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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: 1702
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: $60,000,000
CUSIP NUMBER: 59018S G24
INTEREST RATE: 5.87000%
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: May 4, 1998
STATED MATURITY DATE: May 4, 1999
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: Interest pays the 15th of May and November commencing May 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: April 29, 1998
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