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Lehman's return on common stockholders' equity, a measure of profitability, fell about 16percentto8.6percentcent for the quarter.

Goldman's return on equity, a crucial measure of profitability, fell to 3.7 percent annualized for the nine months, down from 10.3 percent in the year ago period.

And its 2011 return on equity — a crucial measure of profitability — fell to 5.9 percent, roughly where it was 2008, when the financial crisis was in full swing.

Return on equity, a measure of profitability, fell to 9.7 percent in the second quarter from 17.8 percent in the period a year earlier.

In a nod to just how difficult the environment has become, Goldman's return on equity, a measure of profitability, fell to 11.5 percent in 2010, down from 22.5 percent in the previous year and 32.8 percent in 2006.

Amazon said that its net income was $108m, compared with $82m a year ago, but its operating income, a better measure of profitability, fell 19% to $146m from $181m at the same time last year.

"Other studios have had big years, then seen profitability fall the next year," said Tom Wolzien, a media analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein.

The task of returning Zurich to profitability falls to an American, James Schiro, a former boss of the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.Underrated?Japan responded angrily to threats by Moody's Investor Services to downgrade the country's credit rating again.

HSBC said its 10.9 percent return on equity, a measure of profitability, also fell short of the bank's targets, but added that it still aimed to meet the goal by the end of 2013.

Of the previous 13 years this century, profitability only fell below 30% on three other occasions, and was above 40% in 2008 and 2011.

After a strong recovery by America's airlines in the past few years, profitability has fallen fast this year.