	northern trust ntrs net hurt by brazil loans northern trust corp said its first quarter ings were reduced by dlrs by placing mln dlrs of loans to brazil and six mln dlrs in loans to ecuador on a cash basis should these loans remain on nonperforming basis for the rest of net income for year will be cut by about mln dlrs the bank said earlier it posted net income for the period of mln dlrs or cts a share up from mln dlrs or cts a share total nonperforming assets were mln dlrs at march up from mln dlrs at december and mln dlrs at march the bank said the provision for loan losses for the first quarter was eight mln dlrs compared to mln a year ago net loan charge offs were six mln dlrs down from mln dlrs a year ago the reserve for loan losses was mln dlrs or two pct of outstanding loans higher than the mln dlrs of pct of loans outstanding at march reuter 
