Merrill Lynch
Merrill Lynch
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management is the wealth management division of Bank of America. The firm is headquartered in New York City, and occupies the entire 34 stories of the Four World Financial Center building in Manhattan. Merrill Lynch employs over 15,000 financial advisors and manages $2.2 trillion in client assets...
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We expect group's performance to continue to be volatile as concerns about a promotional and lackluster holiday season remain the near-term focus.
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Risks to oil price will continue to remain on the upside, with prices unlikely to fall materially until these factors have been resolved.
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We remain bullish on gold over the medium to long term and believe that the arguments for gold outweigh the arguments against.
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Questions remain about the sustainability of the turnaround at Fiat Auto and profitability of underlying business, in the absence of further exception items (like assets sales and the GM one off gain).
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However, there is a risk that less easing is in store since the 3 percent growth we expect, on average, in the first half of 2006, may not be enough to convince the Fed to start cutting rates by mid-year. Thus there is a risk that the yield curve remains inverted for longer than we have built into our forecast.
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BNP Paribas has continued the trend of European banks beating at revenue level, but experiencing significant cost growth.
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Recent disruptions of crude oil production in Nigeria and tensions between the West and Iran over its nuclear program... have contributed to concerns about OPEC's ability to supply the market.
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Our marketing plans do not call for us to refer to the university in any way nor do we have any intention of using the reputation of the university to promote the brand.
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Stephanie Villalba lost her sex discrimination case. She lost her claim for costs. She has now lost her appeal on points of law relating to victimization and unequal pay. It is time for both of us to move on.
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The April IEA report supports our belief that rising inventories, moderating demand growth and Saudi Arabia's commitment to put more oil into the market will put downward pressure on oil prices.
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Other suitors may appear for one or both companies. However, European power is changing rapidly and neither company can ignore the implications.
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From a hardware standpoint, the largest exposure outside of Sony itself is Microsoft, which could benefit if the company is able to overcome supply problems with Xbox 360.
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There is an unmistakable change of tone in the survey this month.
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We believe Yahoo! is 'priced to perfection,' and that near-flawless quarters are required to support its multiple.