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	<title>Crikey &#187; Merrill Lynch</title>
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		<title>Fairfax in Merrill upgrade shock</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/27/fairfax-in-merrill-upgrade-shock/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/27/fairfax-in-merrill-upgrade-shock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 03:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[future of media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch's new found optimism on Fairfax should be taken with a grain of salt.]]></description>
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		<title>Australians complacent on economy, analysts warn</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/australians-complacent-on-economy-analysts-warn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/australians-complacent-on-economy-analysts-warn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 03:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jb hi fi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OECD]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Economists warned Australia to brace for the impact of a downturn in demand for its strongly performing export sector.]]></description>
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		<title>RuddNet funding in serious doubt, say analysts</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/08/ruddnet-funding-in-serious-doubt-say-analysts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/08/ruddnet-funding-in-serious-doubt-say-analysts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs JBWere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Broadband Network]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Leading broking and investment firms have cast doubt on the ability of the Federal Government to fund the $43 billion NBN, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Merrill raids the cookie jar</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/23/merrill-raids-the-cookie-jar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/23/merrill-raids-the-cookie-jar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john thain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There been nothing as offensive as the way Merrill Lynch bankers raided their company's accounts in the days before its takevoer, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>The murky &#8220;truth&#8221; behind Satyam</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/09/the-murky-truth-behind-satyam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/09/the-murky-truth-behind-satyam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pricewaterhouse Coopers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The implications of the Satyam accounting fraud scandal have not been fully appreciated, writes <b>Michael Feller</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>CBA petulant, Merrill flips the bird</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/18/cba-petulant-merrill-flips-the-bird/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/18/cba-petulant-merrill-flips-the-bird/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commonwealth Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john schubert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Investment bank Merrill Lynch has slammed the Commonwealt after yesterday's capital raising debacle, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Kohler: The broker who knew too much</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/18/kohler-the-broker-who-knew-too-much/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/18/kohler-the-broker-who-knew-too-much/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Commonwealth Bank’s shambolic share placement raises two questions of substance, writes <b>Alan Kohler</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>CBA capital raising dead and buried</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/17/cba-capital-raising-dead-and-buried/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/17/cba-capital-raising-dead-and-buried/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capital raising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commonwealth Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It what could either be a stuff-up or sheer incompetence, the Commonwealth Bank has been forced to dump its latest $2 billion fund raising, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Is the US about to lose its AAA credit rating?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/31/is-the-us-about-to-lose-its-aaa-credit-rating/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/31/is-the-us-about-to-lose-its-aaa-credit-rating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reassurances that the US isn't about to lose its AAA credit rating have raised about why it is even being discussed, writes <b>Glenn Dyer.</b>]]></description>
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		<title>How Merrills dragged NAB into an $830m writedown</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/29/how-merrills-dragged-nab-into-an-830m-writedown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/29/how-merrills-dragged-nab-into-an-830m-writedown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Australia Bank's hands were tied when it wrote down massive debts last week, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/29/how-merrills-dragged-nab-into-an-830m-writedown/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Merrill Lynch against the wall, how far will this company fall?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/29/merrill-lynch-against-the-wall-how-far-will-this-company-fall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/29/merrill-lynch-against-the-wall-how-far-will-this-company-fall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First came the IMF warning, then Merrill Lynch returned another set of ugly numbers, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Revealed: The $5 billion share debts of ANZ and Merrill Lynch</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/15/revealed-the-5-billion-share-debts-of-anz-and-merrill-lynch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/15/revealed-the-5-billion-share-debts-of-anz-and-merrill-lynch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit crunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[securities lending]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Much did ANZ and Merrill Lynch have exposed to securities lending at the peak of the credit bubble last year? <b>Stephen Mayne</b> crunches the numbers.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Does Opes spell unconscionable?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/10/does-opes-spell-unconscionable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/10/does-opes-spell-unconscionable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opes prime]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Could another type of legal claim be filed against ANZ? wonders <b>Adam Schwab</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Wall St endgame? S&amp;P drops a $265b bombshell</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/31/wall-st-endgame-sp-drops-a-265b-bombshell/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/31/wall-st-endgame-sp-drops-a-265b-bombshell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks in france]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collateralized debt obligations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when everyone was wondering if the US Federal Reserve's 0.50% rate cut would do the trick and start stabilising the crisis-ridden US economy, ratings agency, Standard &#038; Poor's, delivered a bombshell, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>$8 billion loser Jerome Kerviel is just a scapegoat</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/29/8-billion-loser-jerome-kerviel-is-just-a-scapegoat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/29/8-billion-loser-jerome-kerviel-is-just-a-scapegoat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's a large dollop of hypocrisy in much of the reporting about the losses at Societe Generale, the big French bank, because of unauthorised trading, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>The US stockmarket enters bear territory</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/18/the-us-stockmarket-enters-bear-territory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/18/the-us-stockmarket-enters-bear-territory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bear territory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal reserve chairman]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[housing slump]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US stockmarket is moving rapidly towards bear territory after plunging more than 300 points on the back of big losses from Merrill Lynch and Washington Mutual, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Wall St seeks new capital as subprime debt deepens</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/15/wall-st-seeks-new-capital-as-subprime-debt-deepens/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/15/wall-st-seeks-new-capital-as-subprime-debt-deepens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even as recently as November any suggestion of a second round of bailouts for some of the biggest name in world banking would have been laughable. And yet that's exactly what will happen by the end of this week, writes Glenn Dyer.]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas cheer short on Wall Street</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/04/christmas-cheer-short-on-wall-street/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/04/christmas-cheer-short-on-wall-street/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bonus 2]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot of nervousness around many US investment banks in the run-up to the only reason any one puts up with the hours, the pressure, the compliance and a lack of time with your family – bonus time, writes Matt Marks.]]></description>
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		<title>Merrill Lynch hasn&#8217;t seen the last of sub-prime carnage</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/29/merrill-lynch-hasnt-seen-the-last-of-sub-prime-carnage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/29/merrill-lynch-hasnt-seen-the-last-of-sub-prime-carnage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the US markets leapt overnight on news that the Fed will once again lower interest rates, the stench from the sub-prime fiasco doesn’t seem to be dissipating, writes Adam Schwab.]]></description>
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		<title>Interest will rise as credit freezes over</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/23/interest-will-rise-as-credit-freezes-over/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/23/interest-will-rise-as-credit-freezes-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interbank market]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget the election result: it will be great for the winning side. The cold reality on Monday morning will be interest rates and the gradual freezing of credit markets around the world, writes Glenn Dyer.]]></description>
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		<title>Morning Market Report</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/20/morning-market-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/20/morning-market-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[futures contracts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heavy losses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pharmion corp]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The highlights and lowlights of this morning's sharemarket activity.]]></description>
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		<title>Northern Rock bailout runs into the tens of billions</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/14/northern-rock-bailout-runs-into-the-tens-of-billions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/14/northern-rock-bailout-runs-into-the-tens-of-billions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[blackstone group]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to London reports, the rescue of the failed mortgage bank, Northern Rock could match or surpass the amount the British Government spends on defence, writes Glenn Dyer.]]></description>
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		<title>MacCormack: Howard embraces &#8220;faith-based reality&#8221; on interest rates</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/08/maccormack-howard-embraces-faith-based-reality-on-interest-rates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/08/maccormack-howard-embraces-faith-based-reality-on-interest-rates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bob shanks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate rises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bush Administration's practice of ignoring what's happening on Planet Earth in favour of a more convenient narrative is driving the Government's handling of interest rate rises, writes David MacCormack.]]></description>
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		<title>The problem with giving CEOs short-term bonuses</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/07/the-problem-with-giving-ceos-short-term-bonuses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/07/the-problem-with-giving-ceos-short-term-bonuses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ceo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charles prince]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgage backed securities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warren Buffett]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Outgoing Merrill Lynch CEO Stanley O’Neal’s was a true American rags-to-riches tale. The African-American son of a factory worker grew up in poverty, attended Harvard and rose to become CEO of one of the world’s largest brokerages, writes Adam Schwab.]]></description>
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		<title>US and Euro banks slump, Aussie banks strong</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/05/us-and-euro-banks-slump-aussie-banks-strong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/05/us-and-euro-banks-slump-aussie-banks-strong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dollar losses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subprime mortgages]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Citigroup and its CEO, Chuck Prince, are parting company after an agreed deal ahead of a board meeting in New York a few hours ago, a week after Stan O'Neal and the board of Merrill Lynch parted company with Stan walking with $US160 million, writes Glenn Dyer.]]></description>
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