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Ally Financial's Mortgage Unit Reported To File Bankruptcy

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Ally Financial Inc's Residential Capital unit is nearing a bankruptcy filing, sources familiar with the situation said on Sunday, in a move that could help the taxpayer-owned auto lender to shed its troubled mortgage business but also spur drawn-out legal fights.

Ally Financial's Mortgage Unit Reported Near Bankruptcy

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Ally Financial Inc's Residential Capital unit is nearing a bankruptcy filing, sources familiar with the situation said on Sunday, in a move that could help the taxpayer-owned auto lender shed its troubled mortgage business but also spur drawn-out legal fights.
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Met Gala 2012 Most Dramatic Gowns: Beyonce In Givenchy, Florence Welch In McQueen And More [PHOTOS]

Drama, drama, drama. The gowns that stood out the most at the 2012 Met Gala at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit certainly brought the most drama. From trailing trains and see-through lace to feathers and layers upon layers of tulle, the most dramatic gowns of the night proved to be the most stunning. Check out photos of Beyonce, Florence Welch, Cate Blanchett and more.
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Global Mining Headed for a Slowdown: Citi

Analysts at Citigroup are slashing their estimates regarding just how much mining companies globally will spend this year, suggesting the industry is headed for a substantial slowdown, the Financial Times is reporting.
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BP Earnings Fall As Gulf Spill Costs Continue To Weigh

BP Plc (BP.L) reported a bigger-than-expected profit drop on the back of a fall in production prompted by the need to sell oil fields to pay for the Gulf of Mexico disaster, raising concerns about the oil group's turnaround plan.
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How To Prevent Another US Bank Bailout

Regarding its banking system, the United States has now experienced its third generation of heads the banks win, tails the taxpayer and the public loses.? Is there a better way? Is it possible to create a bank that serves the people of the United States?
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Protesters picket Wells Fargo meeting, 24 arrested

Police in riot gear arrested two dozen people on Tuesday as protesters with a huge inflated rat sought to disrupt a Wells Fargo & Co annual shareholder meeting to express anger over foreclosures, executive compensation and corporate taxes.
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Gold Prices Rise, Then Hover Around $1,640

Gold prices steadied near $1,640 an ounce in Europe on Tuesday as a softer tone to the dollar arrested the previous session's slide, but traders largely stuck to the sidelines ahead of a key monetary policy meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve.
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CVC Reported Near Deal To buy AlixPartners

Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners is nearing a deal to buy restructuring and consulting firm AlixPartners for more than $1 billion, according to several people familiar with the matter.
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Parsons blames Citi vote on failure to communicate

Richard Parsons, who chaired the Citigroup Inc board that lost a shareholder vote this week on executive compensation, said on Thursday that directors had failed to adequately explain to investors the methods they used to determine pay packages.
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Morgan Stanley 1Q Down But Beats Street

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) on Thursday reported weaker first-quarter profit but still beat analyst expectations, which helped lift shares up more than 2 percent.
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Morgan Stanley beats estimates on strong trading

Morgan Stanley's first-quarter results beat expectations, as trading revenue rose sharply and the bank's wealth management business began to improve, sending its shares up in premarket trading on Thursday.
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Can You Have Too Many Credit Cards?

Vitaly Pecharsky, chief technology officer for the shopping site SlickDeals.net, is something of a credit card collector and has 40 active credit cards to show for his passion.
Bank of America reported better earnings on lower credit losses and strong trading performance

Bank of America Expected To Swing To Loss In 1Q

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is expected to report highly disappointing financial results Thursday morning, a development that -- as has been the case in the past -- will provide plenty of schadenfreude to the company's vociferous and numerous critics.
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Morgan Stanley Seen Earning Somewhat Less Than Year-Ago, Barring Surprises

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), the exalted New York house of finance that is a veritable icon of white-shoe Wall Street firms, is expected to report first-quarter financial results Thursday somewhat weaker than a year-ago, a consensus of bank analysts has noted, as the firm is unlikely to have benefited as much as peers from positive developments that lifted large-cap U.S. banks during the first quarter.

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