Merrill Lynch, the brokerage firm, reported its first quarterly loss in nearly six years today, after it increased the amount of its write-down by $2.9 billion for a total of $7.9 billion.
Merrill said it lost $2.24 billion, or $2.82 a share, compared with a profit of $3.05 billion, or $3.17 a share, in the period a year earlier. Earnings from continuing operations were $2.85 a share.
Revenue fell 94 percent, to $577 million from $9.83 billion a year earlier.
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