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...“If you’re 40 or 50 years old with a family, there’s no doubt it has a material effect on your work-life balance,” said James Blackburn, a former equity salesman at Merrill Lynch and Execution....
...Eurozone inflation will undershoot the European Central Bank’s inflation target, Gilles Moec, chief European economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, tells the FT's capital markets editor Ralph Atkins...
...Barnaby Martin, head of European credit strategy at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, explains to Christopher Thompson why investors buy these bonds....
...Syriza’s victory in Greece will not disrupt the ECB's QE plan nor hold back rising equities, says Gilles Moec, chief European economist with Bank of America Merrill Lynch....
...Sarbjit Nahal, thematic strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, expects this to drive investment in more efficient energy use....
...Craig Coben, head of equity capital markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, explains to the FT's Alexandra Stevenson what is behind the fall and what conditions are needed to bring it back to life....
...John Authers, Long View columnist, discusses the significance of US manufacturing data for European investors with Gary Baker, head of European equities strategy at BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research....
Government preparing divestment of its banks' stakes
...“I think Sony and Comcast did OK out of the deal,” says Jessica Reif Cohen, media and entertainment analyst with BofA Merrill Lynch....
...STMicroelectronics, the Franco-Italian chipmaker, rose 2.1 per cent to €12.96, helped by positive comments from Merrill Lynch, which reiterated its “buy” rating....
...Icelandic banks were mixed after a note from Merrill Lynch warned it was too early to turn positive on the sector after this year’s dramatic rise in inflation, the krona’s slump and sharp increase in interest...
...Thales, Europe’s biggest defence electronics group, rose 0.4 per cent to €33.92 after an upgrade from “neutral” to “buy” by Merrill Lynch....
...Vallourec rose 3.5 per cent to €173.20 after Merrill Lynch initiated coverage of the steel pipe supplier with a “buy” recommendation and a €215 price target....
...Merrill Lynch upgraded its earnings per share guidance and raised its target price on the stock from €36.50 to €38....
...However, Merrill Lynch said it was clear operating performance was strong and reiterated a “buy” recommendation....
...Danone climbed 4.3 per cent to €95.65 after Merrill Lynch said the recent sell-off represented was a buying opportunity....
...Merrill Lynch defended its “buy” rating on Swisscom, saying fixed-line trends were improving, while its balance sheet looked strong enough to help buy out minorities held by Vodafone in its mobile unit....
...The performance was described by broker Merrill Lynch as “eye popping” and it compared to expectations of a fall of around 4 per cent....
...The stock was re-iterated as a “buy” at Merrill Lynch....
...Deutsche Bank raised its rating to “buy” from “hold” while Merrill Lynch said it remained a “buyer” of the stock....
...ABN Amro upgraded the stock from “sell” to “hold”, while Merrill Lynch raised its rating from “sell” to “neutral” on valuation grounds. The shares added 7.3 per cent to €15.54....
...Both Merrill Lynch and Barclays Capital have warned that the return to more stringent US gasoline and diesel fuel specifications (which were relaxed in the US after hurricane Katrina) could put further upward...
...Luxury goods groups shrugged off fears that consumer confidence may be slowing after Merrill Lynch upgraded its target price on Christian Dior and re-iterated its “buy” rating to bring it in line with its...
...Merrill Lynch upgraded the heavy engineer to “buy” on Friday. Alstom climbed 8.3 per cent to €70.40 on signs of strong demand and more favourable pricing in the power sector....
...BMW edged only fractionally higher to €42.72 in spite of news that the German car maker had been upgraded by Merrill Lynch from a “neutral” to a “buy” rating with a €50 target....
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