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BofA, Wells Fargo step up mortgage modifications

Sep. 10, 2009
A month after being shamed for helping relatively few borrowers, the two big banks report big gains. Among all lenders nationwide, more than 360,000 homeowners have gotten relief. The sluggish $75-billion federal mortgage relief program got a boost from Wells Fargo & Co. and Bank of America...
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Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic