Investment banking, which even in good times provided only around 15% of the two big Banks' profits, has to be backed by around two-thirds of their capital.

投资银行，即使在好的景况下也只占两个大银行利润的约15%，需要被它们约三分之二的资本支持。

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One longs instead to have a similar inside view from Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch, the investment Banks laid low by their exposure to dodgy American housing loans.

从贝尔斯登，雷曼兄弟和美林身上，人们渴望但并不真正认为，是对隐蔽的美国房屋贷款的曝光击垮了这些投资银行。

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The shares of investment Banks, pummelled by the mortgage mess and a drought in the buy-out market, posted their biggest daily gains in over a year.

在被抵押危机打压及并购市场的萧条之后，投资银行的股票取得本年度最大单日升值。

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The bank as a whole would be turning a handsome profit were it not weighed down by an ailing investment bank and by nonsensical accounting rules that force banks to take losses on their own debt when their credit ratings improve.

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The remaining investment banks will trim their budgets by between 2% and 3%, Iati predicts.

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Also seeing some pep in their step are investment banks, aided by an upswing in deal activity.

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