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Author Smith, Winthrop H., Jr., author.

Title Catching lightning in a bottle : how Merrill Lynch revolutionized the financial world / Winthrop H. Smith Jr
Published Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 601 pages) : illustrations, photographs
Contents Catching Lightning in a Bottle: How Merrill Lynch Revolutionized the Financial World; Copyright; Contents; Author''s Note; Prologue ; Part One; Chapter One: Little Doc (1885-1907); Chapter Two: The Odd Couple (1907-1915); Chapter Three: Mr. Smith Goes to Wall Street (1915-1929) ; Chapter Four: The Grocer (1929-1940); Part Two; Chapter Five: Wall Street to Main Street (1940-1942); Chapter Six: Investigate Before You Invest (1942-1957); Chapter Seven: Good-bye, Beane-Hello, Smith (1957-1970); Chapter Eight: Bullish on America (1970-1980); Chapter Nine: Mr. Integrity (1980-1985)
Chapter Ten: The Eternal Optimist (1985-1993)Chapter Eleven: Cementing the Principles (1993-1997); Part Three; Chapter Twelve: It Should Have Been a Solid Legacy (1997-2001); Chapter Thirteen: The Day My Father Wept (2001); Chapter Fourteen: The Death of Mother Merrill (2002-2007); Chapter Fifteen: Catching Lightning in a Bottle (2008); Epilogue; Founding Partners and CEOs (1914-2008); Index; End User License Agreement
Summary "The first complete history of Merrill Lynch - traces ML's impact on the world of finance from the day Charlie Merrill opened his one-man shop on January 6, 1914, to the final shareholder meeting prior to its acquisition by Bank of America on December 5, 2008. Win Smith also weaves in his personal experiences and observations. As the son of a founding partner, the author has known every Merrill Lynch CEO from the first, Charlie Merrill, to the last, John Thain. While it details the drastic decline of the company between 2001 and 2008, it also explores the story of the company's "Mother Merrill" tradition - the vision and guiding principles shared by employees with each other and with their clients throughout the world."--Amazon.com
Notes Includes index
English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 10, 2014)
Subject Merrill, Charles, 1885-1956.
SUBJECT Merrill, Charles, 1885-1956 fast
Subject Merrill Lynch & Co. (1915-1940)
Merrill Lynch, E.A. Pierce & Cassatt.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, inc.
Merrill Lynch & Co. (1973- )
SUBJECT Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane fast
Merrill Lynch & Co. (1973- ) fast
Merrill Lynch & Co. (1915-1940) fast
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, inc. fast
Subject Financial services industry -- United States -- History
Stockbrokers -- United States -- Biography
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance.
Financial services industry
Stockbrokers
United States
Genre/Form History
Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781118967645
111896764X
9781118967614
1118967615