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The big broker-banks are preparing to lay off as much as 15 percent of their workforce as the economic slowdown continues to pound Wall Street, CNBC has learned.
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As the remaining investment banking companies look to clean up the damage from the credit crisis, thousands of employees will pay the price through pink slips that could come before the end of the year, senior sources on Wall Street said.
Some of the biggest hits will come at Merrill Lynch [MER
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Barclay's [BCS
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Even the more stable companies, including Goldman Sachs [GS
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