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GMAC CEO Alvaro de Molina steps down

Nov. 16, 2009
Troubled auto and home lender GMAC Financial Services said Monday CEO Alvaro de Molina is stepping down. Michael A. Carpenter, a member of the company's board of directors, has been named his successor. De Molina's sudden resignation comes as the lender is in...
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch