(Update: job losses breakdown.)
The day after Wachovia said it would no longer accept loans from mortgage brokers, the company today reported a second-quarter loss of $8.9 billion and said it's cutting jobs and its dividend. That compares to a profit of $2.3 billion a year ago.
Setting aside $5.6 billion for potential losses on bad loans [...]
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