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  • Bank of America has taken a $2 billion stake in Countrywide Financial, the nation’s largest home lender about a week after the mortgage-lender announced that it had taken an $11.5 billion line of credit. “Bank of America's investment in Countrywide represents a vote of confidence and strengthens our balance sheet, enabling us to position Countrywide for future growth and success,” said Angelo Mozilo, chairman and ceo of Countrywide, in a press release.
  • Lehman Brothers is closing its BNC Mortgage subsidiary and laying off about 1,200 employees across 23 U.S. locations.
  • Fitch Ratings has hired Moody’s Investors Service alumnus Joseph Staffa for its municipal structured finance group.
  • Jeff Stolz, head of European asset-backed securities origination at Deutsche Bank, has left the firm.
  • Securitus Capital Corp. is in talks with liquidity provider Swiss Re Financial Products to resolve a missed liquidity call on Selkirk Funding Trust, an asset-backed commercial paper conduit administered by Toronto-based Securitus.
  • GMAC has hired Alvaro de Molina as chief operating officer in conjunction with plans to turnaround its real estate operations in a challenging market environment.
  • U.K. commercial bank Alliance & Leicester is beefing up its corporate and structured finance effort in London and has hired Andy Williams from Bank of Ireland as head of global infrastructure.
  • Capital One Financial announced today that it will close its GreenPoint Mortgage subsidiary, eliminating 1,900 positions in the process.
  • Hypo Vereinsbank’s head of asset-backed securities trading and syndicate has shifted to the buyside.