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Ally Financial Inc. said Thursday it will pay $2.1 billion to its mortgage subsidiary Residential Capital and the unit's creditors under an agreement reached last week that could move the Detroit-based lender closer to repaying its government bailout.The amount is $1.35 billion more than what Ally previously offered to pay to fend off ResCap creditors trying to hold the government-owned lender responsible for billions of dollars of the mortgage subsidiary's liabilities.But the deal would give Ally a legal release from nearly all of those issues, which have cast a shadow over the company's efforts to repay the $17.2 billion government bailout it received during the financial crisis and focus on its core auto-lending and online-banking businesses."If I look through the lens of 'Did we do anything wrong for which we should pay money,' the answer for this is we hugely overpaid," Ally Chief Executive Michael Carpenter said in an interview Thursday, referring to the settlement. "If I look th...
The U.S. Treasury Monday said it would proceed with plans to sell shares it holds in General Motors Co. (GM) as it continues to wind down its bailout of the auto mak...
Ally Financial Inc. said it remains focused on repaying the U.S. Treasury Department, its largest owner, this year after the Federal Reserve dealt it a setback in Ma...
Ally Financial Inc. said it remains focused on repaying the U.S. Treasury Department, its largest owner, this year after the Federal Reserve dealt it a setback in Ma...
Ally Financial Inc.'s first-quarter profit surged as the government-controlled auto lender reported a $900 million gain on the sale of its Canadian operations, while...
Ally Financial Inc.'s first-quarter profit surged as the government-controlled auto lender reported a $900 million gain on the sale of its Canadian operations, while...
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One of Residential Capital LLC's largest unsecured creditors is seeking court approval to sue the mortgage firm's parent, Ally Financial Inc., increasing pressure on...
The Congressional Budget Office estimated Thursday the total cost of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, including mortgage grants that haven't yet been made, will be...
General Motors Co. shares eclipsed their $33 initial public offering price with investor enthusiasm over its new vehicles and speculation the U.S. government may soo...
General Motors Co shares on Friday topped their 2010 initial public offering price, which will help the automaker's largest shareholder, the U.S. Treasury, pare its ...
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services placed its ratings on Ally Financial Inc. on watch for a possible upgrade, after the government-controlled auto lender entered int...
An independent examiner investigating Residential Capital LLC's relationship with parent Ally Financial Inc. will release his report Monday afternoon, a lawyer for t...
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The U.S. Treasury on Monday said it would proceed with plans to sell shares that it holds in General Motors Co. (GM) as it continues to wind down its bailout of the ...
