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by bronson 4551 days ago
You can't imagine BofA buying Countrywide?
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spinlock 4551 days ago
That happened in 2008.
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bronson 4551 days ago
It all happened in 2008. So what?

- Countrywide: January 2008

- Bear Stearns: March 2008

- WaMu: September 2008

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spinlock 4550 days ago
So, the fines were levied in 2012. Causality's a tricky thing but events in the future can't usually impact those in that happened in the past.
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