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Cleveland
Assets: $151 billion
Deposits: $105 billion
Stock performance YTD: -91.7%
Employees: 30,098
National City (NCC), once a big originator of subprime mortgages, has taken $5.4 billion in mortgage-related losses and writedowns. In April, the bank announced a plan to raise $7 billion in new capital. Since then, however, National City shares have plummeted, closing after the Sept. 29 stock market sell-off at just 1.36, from a 52-week high of 27.21 last October. National City operates 1,400 branches in nine states.