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Merrill Lynch is now the investment banking and wealth management arm of Bank of America (B of A). It was a publicly owned company before it was bought by B of A in 2009. What had been Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc sufferedbadly in the 2008 global financial crisis and had to be rescued. The company was founded on Wall Street, New York in 1914 by Charles E. Merrill and Edmund C. Lynch. They made many clever investments to build their reputation as investment bankers. It later expanded into financial services, insurance and investment management.Its 20,000 brokers were so powerful in global finance they became known as the “thunderingherd” – a reference to the bull in its logo. The company has 60,000 employees. The ML.com website outlines the firm’s success: “Working with our clients as strategic partners, we create and execute winningsolutions.”
如今，美林證券已經成為了美國銀行的投資和財富管理機構。2009年被美國銀行收購之前，它曾是一家上市公司。2008年，美林證券遭受了全球金融危機的洗禮，正在等待援助。1914年，美瑞爾和林區共同在紐約華爾街創立了美林證券。他們眼光獨到的投資讓他們投資銀行家的身份名聲大噪。之后，公司又向金融服務產業、保險以及投資管理方面擴展。該公司旗下有2萬名經紀人，他們在全球金融界的影響很大，人們也借鑒了其標志上的公牛將他們稱之為“驚艷的牛群”。公司擁有6萬名員工。美林公司網站描述了美林的成功：“我們將客戶看成是策略合作伙伴與他們通力協作，我們創建和執行您的成功方案。
譯文屬可可英語原創，未經允許，不得轉載。
