Merrill Lynch's long-awaited revamping of its desktop workstations will finally hit advisor desks at the end of this year. Meanwhile, the firm is actively recruiting again, though the number of jobs added in the hiring push is unlikely to equal the number Merrill shed over the course of the year. The newly-christened Wealth Management Workstations will be rolling out to select branches in a December

byDavid A. Gaffen, Editor in Charge