Reuters - Merrill Lynch & Co Inc said it
expects to take a $5.7 billion pretax write-down in the third
quarter due to losses on the sale of mortgage assets and plans
to raise at least $8.5 billion by selling new common shares. ','159543','7','','/article/biz/2008-07/images/20080728-173007266.jpg','/article/biz/2008-07/20080728-173007266.htm','130','86');
?>
![\"A](\"http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080729/2008_07_28t180653_450x300_us_merrilllynch_writedowns.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=niLz2kEKCU_7t7Dl9TXrvA--\")