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20 Sep 2008, 3:49 am
Although these arguments have been subject to a fair amount of criticism, events that have occurred over the last few days severely expose chinks in the U.S. model of corporate governance, and provide at least some anecdotal evidence that such model is not infallible after all.The question that is being posed is: where was corporate governance when the CEOs and boards of directors of large and admired U.S. corporations such as Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Merrill… [read post]
20 Sep 2008, 2:28 am
TIMES: Freddie, Fannie, Merrill et al stopped their political donations last month. [read post]
19 Sep 2008, 10:19 pm
Similar signals or statements partially explain Merrill Lynch's decision to agree to a takeover by Bank of America. [read post]
19 Sep 2008, 8:29 pm
• Bank of America agreed to acquire Merrill Lynch for approximately $50 billion in Bank of America stock (based on current stock prices). [read post]
19 Sep 2008, 7:27 pm
Consider this:FannieMae (NYSE:FNM) and FreddieMac (NYSE:FRE) are now under US government conservatorshipBear Stearns (NYSE:BSC) was purchased for a pittance by JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM)Merrill Lynch (NYSE:MER) sold itself to Bank of America (NYSE:BAC)Lehman Brothers went bankrupt recently (NYSE:LEH)Till just a while ago, all these were public companies traded on the stock exchange and being regularly audited by none other than the Big Four firms. [read post]
19 Sep 2008, 4:23 pm
In the meantime, Merrill Lynch filed its own agreement on Thursday to be acquired by Bank of America. [read post]
19 Sep 2008, 3:59 pm
While this is the first auction-rate securities settlement reached by FINRA, state securities regulators have previously announced auction-rate securities settlements with Citigroup, UBS, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Wachovia, Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, and Fidelity. [read post]
19 Sep 2008, 11:41 am
Merrill Lynch’s deal to be bought by Bank of America is not expected to affect the $500 million line of credit the bank extended to United Artists, the film studio run by Tom Cruise, The New York Post reported. [read post]
19 Sep 2008, 11:28 am
Merrill Lynch - swallowed by Bank of America, Morgan Stanley contemplating selling 49% off to the Chinese, HBOS - gobbled up by so-called ‘Black Carthorse’ Lloyds TSB and now… even mighty Goldman Sachs is wondering whether they too will be able to ride the storm. [read post]
19 Sep 2008, 11:25 am
But all of the blame in the world won’t bring back Lehman (LEH) or Merrill (MER), no matter how many times John McCain clicks his heels. [read post]
18 Sep 2008, 9:49 pm
Forty-two percent of practicing lawyers responding to a survey through the blog Above the Law said the recent bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the sale of Merrill Lynch would harm their careers. [read post]
18 Sep 2008, 9:00 pm
Mark Cuban wrote an interesting piece called “The AIG-Lehman-Merrill Lynch Link“. [read post]
18 Sep 2008, 5:55 pm
Going back to the firm will likely get even more difficult as additional attorneys from Lehman and Merrill Lynch flood the midlevel market. [read post]
18 Sep 2008, 12:50 pm
The Lawyer kicks off with “The collapse of Lehman, the acquisition of Merrill Lynch and the effective privatisation of AIG has left dozens of lawyers facing life without their once lucrative client relationships. [read post]
18 Sep 2008, 11:50 am
The events of the past few days — the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the $50 billion sale of Merrill Lynch to [...] [read post]
18 Sep 2008, 11:00 am
FACT: Merrill Lynch, which had been a top issuer of subprime investment vehicles, abruptly sold itself to Bank of America after suffering $45 billion in write-downs, more than double its profit for two years. [read post]
17 Sep 2008, 11:30 pm
Ironically, talks with Wachovia likely contributed to Stan O'Neal's departure at Merrill. [read post]
17 Sep 2008, 9:32 pm
Put your money on Merrill Lynch, why? [read post]
17 Sep 2008, 8:06 pm
My friend, Paul Kedrosky has been looking at some of the ways that Wikipedia entries on Lehman and Merrill have been changing in recent days. [read post]
17 Sep 2008, 4:37 pm
(I recently read that the merged Bank of America/Merrill Lynch will control customers' assets of 2.5 trillion dollars.) [read post]