Thain to Head Investment Banking at BofA 

John Thain, current Merrill Lynch & Co. [stock MER][/stock] chairman and chief executive, was named to a “major role” in the recently combined Bank of America Corp. [stock BAC][/stock] and Merrill Lynch enterprise according to a press statement Tuesday morning. Bank of America chairman and CEO Ken Lewis said that Thain will oversee the global banking, securities and wealth management of the combined companies once the acquisition is completed sometime l