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Merrill Lynch and parent company Bank of America are said to be planning to shed about 1,900 of their 6,200 jobs in London over the next few months. 13-Jan-2009 Merrill Lynch is considering plans to shed up to 80 of the 110 jobs at its Wave mortgage lending business in Wilmslow. 01-May-2008 Merrill Lynch is to shed about 4,000 jobs in its global financial management business, including 400 jobs in London. 21-Apr-2008 Merrill Lynch is to shed up to 65 of the 325 jobs at its Mortgages subsidiary in Glasgow, London and sites throughout the country. 02-Nov-2007 Merrill Lynch and BlackRock are expected to announce plans to expand their joint fund management operations in London and Edinburgh later this year. 16-Feb-2006 Merrill Lynch has drawn up a shortlist of seven bidders for Baxi, the Derby-based boilermaker jointly owned by Kidde, Candover Investments and Electra Partners and valued at about £800m. 24-Oct-2003 Merrill Lynch is to shed 100 investment banking jobs in London and close private wealth management operations in Edinburgh, Manchester and Leeds. 19-Nov-2001 Merrill Lynch Investment Managers is to shed up to 300 administration and IT jobs in London, and a further 600 jobs will be lost in other countries. 10-May-2001 Merrill Lynch and HSBC have launched their new online bank and brokerage for the mass affluent, and the first two of about 20 investment centres have been opened in London and Birmingham. 09-May-2001 Merrill Lynch is linking up with HSBC to set up a network of local investment centres, in order to provide a physical presence to support their online share dealing services. 09-Oct-2000 Merrill Lynch Investment Managers is to spin off its Mercury Private Equity buy-out division into an independent management company. 28-Jul-2000 Merrill Lynch is to set up a new customer service centre for its global online banking business in Leamington Spa, with the creation of 400 jobs. 22-Jun-2000 Merrill Lynch is to set up a private banking office in King Street, Manchester, and further offices will be opened in Leeds and Dublin. 27-Mar-2000 Merrill Lynch is to set up a private equity operation in London in order to invest up to £1.3m in European assets. 18-Sep-1999 Merrill Lynch of the US is planning to cut 400 jobs in London, mainly in its emerging markets and fixed income divisions, as part of a worldwide cost-cutting drive. 31-Oct-1998 Merrill Lynch, the US investment bank, is to cut 3,400 jobs worldwide, including some in the UK, following a fall in profits. 14-Oct-1998 Merrill Lynch, the US investment bank, is planning to open offices in Newcastle, Edinburgh, Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester and Bristol, creating 300 jobs. 29-Apr-1998 Merrill Lynch of the US has bid £3.1bn for Mercury Asset Management, an offer that would create one of the largest fund management groups in the world. 20-Nov-1997
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