Ann N. Reese, Director at MERRILL LYNCH & CO INC (MER), bought 8,000 shares at $22.50 ($180K) on 2008-07-29, disclosed to the SEC on 2008-07-31.
Open-market purchase of $180k MER by Director. Below the thresholds we flag for high-conviction alerts (no C-suite role, rare reversal, cluster, or A-grade history).
Nothing distinguishes this filing.