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Remember those Merrill Lynch junkets to the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando, which the Orlando-Sentinel first revealed last month and which we reported on again last week? Yea, well, it looks like Merrill is now in a bit of trouble. The Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program has confirmed that it is now looking into whether or the trips violated the law. [Orlando-Sentinel via BI]