Merrill Gets Cash Infusion From Kuwait, Korea, Japan
Merrill Lynch & Co. said Tuesday that it is getting a cash infusion of $6.6 billion from three foreign investment funds.
The Korean Investment Corp., Kuwait Investment Authority and Mizuho Corporate Bank will receive a special class of stock for their combined $6.6 billion investment. All will be passive investors and none will have any rights of control.
Both the Korean and Kuwaiti investment groups are owned by the state governments. Mizuho is a Japanese investment bank.




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AP | Stephen Bernard | January 15, 2008 08:24 AM