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Finance regulation reporter for Bloomberg News
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Lorraine Woellert
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US Reaches $25 Billion Mortgage Settlement with Top Banks President Obama announced today what he called "the largest joint federal-state settlement in American history." It's a $26 billion deal involving 49 states to provide relief from foreclosure abuse by five leading lenders: Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and Ally Financial/GMAC Mortgage. Lorraine Woellert is finance regulation reporter for Bloomberg News .
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