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How's everyone doing with their retirement plans? Some economic crisis we have, isn't it? Reuters:

Wall Street may earn $19 billion in 2010, its fourth-most profitable year, even as regulatory changes and a weakened economy limits its ability to generate profit, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said.

In a report released Tuesday, DiNapoli said profit might decline 69 percent from last year's record $61.4 billion, but may have settled near levels more in line with pre-crisis amounts.

DiNapoli said Wall Street had lost $54 billion in 2007 and 2008, but has benefited from a series of federal bailouts as well as low interest rates.


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