LEADER 00000nzm 2200457Ka 4500 001 ocn688480024 003 OCoLC 005 20141231183349.0 006 m d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 101201s2010 nyu ob 001 0 eng d 020 9780307717887 (electronic bk.) 020 0307717887 (electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)688480024 037 A852A149-983A-4C1E-8057-6831EA1353F3|bOverDrive, Inc. |nhttp://www.overdrive.com 040 TEFOD|cTEFOD|dJFN|dUtOrBLW|erda 043 n-us--- 049 JFNA 082 04 332.1/60973 082 04 332.1/60973 082 04 332.1/60973|222 099 eBook OverDrive/Libby 100 1 Farrell, Greg. 245 10 Crash of the titans|h[OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] |bgreed, hubris, the fall of Merrill Lynch, and the near- collapse of Bank of America /|cGreg Farrell. 250 First edition. 264 1 New York :|bCrown Business,|c[2010] 264 4 |c©2010 300 1 online resource (471 pages) 336 unspecified|bzzz|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 Wall Street has always been an insular culture that most people only vaguely understand. The exception was Merrill Lynch, a firm that revolutionized the stock market by bringing Wall Street to Main Street. Merrill Lynch was not only "bullish on America," it was a big reason why so many average Americans were able to grow wealthy in the stock market. Merrill Lynch was an icon. Its sudden collapse and sale to Bank of America was a shock. How and why did it happen? And what does this story of greed, hubris, and incompetence tell us about the culture of Wall Street that continues to this day even though it came close to destroying the American economy? This is a Shakespearean saga of three flawed masters, E. Stanley O'Neal, John Thain, and Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis, who made a $50 billion commitment over a September weekend to buy a business he really didn't understand.--From publisher description. 588 Description based on print version record. 610 20 Merrill Lynch & Co. (1973- )|xHistory. 610 20 Bank of America|xHistory. 650 0 Banks and banking|zUnited States|xHistory|y21st century. 650 0 Bank failures|zUnited States|xHistory|y21st century. 655 7 Electronic books.|2local 776 08 |iPrint version:|aFarrell, Greg.|tCrash of the titans. |b1st ed.|dNew York : Crown Business, c2010|z9780307717863 |w(DLC) 2010485623|w(OCoLC)515402420 856 40 |uhttps://naperville.overdrive.com/media/|zAvailable on OverDrive/Libby.