61.   The write-offs will wipe out bank profits.

62.   The write-offs wiped out bank profits.

63.   This is another overlooked Fed contribution to society because rising bank profits helped problem institutions that were salvageable regain their health.

64.   Those businesses were not enough to shore up bank profits last year.

65.   This may crimp banks profits, since their borrowing costs had surged.

66.   When interest rates fell dramatically, bank profits soared.

67.   When yields rise, borrowing costs climb and hurt bank profits.

68.   While the overall number of currency transactions will increase, bank profits from trading for fund customers will shrink, he said.

69.   Papantoniou also announced new taxes on bank profits and overnight offerings.

70.   Bank profits could be wiped out for the next two years by the economic crisis and tighter regulations, a US investment house said.