NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merrill Lynch & Co Inc (MER.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) may not want to sell its $10 billion stake in top performing money manager BlackRock Inc (BLK.N: Quote , Profile , Research ). But it may have no alternative. The No. 3 ...

Forbes - Investment bank Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. spent more than $4.4 million in 2007 to lobby the federal government on patent, tax and other financial issues. The House last year approved a patent-reform bill intended to reduce litigation, improve patent ...