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                                                              FILE NO. 333-13649
                                                                  RULE 424(B)(3)
 
                             PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
                     (TO PROSPECTUS DATED JANUARY 6, 1997)
                (TO PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED JANUARY 6, 1997)
 
                                     PROSPECTUS NUMBER: 1493
                                     DATED: APRIL 9, 1997
 
 
                           MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
                          MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES B
                   DUE NINE MONTHS OR MORE FROM DATE OF ISSUE
                              FLOATING RATE NOTES
 
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BASE RATE:                LIBOR
 
 
INDEX MATURITY:           One Month
 
 
TRADE DATE:               April 9, 1997
 
 
SETTLEMENT DATE:          April 14, 1997
 
 
MATURITY DATE:            April 14, 1998
 
 
REDEMPTION DATE:          N/A
 
 
OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATES: N/A
 
 
SPREAD:                   -0.040%
                          (minus four bps)
 
 
SPREAD MULTIPLIER:        N/A
 
 
MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE:    N/A
 
 
MINIMUM INTEREST RATE:    N/A
 
 
INTEREST RESET DATES:     Monthy, using two business days prior.
 
 
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:   The fourteenth of each month commencing May 1997 through Maturity.
                          subject to Modified Following Business Day Convention.
 
 
INITIAL INTEREST RATE:    TBD, April 10, 1997
 
 
FORM:                     Book-entry
 
 
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