Feb 8, 2012 2:05PM One of the financial institutions that are party to the reported settlement agreement with the attorneys general of the majority of the states is reportedly on the auction block. According to Bloomberg News, Ally Financial is talking with private equity firms about selling its mortgage unit, Residential Capital LCC , through a pre-package bankruptcy. Any sale of the company would be complicated by its recent financial history. The company was founded as General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC... Feb 8, 2012 11:59AM What, exactly, qualifies a person as "rich"? It depends who you are - here in the States the wealth of the top 1% is about 225 times greater than that of the typical family, compared to 125 times in 1962, and the cumulative wealth of the Forbes 400 was 246660.54 trillion, equal to worth of the bottom half of American families . Household net worth has been falling, and a recent Gallup poll states that the median income to be considered "rich" is $150,000 a year, up from the $120,000 that qualified a...
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