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Banks butchered by write-downs

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Investment banks are expected to announce fresh write-downs with subprime losses and the credit crunch slicing away at many company's earnings. In the past year, Merrill Lynch & Co. has lost $19 billion, raised about $30 billion in capital and taken about $47 billion in total write-downs. Ailing Citigroup Inc. has outlined its plan to whittle down assets by as much as $400 billion. The only one that seems to remain unscathed is Goldman, Sachs & Co. After the jump, see a roundup of the latest losses. - Maria Woehr

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Merrill Lynch & Co. Reported net losses of $4.6 billion for the second quarter, and net revenues were negative $2.1 billion
Lehman Brothers Inc. Reported a net loss of $2.8 billion and could face $2.5 billion more in write-downs
Goldman, Sachs & Co. Reported net earnings of $2.09 billion
Citigroup Inc. Reported a net loss of $2.5 billion in the second quarter with total assets declining by $99 billion
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Recorded markdowns of $1.1 billion related to leveraged lending and mortgage

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