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FILE NO. 333-59997
RULE 424(B)(3)
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(TO THE PROSPECTUS AND PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED JULY 30, 1998)
PROSPECTUS NUMBER: 1789
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: $205,000,000
CUSIP NUMBER: 59018S S88
INTEREST RATE: 5.75000%
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: November 3, 1998
STATED MATURITY DATE: November 2, 2002
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: Each May 15th and November 15th, commencing on May 15, 1999 through
May 15, 2002, and on the Stated Maturity Date, 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: October 29, 1998
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