Merrill Settles Suits Over Internet Research

Merrill Lynch has settled three class-action lawsuits filed against it by mutual fund investors that said the investment banking firm issued misleading analyst research about Internet companies to them.

Southern District of New York Judge John F. Keenan determined that the 400,000 investors in the lawsuit will receive $40 million. The case, filed in 2002, originally sought $645 million in damages.

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