NEW YORK - APRIL 17: Pedestrians walk past Merrill Lynch offices April 17, 2008 in New York City. Merrill Lynch & Co posted a third straight quarterly loss of nearly $2 billion and announced a plan to cut 4,000 jobs after more than $6.5 billion in write-downs on subprime mortgages and other risky assets. Getty Images logo Getty Images 14 months ago

NEW YORK - APRIL 17: Pedestrians walk past Merrill Lynch offices April 17, 2008 in New York City. Merrill Lynch & Co posted a third straight quarterly loss of nearly $2 billion and announced a plan to cut 4,000 jobs after more than $6.5 billion in write-downs on subprime mortgages and other risky assets.

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