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On the recordApril 26, 2010
According to the figures which we got, net profits from shorts, $3.7 billion. Net losses from longs, including the inventory pieces, which had been there for some time, were $2.9 billion.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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Levin highlights the financial results from short and long positions in 2007.

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