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		bronson on Jan 8, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: JPMorgan Pays for Shorting Madoff Without Telling ... You can't imagine BofA buying Countrywide?

spinlock on Jan 9, 2014 [–]

That happened in 2008.

bronson on Jan 9, 2014 | [–]

It all happened in 2008. So what?

- Countrywide: January 2008

- Bear Stearns: March 2008

- WaMu: September 2008

spinlock on Jan 9, 2014 | | [–]

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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