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JACOBS ENGINEERING TO BUY CH2M HILL IN $3.27 BILLION DEAL
Perella Weinberg Partners LP and Morgan Stanley and Co LLC served as financial advisers to Jacobs, while BofA Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse advised CH2M... READ MORE›
CHINA'S HNA CEO DENIES BANKS SCALING BACK CREDIT
The only bank that has stopped working with HNA is Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Tan said, adding the bank had not dealt closely with HNA to begin with... READ MORE›
TOWER OPERATOR CROWN CASTLE TO BUY LIGHTOWER FOR $7.1 BILLION
Reuters reported last week that Crown Castle had made an offer for Lightower... READ MORE›
BUFFETT'S BERKSHIRE ON VERGE OF BECOMING BOFA'S TOP SHAREHOLDER
A swap would also let Berkshire enjoy gains if Bank of America's stock price rose... READ MORE›
THE FORWARD CURVE FOR OIL PRICES SUDDENLY LOOKS AWFUL FOR OPEC
Even if crude stockpiles do eventually fall, financially traded oil may still struggle to reflect it, said BofA Merrill Lynch... READ MORE›
DIGITAL REALTY EXPANDS DATA CENTER REACH WITH DUPONT FABROS BUY
DuPont Fabros shareholders will receive a fixed exchange ratio of 0.545 Digital Realty shares per share held, the companies said... READ MORE›
DEUTSCHE BOERSE SAYS OPEN TO INDEX AND DATA BUSINESS DEALS
The focus on data and index business acquisitions mirrors the recent actions of two of Deutsche Boerse's biggest rivals... READ MORE›
LONG SEEN AS PARTNERS, HUNTSMAN AND CLARIANT SEAL $14 BILLION MERGER
Peter Huntsman, the son of the company founder, will become chief executive of the combined group while Clariant CEO Hariolf Kottmann will be its chairman... READ MORE›
RBS TRIES FOR LAST-MINUTE SETTLEMENT BEFORE INVESTOR COURT CASE
RBS tries for last-minute settlement before investor court case sources... READ MORE›
THERE'S A BIG TECHNICAL REASON FOR LOW VOLATILITY IN STOCKS
However, it is uncertain how liquid the VIX futures market would be after that kind of vol spike... READ MORE›
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OPEC THREATENED BY TINY OKLAHOMA TOWN WITH SOARING SUPPLIES
For OPEC, there are few enemies more fearsome than the tiny Oklahoma town of Cushing... READ MORE›
INVESTOR CASH LEVELS JUMP TOWARD LEVELS NOT SEEN SINCE 9/11
When average cash balance rises above 4.5 percent a contrarian buy signal is generated for equities... READ MORE›
BRITON REMANDED OVER HONG KONG DEATHS
Hong kong murders accused rurik jutting remanded in custody... READ MORE›
THE OPEC DEAL IS FACING ITS BIGGEST TEST
OPEC's strategy to balance the oil market and bolster prices is facing its biggest test... READ MORE›
BANKER FIT FOR HONG KONG MURDER TRIAL
He was working in Hong Kong as a securities trader at Bank of America Merrill Lynch until just before the women died... READ MORE›
BLACKBERRY TO BUY RIVAL GOOD TECHNOLOGY FOR $425 MILLION
Morgan Securities LLC and Bank of America Merrill Lynch advised Good on the deal, BlackBerry said... READ MORE›
MUSK TO INVEST $20 MILLION IN TESLA'S $500 MILLION SHARE SALE
Tesla's shares rose as much as 3.5 percent, before giving up some gains to trade up 0.8 percent on Thursday afternoon... READ MORE›
INTEGRA OFFERS TO BUY J&J'S CODMAN BUSINESS FOR $1.05 BILLION
Medical device maker Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp said on Wednesday it has offered to buy Johnson Johnson's Codman neurosurgery business for 1.05 billion in cash... READ MORE›
RBS REJECTED GOLDMAN DELOITTE WARNING OVER 2008 CASH CALL LAWSUIT ALLEGES
The joint financial advisers and sponsors of RBS's 2008 capital raising plan were Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch... READ MORE›
U.S. STOCKS EDGE HIGHER, BONDS RISE AS OIL SLIPS
Here are the main moves in markets Stocks The S P 500 rose 0.1 percent to close at 2,391.09 at 4 p.m... READ MORE›
BANK OF AMERICA AGREES TO PAY EX-MERRILL LYNCH BROKERS $12.8 MILLION
As part of the settlement, the bank and Merrill Lynch did not admit or concede to any of the allegations made by the former advisers... READ MORE›
CHINA AUGUST INDUSTRIAL PROFITS RISE NEARLY 20 PERCENT, FASTEST IN THREE YEARS
Profits in August jumped 19.5 percent to 534.8 billion yuan 80.2 billion, the National Bureau of Statistics NBS said on Tuesday, the fastest monthly rate since August 2013... READ MORE›
HONG KONG: BRITISH BANKER CHARGED WITH 2 MURDERS
Jutting worked for the bank until recently, Bank of America Merrill Lynch spokesman Paul Scanlon said Sunday, without providing more details... READ MORE›
HEDGE FUNDS BET OIL RALLY TO EXTEND INTO 2017 AS OUTPUT CUTS HIT
We have a very confident positioning here, Tim Evans, an energy analyst at Citi Futures Perspective in New York, said Friday in a phone interview... READ MORE›
HOME DEPOT TO BUY INTERLINE BRANDS FOR $1.63 BILLION
Home Depot's financial adviser is Bank of America Merrill Lynch, while Cleary Gottlieb Steen Hamilton LLP gave legal advice... READ MORE›
CHINA'S FLIGHT OF CAPITAL CAUSES GLOBAL RIPPLES
Another survey yesterday also showed investors have cut exposure to emerging markets to record low levels... READ MORE›
POLICE 'INVESTIGATE THOUSANDS OF IMAGES OF DEAD BODIES ON RURIK JUTTING'S PHONE'
One co-worker at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch, who declined to be named, described Mr Jutting as someone who talked very loud and made... READ MORE›
LABCORP TO PAY $6.1 BILLION FOR DRUG TRIAL COMPANY COVANCE
LabCorp said it intends to finance the deal with cash in hand and debt financing from BofA Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo Bank... READ MORE›
BOND BUYERS LEFT BEMOANING 13 RETURNS AFTER OILS WILD YEAR
Bank of America predicts returns in the 4 percent to 5 percent range in 2017, though it recommends investors stay overweight in energy... READ MORE›
AMBAC SUES BANK OF AMERICA OVER COUNTRYWIDE MORTGAGE BONDS
Countrywide's fraud is borne out by the transactions' dismal performance, said Ambac, which in September 2010 had filed a similar lawsuit against Bank of America... READ MORE›
BANK OF AMERICA CHIPS AWAY AT BROKERAGE INDUSTRY TRUCE
Bank of America acquired Merrill Lynch in 2009 in the wake of the financial crisis... READ MORE›
HONG KONG MURDERS: RURIK JUTTING ALLEGEDLY DESCRIBED AS AN 'INSANE PSYCHOPATH' IN AUTOMATED EMAIL RESPONSE DAYS BEFORE MURDERS
Hong kong murders rurik jutting allegedly described as an insane psychopath in automated email response days before murders... READ MORE›
CALPERS, CALSTRS OPPOSE JOINT CEO-CHAIRMAN ROLE AT BANK OF AMERICA
The board in October unilaterally changed the company bylaws to allow CEO Brian Moynihan to become chairman... READ MORE›
ANADARKO APPROACHED APACHE WITH OFFER THAT WAS REJECTED
Walker said Anadarko is frequently outbid for assets by private equity companies who have raised billions to invest in the sector... READ MORE›
BRITISH BANKER HELD OVER HONG KONG MURDERS
A Bank of America Merrill Lynch spokeswoman in New York declined to comment... READ MORE›
UPS BOLSTERS FULL-TRUCKLOAD BUSINESS WITH $1.8 BILLION DEAL
Chicago-based Coyote Logistics, which reported revenue of 2.1 billion last year, is the sixth-largest U.S... READ MORE›
CHIPMAKER DIODES TO BUY PERICOM IN $400 MILLION DEAL
Bank of America Merrill Lynch is Diodes financial adviser and Sheppard Mullin Richter Hampton LLP its legal counsel... READ MORE›
CHINA'S POSTAL SAVINGS BANK FILES FOR POTENTIAL $10 BILLION IPO
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, China's domestic investment bank China International Capital Corp 3908.HK, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley are joint sponsors on the IPO... READ MORE›
'SUPER' OR 'NOT SO SUPER' REAL ESTATE IDEA
According to CEO of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, Pauline Vamos, Canada found the plan impacted on final retirement savings... READ MORE›
CHARLES SCHWAB PROFIT UP 17 PERCENT IN THIRD QUARTER
Prodded by a modest quarterly rise in short-term interest rates, net interest income rose 11 percent to 635 million... READ MORE›