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Merrill Lynch Takes $14.1B Writedown

Merrill Lynch & Co. on Thursday said it took a $14.1 billion writedown and adjustments in the fourth quarter as bad subprime mortgage bets forced the brokerage to sell pieces of the company to foreign investors to raise capital.

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