Thursday, December 20, 2007

EXPENDITURE STRATEGY - MORGAN STANLEY

1. Morgan Stanley wrote down its subprime-infected mortgage holdings by $9.4 billion.
2. It ousted Co-President Zoe Cruz, who had overseen the fixed-income unit responsible for the mortgage trades.
3. It quantified damages, quantified remaining exposure and assigned accountability.
4. It will eliminate 900 jobs, mostly in the mortgage units.

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