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Citigroup Settles Shareholder CDO Suit For $590 Million

Citigroup Inc agreed to pay $590 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit accusing it of hiding tens of billions of dollars of toxic mortgage assets, one of the largest settlements stemming from the global financial crisis.
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Wells Fargo Paying $148 Million to Settle Wachovia Muni Bid-Rigging Case

The SEC on Thursday charged Wachovia Bank N.A. -- now Wells Fargo Bank following a merger in March 2010 -- with fraudulently engaging in secret arrangements with bidding agents to improperly win business from municipalities and guarantee itself profits in the reinvestment of municipal bond proceeds.
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Wells Fargo Cutting Technology Jobs in Cost Drive

Wells Fargo & Co plans to cut technology and operations jobs by the end of this year as the bank tries to eliminate more than $1.5 billion of quarterly operating expenses.
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Mortgage Probe May Open New Path for Housing Relief

A controversial weapon could be deployed soon in the U.S. fight against the housing crisis as states and top banks near a deal in their dispute over mortgage abuses -- cutting the mortgage debt owed by homeowners.
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IFR-Redwood Trust Set to Launch US$375m Private RMBS

Redwood Trust, a California-based REIT, is about to launch its second private-label RMBS of the year, a US$375.2m prime-mortgage offering called Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2011-2 (SEMT 2011-2), according to a presale report released on Wednesday by Fitch Ratings.
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Harris Williams Pushes West with Wilkins Hire

Harris Williams & Co. has hired Mike Wilkins to help the investment-banking unit of lending giant PNC Financial Services (PNC.N) become involved in more Silicon Valley deals.

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