Focuses on the lawsuit filed by New Orleans, La.-based restaurateur Al Copeland against Merrill Lynch which seeks damages for Merrill Lynch's failure to issue $110 million in junk bonds to finance Copeland's...
In 1971 Merrill Lynch became the second member of the New York Stock Exchange to invite public ownership of its shares, and in July of that year became the first to have its own shares traded there. Shortly thereafter, the company adopted its most recent change of name, forming a holding ...
Pierce & Company in 1930 and concentrated on investment banking until 1940, when he merged his firm with that of Pierce to form Merrill Lynch, E.A. Pierce & Cassatt. In 1941 the company merged with the New Orleans-based brokers Fenner and Beane. Under Merrill’s leadership, the brokerage ...
Merrill sold his firm’s retail brokerage operations to E.A. Pierce & Company in 1930 and concentrated on investment banking until 1940, when he merged his firm with that of Pierce to form Merrill Lynch, E.A. Pierce & Cassatt. In 1941 the company merged with the New Orleans-based brokers...