BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research catapults from No. 11 to share the top spot on the 2011 All-Japan Research Team with returning champ Nomura; the firms each capture 24 total team positions. UBS, with 18 positions, holds steady in third place.
Bank of America Corporation headquarters stand in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S., on Wednesday, April 29, 2009. Ken Lewis, chief executive officer of Bank of America, and the companys directors repelled an effort to unseat them from the board by shareholders who had criticized the takeover of Merrill Lynch & Co. Photographer: Davis Turner/Bloomberg News
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