According to reports in the online versions of the New York Post and The Wall Street Journal, NYSE Euronext CEO John Thain has accepted the top spot at Merrill Lynch
The subprime debt market blowup has had very different effects on Wall Street firms Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch. Goldman earnings shined in the third quarter, and Merrill earnings stunk. But according to news reports
How much corporate bigwigs get paid is a hot topic this political season, as the gap between the rich and the poor has reached its widest point in 60 years. Some lefty politicians (and even President Bush) have been...
Wall Street Brokerage Giants like Merrill Lynch may not see Charles Schwab as a big threat, but the firm has come a very long way from its scrappy upstart days. In fact, some analysts say it's on track to becoming the...
Hedge Funds, private equity and other investments may be an emerging playground for the rich, but mutual funds still have their place in the hearts of the moneyed set. Of course, some funds get more love than others...
Is your revenue production down? Not bringing in those million dollar accounts? Maybe your branch manager has threatened to move you to some backwater town, or garnish your wages a bit? Be thankful at least he's not...
It's All In The Name: The SEC recently charged Robert Ray White Samples, principal of Pot O' Gold Financial Services in Denver, Colo., with misappropriating more than $1 million from 31 investors through two...
Takeover bait. It's a description most regional brokerage firms have become accustomed to and for good reason. Several have been gobbled up over the years, of course. And, truth be told, there is probably many a...
