Mother Merrill was a Wall Street institution for decades. But Bank of America, which agreed to buy the firm in 2008 and has preserved the name in parts of the bank, now plans to largely get rid of it.

Bank of America Corp will spend as much as $20 million in the fourth quarter of 2009 to relaunch Merrill Lynch's name and long-time bull logo.

“ Bank of America’s problems are hurting Merrill Lynch while Merrill Lynch is helping to prop in Bank of America.

Merrill Lynch’s Thundering Herd is having a huge crisis of confidence. Bank of America’s integration of the prized brokerage empire is spooking many Merrill financial advisers, who are balking ...

— -- Bank of America's decision to acquire Merrill Lynch in an all-stock transaction — the culmination of 48 hours of frenzied negotiations — will give it the nation's largest retail ...

Bank of America said Monday it will buy Merrill Lynch in a $50 billion deal that would create a bank offering everything from fixed-income trading to credit card lending.

Bank of America is downgrading the iconic “Merrill Lynch” name as part of Chief Executive Brian Moynihan’s effort to rebrand the company under a single title.

Bank of America Corp. said Tuesday that it will keep the Merrill Lynch name for its wealth management and brokerage business.

Ten years after the financial crisis, Bank of America is phasing out the Merrill Lynch brand for some businesses.

Merrill Lynch, which has absorbed BofA's securities unit, is now the most profitable business unit in Bank of America, according to CreditSights.

NEW YORK -- Bank of America has agreed to buy Merrill Lynch for about $44 billion, or around $29 a share, according to The Wall Street Journal. A deal between the two big financial companies would ...

Bank of America Corp. will call its securities brokerage business Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and continue use of the bull logo, the bank said in a memo to employees today. The company’s ...