Today's Best Market Rumors (10/2/2012) Merrill to Recruit from Morgan Stanley

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Published: October 2, 2012 8:32 am

Updated throughout the day on the 24/7 Wall St. Wire:

Qatar Airways will join the oneworld alliance of airlines, which allows members to share codes and traffic. British Air and American are already members. (Reuters)

Merrill Lynch will spend as much as $1.5 billion to pull brokers away from Morgan Stanley’s (NYSE: MS) troubled broker unit. (WSJ)

Douglas A. McIntyre

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