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The Motley Fool January 29, 2007 Tom Taulli	PNC: Trying to Escape the Dreaded Yield Curve PNC has a solid loan portfolio and a strong line of fee-based businesses, but the yield curve is still an issue for investors.
Registered Rep. January 23, 2006 Kristen French	Morgan and BlackRock: Another Asset Swap? Rumors swirled late Friday and Monday that Morgan Stanley, the struggling Wall Street powerbroker, was looking to takeover BlackRock, the successful institutional money manager.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2007 Emil Lee	PNC's Pickiness Pays Off in First Quarter All in all, the quarter's results, in contrast with many of its competitor's struggles, helped highlight the virtue of PNC's diversified business model.
The Motley Fool October 18, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Solid as a BlackRock The investment firm reported strong third-quarter earnings.
Registered Rep. February 15, 2006 Kevin Burke	What the BlackRock/Merrill Deal Means to Advisors The deal marks the biggest asset-management merger in history and has far-reaching implications for rank-and-file reps as well as the financial-services industry at large.
The Motley Fool August 27, 2004 Tom Taulli	BlackRock Gets a Piece of Met In the asset management business, to stay competitive companies such as BlackRock need to bulk up on assets by purchasing other companies.
Registered Rep. October 2, 2006 Kevin Burke	Merrill Hands Over Mutual Fund Reins to BlackRock BlackRock, the nation's third-largest bond fund manager, said it has completed its takeover of the asset-management arm of Merrill Lynch; the union is one of the world's largest asset managers.
BusinessWeek October 24, 2005 Gene G. Marcial	A Rallying Cry For PNC PNC Financial Services Group's risk-reward profile is compelling.
The Motley Fool December 29, 2006 Michael Leibert	Previewing 2007: BlackRock Investors might find BlackRock to be a disappointing investment next year after the firm delivered such a healthy 35% total return year to date.
The Motley Fool May 4, 2011 Dee Gill	PNC: Signs of Growth and Oversold Shares Why are investors scared of these movements in the banking sector?
Registered Rep. March 1, 2006 Kevin Burke	Got Conflicts? A new business model seems to be gaining popularity: retail brokerages spinning off their asset-management businesses but retaining a minority stake.
The Motley Fool October 23, 2006 Alex Dumortier	Merrill Brings Home the Bacon The firm's solid third-quarter performance comes as no surprise to investors.
The Motley Fool June 27, 2007 Tom Taulli	BlackRock Sees Green in Hedge Funds BlackRock is ramping up its alternative investment business. The company will purchase the fund-of-hedge-funds business of Quellos Group for $1.7 billion.
BusinessWeek November 26, 2007 Mara Der Hovanesian	Why Not Larry Fink Laurence D. Fink foresaw the mortgage crisis and was a contender to succeed Stan O'Neal. Then Merrill passed him over.
The Motley Fool October 23, 2007 Emil Lee	PNC Gets the Last Laugh By tenaciously maintaining its conservative practices, PNC Financial manages to avoid the current credit woes, resulting in a very solid third quarter.
Registered Rep. November 14, 2007 John Churchill	NYSE's John Thain New Merrill CEO According to reports in the online versions of the New York Post and The Wall Street Journal, NYSE Euronext CEO John Thain has accepted the top spot at Merrill Lynch.
Registered Rep. November 5, 2007 Christina Mucciolo	Fink offered O'Neal's post The Board of Directors of Merrill Lynch has offered the position of CEO and Chairman to BlackRock's Chairman and founder Larry Fink, according to CNBC.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2005	So Whose Fault Is That? In a survey of nearly 800 affluent investors by PNC Advisors, about half worry their children will grow up feeling entitled.
U.S. Banker April 2006 John Engen	The Path to Redemption Four years ago, PNC Financial Services was on the regulatory ropes. Overcoming those troubles wasn't easy for chairman and CEO James Rohr. Today PNC seems able to do no wrong. Can its run of success continue?
Registered Rep. April 1, 2006 Kevin Burke	60 Seconds with...Bob Doll The president and CIO of MLIM, who will become vice chairman, CIO of global equities and chairman of the private client operating committee at BlackRock when the merger with Merrill Lynch goes through, discusses the anatomy of the deal.
BusinessWeek July 4, 2005 Aaron Pressman	BlackRock Breaks Out Of Its Bonds BlackRock is one of the largest bond-fund managers in the world. It diversified into equities by buying State Street Research & Management from MetLife, but investors may still turn against BlackRock's stock if market for bonds heads south.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Merrill's Running of the Bull What kind of risks is this firm taking to grow its earnings? Are investors willing to let management's plans unfold?
BusinessWeek September 2, 2010 Moore & Mildenberg	In the Battle of the Big Brokers, Merrill Is Winning Merrill Lynch earns higher profits with fewer advisers, thanks to a smooth integration with Bank of America and more cross-selling.
Registered Rep. September 15, 2008 Kristen French	Merrill Lynch Sells Itself To Bank of America: Update 3 The biggest question, now that BofA has agreed to buy Merrill Lynch, is what Bank of America will do to hold onto Merrill Lynch's dearest asset -- its approximately 17,000 financial advisors.
Registered Rep. August 25, 2006 Kevin Burke	Merrill Fighting Back Against Recent Defections The recruiting war for top brokers remains fierce. The latest evidence of the fight to win million-dollar producers involves the industry's biggest firms.
BusinessWeek November 26, 2007 Maria Bartiromo	John Thain on His New Job as CEO of Merrill Lynch John Thain talks about his appointment as CEO of Merrill Lynch.
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The Motley Fool March 26, 2011 Jordan DiPietro	Should You Buy and Hold PNC Financial? Does this company have the traits of a good retirement stock? Investors could be seeing an opportunity to buy PNC on the cheap right now.
Registered Rep. July 18, 2007 Kevin Burke	Merrill Reports Strong Revenues, Adds 270 Advisors Merrill Lynch's retail brokerage arm turns in another strong quarter, as fee-based revenue continued to climb to record levels.
The Motley Fool October 26, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Quick Take: Is It Goodbye to Stan? Rumors are raging that Merrill's CEO will be ousted. So why would Stan get the boot? Well, the most obvious reason would be the massive losses that Merrill racked up in its third quarter.
BusinessWeek February 27, 2006 Mara Der Hovanesian	Money Managers On The Block Banks and brokerages are selling, and plenty of deep-pocketed bidders await.
The Motley Fool May 1, 2007 S.J. Caplan	BlackRock's Rocky Roll Wall Street is not impressed as asset-manager BlackRock reports earnings.
U.S. Banker June 2009 John Engen	Raising the Stakes Capitalizing on the Darwinian dynamics of the financial crisis, PNC acquired a badly hobbled National City late last year for a mere $5.6 billion, or $2.23 per share.
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Registered Rep. March 16, 2012 Kristen French	Due Diligence: Merrill Cost-Cutting Centers on Client Segmentation, Less Bureacracy Merrill Lynch financial advisors can expect Bank of America cost-cutting to take the form of greater client segmentation and reduced bureaucracy, said John Thiel of Merrill Lynch
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