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Wall Street Roundup: No Bank of America bounce. Shopping for Fannie.

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Gold: Trading now at $1,342 per ounce, down 0.3% from Thursday. Dow Jones industrial average: Trading now at 11,875.85, up 0.3% from Thursday.

No Bank of America bounce. In its earnings report this morning, Bank of America became the only one of the big banks to announce losses last quarter -- thanks in large part to the mortgage portfolio it inherited from Countrywide.

Pink slips for some. A number of prominent banks have begun making long-anticipated layoffs, pushed by slow revenue growth.

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Bonuses for others. While bonuses are down at Goldman Sachs -- the average for 2010 is a paltry $431,000 per employee -- they are still well above those at rival firms.

Shopping for Fannie. Wall Street banks are hoping to buy up parts of the struggling government-sponsored mortgage giants.

--Nathaniel Popper

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