"another way of saying anti-american, communist, utopian dreaming idiots."
There you have it people, having no america & being a communist = utopia
Finally some admittance right before the end, phew.

For some reason there's an abundance of bail bondsmen there, unlike other bits of the Valley

You must be reading a different article to me...

Being eaten up by the competition usually indicates your death. The carcass of Merrill Lynch will be picked apart by BoA at it's leisure.

The INQ is not somewhere people come to for financial news and theres a reason why. Based on this article its obvious that the author does not understand what is going on with all the financial companies mentioned in the article. Merrill is very much still alive and Morgan has no huge issues stopping it from dealing with AMD. Gotta read more than financial headlines to get news people. Also why should it matter who AMD dealt with before? All the companies had very skilled advisors and they were crippled due to bad market conditions as well as bad investments which are not necessarily made by the advisors. As a financial analyst I think AMD made a good decision both before and now especially with its crippled position versus Intel at the moment.

The Inq is obviously an extreme leftist friend which is another way of saying anti-american, communist, utopian dreaming idiots.

Merrill Lynch didn't die. It was bought by Bank of America, but it still acts as an advisor in various transactions. It's kind of what they do, you see. 

It's not like BOA would buy it then close it down. If they were going to close it down, why would they buy it?

That is what I expect from real journalists, thanks!

How about untieing some of the MAFIAA's connexions?