Wednesday, November 5, 2008

GMAC Warns that ResCap May Fail

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11/5/2008  
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  Losses May Sink GMAC's Residential Lending Unit
  Wed, 5 Nov 2008 09:49:41 EST

General Motors Corp. (GM) had another bad day on Tuesday as its partially owned subsidiary GMAC Financial Services announced a major loss for the third quarter.

GMAC is co-owned by GM and Cerberus Capital Management, a private-equity firm. While its original role was to finance the purchase of General Motors autos, over the years it has evolved into a major mortgage lender and insurance company. The company's losses have come from both its subprime lending and vehicle leasing operations and GMAC admitted that its mortgage lender, Residential Capital LLC (ResCap) may not survive the current downturn without significant financial input from GMAC.


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