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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
REGISTRATION NO.  333-43142
(To Prospectus dated August 15, 2007)
Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)

 
 
1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts
Wireless HOLDRS (SM) Trust

This prospectus supplement supplements information contained in the prospectus dated August 15, 2007 relating to the sale of up to 1,000,000,000 depositary receipts by the Wireless HOLDRS (SM) Trust.
 
The share amounts specified in the table in the “Highlights of Wireless HOLDRS” section of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following:
 
Name of Company(1)
 
Ticker
 
Share
Amounts
 
Primary
Trading
Market
Crown Castle International Corp.
   
CCI
 
4
 
NYSE
Deutsche Telekom AG *
   
DT
 
18.4841
 
NYSE
LM Ericsson Telephone Company *
   
ERIC
 
7.4
 
NASDAQ
Embarq Corporation
   
EQ
 
1.5390
 
NYSE
Motorola, Inc.
   
MOT
 
41
 
NYSE
NexCen Brands Inc.
   
NEXC
 
1
 
NASDAQ
Nokia Corp. *
   
NOK
 
23
 
NYSE
Qualcomm Incorporated
   
QCOM
 
26
 
NASDAQ
Research In Motion Limited
   
RIMM
 
12
 
NASDAQ
RF Micro Devices, Inc.
   
RFMD
 
4
 
NASDAQ
SK Telecom Co., Ltd. *
   
SKM
 
17
 
NYSE
Sprint Nextel Corporation
   
S
 
30.7800
 
NYSE
United States Cellular Corporation
   
USM
 
1
 
AMEX
Verizon Communications
   
VZ
 
17
 
NYSE
Vivo Participações
   
VIV
 
3
 
NYSE
Vodafone Group p.l.c. *
   
VOD
 
18.375
 
NYSE
Windstream Corporation
   
WIN
 
1.1063
 
NYSE
               
(1)           The merger between Alltel Corporation (NYSE ticker “AT”), an underlying constituent of the Wireless HOLDRS Trust, and Atlantis Merger Sub. Inc. became effective on November 16, 2007.  As a result, effective close of business November 26, 2007, Alltel Corporation is no longer an underlying constituent of the Wireless HOLDRS Trust.  For the 1.07 shares of Alltel Corporation per 100 shares round lot of Wireless HOLDRS, The Bank of New York received $76.505.  The Bank of New York distributed the cash at a rate of $0.76505 per depositary share of Wireless HOLDRS on November 28, 2007.
 
*  The securities of these non-U.S. companies trade in the United States as American Depositary Receipts.  Please see “Risk Factors” and “United States Federal Income Tax Consequences--Special considerations with respect to underlying securities of foreign issuers” for additional information relating to an investment in a non-U.S. company.
 
The share amounts listed in the table above reflect all previous stock splits, dividends and business combination transactions.
 
The date of this prospectus supplement is December 31, 2007.