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Bank of America sits on cybersquatter

When the world wide Web was young, cybersquatting was rampant. People used to sit in their offices and come up with domain names that they thought companies might want. The goal was to get some sort... Read more...

One way to build trading volume

So what's the best way to build trading volume on a fledgling platform? The best method, it would appear, is to give broker dealers some skin in the game, that is, giving them an opportunity to... Read more...

The state of the Wells-Wachovia integration

There are a bunch of high-profile tech integrations underway: Smith Barney Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase Washington, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and of course, Wells Fargo Wachovia. In the case... Read more...

Carbon trading the next big thing?

Depending on how it works out in Washington, the carbon market could be given a big boost. That just might create some opportunities for big investment banks as well as exchanges. The CME--which has... Read more...

Bigger clouds forming at Wall Street firms

Wall Street & Technology takes a look at some cloud computing development initiatives at big Wall Street firms, including Merrill Lynch, Citigroup and others. One example is AQR Capital... Read more...

How to deal with IT staff in a merger

There's a lot of critical post-merger integration work underway right now: Wells Fargo-Wachovia, JPMorgan-Washington Mutual, Bank of America-Merrill Lynch and Bank of America-Countrywide. The success... Read more...

Bank of America, Merrill Lynch integrate trading

The Bank of America-Merrill Lynch deal was fraught with problems, most of which were front-page news. One area of skepticism was the disparate cultures of the firms--Merrill Lynch was all about Wall... Read more...

Is the turmoil on balance good or bad for IT?

There have been several studies predicting how technology spending will fare in 2009. Financial Insights offers one of the more bearish reports. It predicts bank technology spending will fall 3.2... Read more...

IT workers not part of bonus culture

You'd have to be dead to have missed all the drama over Wall Street bonuses. In Washington, there's a lot of angst over Merrill Lynch's move to accelerate bonus payments, even though the ship was... Read more...

Will SOA save bank mergers?

There have been some historic mergers struck in the last year or so. Just look at JPMorgan Chase-Bear Stearns, Bank of America-Countrywide, Bank of America-Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo-Wachovia--not... Read more...

Press Releases

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Launches CashPro® Online

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Bank of America Merrill Lynch today announced the launch of its new CashPro® Online banking channel, which features intuitive technology that allows Read more >>

Merrill Lynch Names Margaret D. Tutwiler Head of Communications & Public Affairs

NEW YORK, December 11, 2007 — Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER) today announced that Margaret D. Tutwiler has been appointed senior vice president and head of Global Communications & Read more >>

ASSET4 Announces Strategic Relationship With Merrill Lynch

MERRILL LYNCH ACQUIRES GLOBAL LICENSE TO INCORPORATE ASSET4’S INVESTMENT INFORMATION MERRILL LYNCH TAKES MINORITY EQUITY STAKE IN ASSET4 NEW YORK and ZUG, Switzerland.-ASSET4 Ltd, a leading Read more >>

The Home Depot Agrees To Revised Terms of Sale of HD Supply

Transaction to Close August 30, 2007 ATLANTA, Aug 28, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- The Home Depot(R), the world's largest home improvement retailer, announced today that it Read more >>