Bank of America Deck
Walk me through Bank of America's acquisition of Merrill Lynch — the settled facts an interviewer expects you to know.
Model answer
The deal was announced in mid-September 2008, over the same weekend Lehman Brothers failed — an all-stock acquisition with an announced value of roughly $50 billion. Shareholders approved it that…
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