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By AP | 18 Apr 2008 | 02:56 PM ET
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A look at job cuts announced in recent weeks by U.S. banks:

  • Citigroup [C  Loading...      ()   ] said Friday it is reducing its workforce by another 9,000, after announcing 4,200 job cuts in January.
  • Merrill Lynch [MER  Loading...      ()   ], the world's largest brokerage, on Thursday said it would cut 3,000 jobs in addition to the 1,000 jobs previously announced.
  • JPMorgan Chase [JPM  Loading...      ()   ] said Wednesday there would be staff reductions at both JPMorgan and Bear Stearns [BSC  Loading...      ()   ] as JPMorgan completes its acquisition of the investment bank, but would not specify how many. Bear Stearns has already eliminated about 2,000 jobs since last year.
  • Washington Mutual [WM  Loading...      ()   ] said on April 8 that it plans to lay off about 3,000 workers.
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