1.0 link 81538 <![CDATA[Merrill Gets Cash Infusion From Kuwait, Korea, Japan]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/15/merrill-gets-cash-infusio_n_81538.html 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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