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Bloomberg: BoA's market-making unit for its Merrill Lynch wealth division gets suddenly scrapped

The news and data giant is reporting that heat from Flash Boys made the investment bank think twice about conflicts

Author Brooke Southall May 22, 2014 at 2:22 AM
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Tim Welsh: You know the gig is up. That's their core competency.


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