In the years after that deal, Fleet swept up several smaller specialist operations, including that of Merrill Lynch (nyse: MER - news - people ).

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Each one is hoping that the event will help launch their products on the world market with delegates set to include vehicles manufacturers, specialist suppliers, technology companies and fleet operators.

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Over the past few years many of the small-cap trading desks that made markets in Bulletin Board issues have been shut down or drastically reduced in size, including those run by Goldman Sachs (which bought Spear Leeds, the NYSE market specialist firm, in late 2000), Sherwood Securities and Fleet Securities.

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