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FILE NO. 333-44173
RULE 424(B)(3)
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(TO PROSPECTUS DATED JANUARY 29, 1998 AND PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED MARCH 12,
1998)
PROSPECTUS NUMBER: 1725
MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES B
DUE NINE MONTHS OR MORE FROM DATE OF ISSUE
FIXED RATE NOTES
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PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $51,000,000
CUSIP NUMBER: 59018S J96
INTEREST RATE: 5.76500%
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: June 10, 1998
STATED MATURITY DATE: June 10, 1999
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: Interest pays the 15th of May and November, commencing November 15, 1998;
subject to Following Business Day Convention.
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION
OF THE HOLDER: The Notes cannot be repaid prior to the Stated Maturity Date.
REDEMPTION AT THE OPTION
OF THE COMPANY: The Notes cannot be redeemed prior to the Stated Maturity Date.
FORM: The Notes are being issued in fully registered book-entry form.
TRUSTEE: The Chase Manhattan Bank
DATED: June 5, 1998
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