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- What the Merrill debacle teaches us about CEO succession
- What the Merrill debacle teaches us about CEO successionCEO PersonalitiesOne big area we have to look at is the CEO personalities. Working with Fortune 500 companies for half my life, I can tell you that one big area that we as consultants fail to recognize is how important a...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-01
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- What the Merrill Debacle Teaches Us About CEO Succession
- The fact that the Merrill Lynch board accepted the so-called retirement of Chief Executive Officer Stanley O'Neal and then designated a board member, Alberto Cribiore, to lead a search committee to replace O'Neal reflects a complete failure of CEO succession planning. I'll tell you what they did...
- Blog posts 2007-10-31
- BofA-Merrill Merger: Still a Good Idea
- Hailed as a brilliant move in September, Bank of America's purchase of Merrill Lynch is now widely regarded as a debacle. Yet the initial reasoning behind the deal remains intact despite the challenges. Bad news came from several fronts in the past week or so. Merrill reported...
- Blog posts 2009-02-26
- KRTB:Sen. Boxer Lashes Out at Merrill Lynch for Orange County, Calif., Debacle. (Originated from The Orange County Register, Calif.)
- WASHINGTON--Jan 7--U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer lashed out Friday at Merrill Lynch, the brokerage firm that arranged the investments contributing to the Orange County investment fund losing $2 billion. WASHINGTON--Jan 7--U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer lashed out Friday at Merrill Lynch, the brokerage firm that arranged the investments...
- Research articles 1995-01-08
- First lawsuit by an Orange County pool participant filed in federal court against Merrill Lynch, Citron and Stamenson over Orange County debacle
- SANTA ANA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 10, 1995--On Jan. 9, 1995, a class action lawsuit (U.S. District Court, Central District Santa Ana Division Case No. SA CV 95-23 GLT EEX) was filed by a public agency, the Schools Excess Liability Fund, on behalf of itself and other Orange County pool participants, against...
- Research articles 1995-01-10
- Twelve California public entities sue Merrill Lynch for its role in Orange County investment pools financial collapse
- LOS ANGELES--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 18, 1995--Twelve California cities and other public agencies filed suit in State Superior Court, Friday, Sept. 15, against Merrill Lynch, for its actions, which they allege cost their taxpayers more than $50 million in the Orange County Investment Pools financial debacle.
- Research articles 1995-09-18
- Lost Billions in Subprime Debacle? You Need a Performance Bonus.
- The heads of financial-services firms’ compensation committees have a lot of explaining to do. Specifically, John Finnegan, CEO of The Chubb Corp., Harley Snyder, CEO of HSC, and Alan J.P. Belda, chairman and CEO of Alcoa. The trio chair those committees at Merrill Lynch, Countrywide and Citigroup, respectively. Their sin?...
- Research articles 2008-04-01
- Comment: Sovereign Wealth Fund Rescue Puts Citigroup In Recovery Position - Bellwether Citigroup May Have Plugged The Holes In Its Capital After Its Unacceptable Fourth Quarter Performance, But How Many Other Financial Institutions Will Show The Same Resi
- The carnage at Citigroup was staggering. A $9.8bn fourth quarter net loss following $18.1bn in subprime-related write-downs and a 41% dividend cut. Is there life after such a debacle? With Merrill Lynch posting a similar fourth quarter loss following The carnage at Citigroup was staggering. A...
- Research articles 2008-02-01
- Countrywide Financial Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Paul Miller from Friedman, Billings, Ramsey. Please go ahead. Paul Miller - Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Thank you very much. Angelo, you've been through a lot of these different cycles out there and this doesn't seems to be...
- Earnings calls 2007-07-24
- TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. F3Q06 (Qtr Ending June 30, 2006) Earnings Conference Call Transcript (AMTD)
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Our first question comes from Patrick Pinschmidt - Merrill Lynch. Patrick Pinschmidt - Merrill Lynch Thanks guys, good morning. A quick question on account growth. Total accounts were up, qualified accounts were down. I understand the function...
- Earnings calls 2006-07-18
- 2 hedge funds' assets put up for sale
- The subprime mortgage debacle got even uglier Wednesday after Merrill Lynch began selling assets held by two struggling Bear Stearns hedge funds that have been socked with losses from investing in the risky loans. Merrill Lynch, which had lent money to the Bear Stearns funds to...
- Research articles 2007-06-21
- Fannie and Freddie: Denials and Doom
- It’s an old saw in politics that you should never believe anything until it’s officially denied. Looks like the saying is coming true in finance too. The market is indicating that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are in deep doo-doo. The indication comes from Fannie...
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- Street-Smart Enforcer
- Hardly anyone outside the elite cadre of Wall Street lawyers had heard of Susan Merrill when she was tapped to head up enforcement at the New York Stock Exchange last summer. But during the last decade, if there was trouble on the Street, Merrill was probably representing somebody involved...
- Research articles 2005-07-01
- CBA settles feud with ex-traders
- COMMONWEALTH Bank has settled a potentially explosive court action brought by two former high-profile traders, days before the NSW Supreme Court was to begin hearing the case. Former treasury and markets boss Marten Touw and his expert trader, Vincent Hua, launched breach-of-contract proceedings against the bank after they were summoned...
- News items 2009-10-27
- Congressional Probe Scrutinizes Merrill Lynch's Involvement in Enron Debacle.
- Evening Standard, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Evening Standard, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Research articles 2002-07-30
- Wednesday Options Update: MS, GS, VIX, XLF, C, UYG, GG, XRX
- Rebecca Engmann Darst co-authored this article. A massive selloff in financials, a flight to safe-haven instruments, and a gain in volatility militates against the Fed’s best intentions with last night’s reluctant AIG bailout. Morgan Stanley MS – Early reports following news of the government-led bailout of AIG...
- External links 2008-09-17
- Tough Race: Wall Street Job Cuts Outpace Auto Industry
- In a competition that no business sector wants to win, the country's financial services companies are cutting more jobs than the ever-shrinking U.S. auto industry. Since August, the financial services business has chopped 102,000 jobs, according to workforce specialist Challenger Gray & Christmas in Chicago. Meanwhile, the automotive sector has cut 80,323 positions during the same timeframe,...
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- The San Diego Union-Tribune Don Bauder Column.
- By Don Bauder, The San Diego Union-Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 19--Negotiate? Sure. Bury the hatchet? No. Bury the smoking guns? Absolutely not, for the long-term sake of capitalism and the markets. This week, knowledgeable people have talked of pending...
- Research articles 2002-04-19
- More on the BofA / Merrill / John Thain Merger Debacle
- Markham Lee submits: Here are some additional items related to John Thain's veritable execution: First, some humor: by Markham Lee
- External links 2009-01-27
- Moody's Doomsday Default Scenario Doesn't Play Out
- Eric Falkenstein submits: At the beginning of this year Moody's MCO was taking a lot of heat for missing many financial company blow-ups, as well as the whole Mortgage-backed securities area where the grade AAA was clearly misapplied. So they forecast a scenario where speculative grade BB and B...
- External links 2009-08-31
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