John Thain certainly has a bird's eye view of financial issues across the board... And by the way....for the brokers that are left at Merrill.....what could be easier than having access to BAC clients ? This is a slam dunk for Merrill brokers......Why ? With interest rates so low....and recent performance of successful venues visible....the access to what has been working recently ....will be made handy to BAC clients.....and BAC makes more profit on risk investments....a natural fit..... http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/834ebf5e-aff9-11dd-a795-0000779fd18c.html