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Nov 3, 2007

Sub-prime fallout on banks

Effect on third quarter results:

Citigroup
CEO Chuck Prince likely to resign
Net profit of $ 2.4b against profit of $5.5b in the same quarter last year

Bank of America (BofA)
Slashed 3,000 jobs
The company is also exiting the wholesale mortgage business.
Net profit of $ 3.7b against profit of $5.4b in the same quarter last year

Merrill Lynch
CEO Stanley O'Neal resigned from his post on Oct. 30
Net loss of $ 2.2b against profit of $3.1b in the same quarter last year

Deutsche Bank (biggest private German bank)
Third-quarter write-downs of €2.16 billion($3.17 billion)
Investment arm reported a pre-tax loss of €179m
Total earnings up y 31% at €1.62 billion(US$2.3 billion)

Bear Stearns
Co-president and COO Warren Spector had to exit because of two Bear Stearns hedge funds meltdown.
600 job cuts in mortgage and investment banking businesses.
New York-based Bear booked a $200 million loss in the third quarter related to the hedge funds. Quarterly net income in the period ending August 2007 dropped 61% to $171.3 million.
Revenue fell to $1.3 billion from $2.13 billion last year.

Lehman Brothers
Closed its subprime mortgage unit BNC Mortgage in August and cut down 1,200 jobs.
$700 million write-down in third-quarter
Third quarter results to be declared on November 8

Morgan Stanley
Cut 600 jobs, scaled down its residential mortgage business.
Income fell to $1.47 billion from $1.59 billion.

Wachovia
Net Income decreased to $1.7b from $1.9 billion Quarter on Quarter basis while it was $2.3 billion in previous quarter of this year.

UBS (biggest Swiss bank)
Third-quarter loss of 830 million Swiss francs ($712 million) vs. a profit of 2.2 billion

Credit Suisse (the second-biggest Swiss bank)
Write-downs of 2.2 billion Swiss francs in the third
decline in net income to $1.1 billion, down 31 percent from the previous quarter.

Countrywide
Loss of $1.2b in third quarter against profit of $0.6b previous year.
First Quarterly Loss in 25 Years

Goldman Sachs
Reportedly made money on subprime business due to short positions

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