & Levinson, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, and Sugarman & Susskind, PA regarding the Merrill Lynch Florida Public Pension Plan Consulting...  

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Please be advised that the Issuer has repurchased the following Issues SL.NO Value Date ISIN Issuer Name CCY CAEV Amount New Outstanding Next Coupon Date 1 18-May-2012 XS0304614109 MERRILL LYNCH SA EUR 30,000.00 1,337,000.00 29-Sep-2017 2 18-May-2012 XS0345376668 Merrill Lynch and Co.,Inc EUR 2,000,000.00 184,650,000.00 19-Feb-2013 3 18-May-2012 XS0299149236 MERRILL ...  

Bank of America Corp. reportedly has held talks with lawyers for more than 1,000 former Merrill Lynch & Co. brokers who claim they are owed deferred compensation after BofA acquired the investment firm in 2009. The Wall Street Journal reported that the talks could lead to a settlement that would cost Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) hundreds of millions of dollars. The Journal reported that the former Merrill brokers were emboldened last month by...  

Bank of America Corp. has been holding talks with more than 1,000 former Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. brokers that could lead to a settlement costing the bank hundreds of millions of dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported. The former Merrill Lynch brokers left the firm after the 2009 takeover by BofA and claim they are owed deferred compensation as a result of the deal.  

Bank of America Corp. is planning to cut about 2,000 staff members from its investment banking, commercial banking and non-U.S. wealth-management units, operations that were vastly expanded with BofA's 2009 purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co., The Wall Street Journal reported. The reductions are significant because they target the high-earning employees whose efforts helped Merrill Lynch account for the bulk of Bank of America's profit...  

CURAÇAO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: Merrill Lynch International & Co. C.V. today informs its security holders that its Annual Financial Report for the year ended December 31, 2011 has been filed with the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, the Officially Appointed Mechanism of Luxembourg, Merrill Lynch International & Co. C.V.’s home Member State. A copy of this Annual Financial Report is attached to this release. Merrill Lynch International...  

Former Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis and current and former members of the company's board of directors have agreed to $20 million settlement in a lawsuit that alleged shareholders were wronged during BofA's takeover of Merrill Lynch & Co. The suit alleged that the officers of Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) breached their fiduciary duties by not informing investors about ballooning losses at Merrill, the Wall Street Journal reported. The...  

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Please be advised that the Issuer has repurchased the following Issues SL.NO Value Date ISIN Issuer Name CCY CAEV Amount New Outstanding Next Coupon Date 1 18-May-2012 FR0010602367 MERRILL LYNCH & COMPANY INC USD 14,900.00 4,716,400.00 15-Jul-2016  

Cameco Corporation (CCJ) Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2012 Global Metals, Mining & Steel Conference May 17, 2012 12:10 PM ET Executives Alice Wong – SVP and COO Analysts Oscar Cabrera – Bank of America/Merrill Lynch. Presentation Oscar Cabrera (inaudible) for another great conference. Last but not least is Cameco Corporation. Presenter for Cameco is Ms. Alice Wong. She is Senior Vice President and Chief Corporate Officer...  

Myriad Genetics, Inc. (MYGN) Bank of America Merrill Lynch Health Care Conference Call May 16, 2012 7:20 pm ET Executives Peter D. Meldrum – President, Chief Executive Officer and Director Analysts Derik de Bruin – Bank of America Merrill Lynch Presentation Derik de Bruin – Bank of America Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch 2012 Health Care Conference. I’m Derik De Bruin, the Life Sciences Tools & Diagnostics analyst. It’s my...  

Royal Gold, Inc. (RGLD) Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Metals, Mining & Steel Conference Call May 16, 2012 4:45 pm ET Executives Stefan L. Wenger – Chief Financial Officer Analysts Michael Jalonen – Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Presentation Michael Jalonen – Bank of America/Merrill Lynch And continuing on in the royalty environment, very happy to have Royal Gold. Joining us from Royal Gold is, like Franco-Nevada...  

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merrill Lynch and Co.,Inc Issue of up to EUR 200,000,000 Callable 4.75 PCT Notes Due 18/05/2017 Series 4744 Tranche 1 MTN ISIN: XS0296643587 This Issue has been redeemed early in full, for value date 18-May-2012 The new outstanding nominal will be Nil Please arrange to reflect this in your records  

A federal judge in New York on Monday refused to delay the approval process for a controversial $20 million settlement between Bank of America Corp directors and shareholders who accused the bank of overpaying for Merrill Lynch & Co.  

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(Reuters) - A federal judge in New York on Monday refused to delay the approval process for a controversial $20 million settlement between Bank of America Corp directors and shareholders who accused the bank of overpaying for Merrill Lynch & Co.  

CURAÇAO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: Merrill Lynch International & Co. C.V. today informs its security holders that its Annual Financial Report for the year ended December 31, 2011 has been filed with the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, the Officially ...  

Teleflex Incorporated (TFX) Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2012 Health Care Conference May 16, 2012 04:40 pm ET Executives Benson Smith - Chairman, President & CEO Analysts Presentation [Abrupt Start] Unidentified Analyst Teleflex to present. Benson Smith, the company's CEO is here speaking on behalf of the company. We will have a 15-20 minute presentation followed by Q&A right here. So, thanks very much for joining us...  

Sequenom Inc. (SQNM) Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2012 Healthcare Conference Call May 15, 2012 4:00 p.m. ET Executives Ron Lindsay, Ph.D. - Director and Executive Vice President, Research & Development William Welsh - Senior Vice President, Diagnostics Dirk van de Boom, Ph.D. - Senior Vice President, Research & Development Analysts Derik de Bruin - Bank of America Merrill Lynch Presentation Welcome to the afternoon session of the...  

A U.S. federal judge in New York on Monday refused to delay the approval process for a controversial $20 million settlement between Bank of America Corp. directors and shareholders who accused the bank of overpaying for Merrill Lynch & Co. …  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Technology Conference May 08, 2012 05:45 pm ET Executives Geoff Ribar - SVP & CFO Analysts Presentation [Abrupt Start] Unidentified Analyst Cadence Design Systems, one of the leading EDA providers to the semiconductor industry. We are going to make a short presentation and then we will open it up for Q&A. Geoff? Geoff Ribar Thank you. And I promise it...  

(Reuters) - The Wall Street Journal said Bank of America Corp could end up paying hundreds of millions of dollars in a settlement following talks with lawyers representing more than 1,000 former Merrill Lynch & Co brokers, who left the brokerage firm after BofA acquired it in 2009. The brokers claim they are owed deferred compensation as a result of the deal. The paper said an arbitration ruling ordering the Charlotte, North Carolina-based...  

Credit Suisse leads the loan, along with Jefferies Finance and Bank of America's subsidiary Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith. Bank of America Merrill Lynch leads a concurrent $615 million unsecured term loan. (Editing By Jon Methven)  

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Please be advised that the Issuer has repurchased the following Issues SL.NO Value Date ISIN Issuer Name CCY CAEV Amount New Outstanding Next Coupon Date 1 11-May-2012 XS0267043759 MERRILL LYNCH & COMPANY INC EUR 406,000.00 31,363,000.00 31-Mar-2022  

Remember in 2008, when Ken Lewis was all, “Oooh, wait, I don’t know about this Merrill Lynch thing” and tried to back out of buying the bank? And Hank Paulson threatened to stuff him in a meat locker if he did so Ken Lewis said okay, fine, I’ll do it? BAC investors are still upset about that.Bank of America directors’ $20 million settlement of investor lawsuits alleging the bank overpaid when it bought Merrill Lynch & Co. amounts to just 4...  

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BBVA SENIOR FINANCE, S.A. UNIPERSONAL Merrill Lynch and Co.,Inc Issue of EUR 1,000,000,000 Floating Rate Note due August 2013 Sr 3575 Tr 1 MTN ISSUE NAME. Our Ref. M78433 ISIN Code. XS0263593765 INTEREST AMT PER DENOM. CURRENCY CODE. EUR DAY BASIS. Actual/360 (A004) NUM OF DAYS. 92 INTEREST RATE. 0.968 PCT VALUE DATE. 09/08/2012 INTEREST PERIOD. 09/05/2012 TO 09/08/2012 ...  

SANTA FE, N.M., May 1, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lawyers with the Securities Law Firm of SHEPHERD SMITH EDWARDS & KANTAS LLP, www.sseklaw.com, have recently filed claims on behalf of clients of David Zeng and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, & Smith, Inc. It is alleged in the lawsuit that these clients lost a substantial portion of the money invested in their accounts held with Merrill Lynch, which had represented much of their life savings.  

Coming up May 5 & 6, 2012,  thanks to Museums on Us, Bank of America and Merrill Lynch, cardholders will receive free admission to three museums in Orlando, including The Mennello Museum of American Art, Orange County Regional History Center and Orlando Museum of Art. Over 150 cultural institutions in 91 cities participate in the Museums on Us program, now in its 15th season, to provide Bank of America and Merrill Lynch cardholders a fun, free...  

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- CHANGE IN RATINGS Assurant was downgraded at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch to Underperform. $45 price target. Company could fall short of consensus earnings expectations, BofA/Merrill said. Avon was downgraded at Caris & Co. from Above Average to Average. Estimates were also slashed, and the dividend may come into question, Caris said. ... Click to view a price quote on AVP...  

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zamansky & Associates LLC announces that it has commenced an investigation of the Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) brokerage division, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. (“Merrill Lynch”), over its treatment of departing financial advisors’ deferred compensation under its Financial Advisor Capital Accumulation Award Plans (“FACAAP”), Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan for Managers and Producers (“LTICP...  

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. today informed its security holders that its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2012 has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Merrill Lynch & Co ...  

TROY, MI -- (Marketwire) -- 05/17/12 -- Kelly Services, Inc. : ctt.marketwire.com/?release=889141=1624885=1& .. (NASDAQ: KELYA) (NASDAQ: KELYB), a leader in providing workforce solutions, today announced it will be participating in the Bank of ...  

(Reuters) - A federal judge in New York on Monday refused to delay the approval process for a controversial $20 million settlement between Bank of America Corp directors and shareholders who accused the bank of overpaying for Merrill Lynch & Co. U.S ...  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) and Merrill Lynch & Co. employees discussed helping naked ... at kgullo@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story: Michael Hytha at mhytha@bloomberg.net  

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., 12-cv-3993 ... To contact the reporter on this story: Bob Van Voris in federal court in Manhattan at rvanvoris@bloomberg.net. To contact the editor responsible for this story: Michael Hytha at mhytha ...  

(Reuters) - The Wall Street Journal said Bank of America Corp could end up paying hundreds of millions of dollars in a settlement following talks with lawyers representing more than 1,000 former Merrill Lynch & Co brokers, who left the brokerage firm after ...  

(Reuters) - The Wall Street Journal said Bank of America Corp could end up paying hundreds of millions of dollars in a settlement following talks with lawyers representing more than 1,000 former Merrill Lynch & Co brokers, who left the brokerage firm after BofA acquired it in 2009. The brokers claim they are owed deferred compensation as a result of the deal. The paper said an arbitration ruling ordering the Charlotte, North Carolina-based...  

May 3 (Reuters) - The Wall Street Journal said Bank of America Corp could end up paying hundreds of millions of dollars in a settlement following talks with lawyers representing more than 1,000 former Merrill Lynch & Co brokers, who left the ...  

Law360, New York (May 07, 2012, 3:14 PM ET) -- Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. on Friday told an Illinois federal judge hearing a discrimination suit brought against the company by black financial advisers that a proposed class should be limited to current ...  

Investors in Delaware are unhappy with the $20 million settlement price offered by Bank of America Corp. (BAC) to reconcile the lawsuits filed against it by its shareholders in relation with the acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. As reported by ...  

Investors in Delaware are unhappy with the $20 million settlement price offered by Bank of America Corp. ( BAC) to reconcile the lawsuits filed against it by its shareholders in relation with the acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. As reported by ...  

 Company Merrill Lynch Co., Inc.Quarterly ReportA copy of the document described below has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM ...  

Bank of America Corp. directors can offer a $20 million settlement of lawsuits alleging the bank overpaid when it bought Merrill Lynch & Co. for approval, a Delaware judge ruled. Delaware Chancery Court Judge Leo Strine today denied a request by ...  

A special Thank You also to Senator Scott Brown, Boxer Kevin McBride and Dropkick Murphy Ken Casey for stopping by to show their support!  Best Buddies is a non-profit organization founded by Anthony Kennedy Shriver in 1989, dedicated to helping people ...  

Bank of America Corp. directors’ $20 million settlement of investor lawsuits alleging the bank overpaid when it bought Merrill Lynch & Co. amounts to just 4 percent of the board’s $500 million in insurance coverage and is inadequate, lawyers ...  

Apr 25, 2012 (M2 Banking & Credit News via COMTEX News Network) -- 25 April 2012 - Bank of America Merrill Lynch, HSBC (LON:HSBA), JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) have been hired lead managers for a new bond issue by the Finnish ...  

Bank of America Corp. (BAC) directors’ $20 million settlement of investor lawsuits alleging the bank overpaid when it bought Merrill Lynch & Co. amounts to just 4 percent of the board’s $500 million in insurance coverage and is inadequate ...  

(Reuters) - Bank of America Corp directors rejected allegations by unhappy shareholders that their proposed $20 million settlement of litigation over the purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co was made "on the cheap" and was the product of collusion. The accord would resolve a New York lawsuit claiming the bank's board, including former Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Lewis, had hidden how Merrill was headed toward an eventual $15.84 billion quarterly...  

May 02, 2012 (M2 Banking & Credit News via COMTEX News Network) -- 2 May 2012 - Bank of America Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM) served as joint book-runners of US property and casualty insurer Liberty Mutual Group Inc's placement of USD1bn (EUR756m ...  

Mining & Steel Conference being held in Miami Beach, Florida at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel. Slides of the presentation will be available on Inmet's website prior to the presentation. You are cordially invited to listen to the webcast at http://www ...  

April 27 (Reuters) - Shareholders opposing a proposed $20 million settlement by Bank of America Corp directors over the purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co said the payout represents a mere 4 percent of directors' insurance coverage, and is grossly ...  

Apr 30, 2012 (M2 Banking & Credit News via COMTEX News Network) -- 30 April 2012 - Wells Fargo Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc and Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc have jointly led and book-run a USD265m (EUR200.3m) senior revolving ...  

... Monday it hired a team of two advisers from Bank of America's Merrill Lynch and one adviser from Wells Fargo & Co' s brokerage unit, both in Illinois. Advisers Mary Williams and Michelle Grist, a mother-and-daughter team, joined ...  

Johnny Williams stepped down on Friday as managing director of equity capital markets at BofA Merrill Lynch, where he co-led the firm’s technology and clean-tech practice. He did not leave the position due to likely layoffs within the group. To access ...  

The firms are Scott, Douglass & McConnico LLP, which is based in Austin, Texas, and Themis PLLC, which has offices in Washington, D.C., and Chevy Chase. But Kamenetz chief of staff Don Mohler said the outside attorneys told the county late last ...  

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merrill Lynch and Co.,Inc Issue of EUR 400,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due Sep 2012 Series No 5754 Tr 1 MTN ISSUE NAME. Our Ref. M93555 ISIN Code. XS0322894873 INTEREST AMT PER DENOM. CURRENCY CODE. EUR DAY BASIS. Actual/360 (A004) NUM OF DAYS. 92 INTEREST RATE. 1.558 PCT VALUE DATE. 27/06/2012 INTEREST PERIOD. 27/03/2012 TO 27/06/2012 EUR 50,000.00 IS EUR 199.08 POOL ...  

Merrill Lynch & Co.’s $315 million settlement of an investor ... Bob Van Voris in New York at rvanvoris@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story: Andrew Dunn at adunn8@bloomberg.net  

AvalonBay Communities Inc.'s (AVB) first-quarter earnings jumped 90% as the multifamily housing real-estate investment trust benefited from higher rents and fewer vacancies. Bank of America Corp. (BAC) and its Merrill Lynch & Co. unit offered to ...  

Bank of America Corp. directors, who were sued by shareholders for allegedly paying too much for Merrill Lynch & Co., must defend a proposed $20 million settlement of the claims in federal court in New York. U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel ...  

In a report published earlier today, Bank of America Merrill Lynch maintained its Buy rating and $38.00 price target for Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. (NYSE: WDR). BofA Merrill Lynch went on to say “WDR reported 1Q EPS of $0.55, beating consensus by $0 ...  

Apr 30, 2012 (M2 Banking & Credit News via COMTEX News Network) -- 1 May 2012 - BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) and Jefferies & Company Inc have been hired as joint book-runners of the follow-on offering of Acadia Healthcare Company Inc's ...  

Bank of America Announces Commencement of Cash Tender Offers for Certain Subordinated Notes CHARLOTTE - Bank of America Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary Merrill Lynch Co., Inc. (the "Offerors") ...  

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has appointed Michael Findlay and Ed Peel as co-heads of corporate broking for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. They will be based in London and report to Simon Mackenzie-Smith, chairman of UK and Ireland. To access full ...  

Heaton, a former treasurer of Merrill Lynch & Co., joined Deutsche Bank in 2009. Full story at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-02/morgan-stanley-s-fleming-is-said-to-lure-heaton-for-wealth- unit.html  

May 9, 2012 Bank of America Announces Increase in Maximum Consideration And Results to Date of Tender Offers for Certain Subordinated Notes CHARLOTTE - Bank of America Corporation and its wholly-owned ...  

Press Release Annual Information Update Merrill Lynch Co., Inc. 22 March 2012 Merrill Lynch Co., Inc. (the "Company") Annual Information Update for the 12 months up to and including ...  

Bank of America Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. today announced the expiration of their tender offers for