US - New Jersey has sued Merrill Lynch for providing misleading information underlying its sale of US$300m in preferred stock to the state pension funds, said state attorney general Anne Milgram.
In the lawsuit filed against Merrill Lynch yesterday, New Jersey also alleged charged that Merrill then gave at least one investor better terms on the conversion of shares in the same stock offerin...
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