Wiping the slate clean

NEW YORK, April 27, 2009 (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) on Monday discarded the Countrywide brand in its mortgage operations, a name now sullied by risky home loans, an FBI investigation, and the high pay of its former chief executive.

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HARTFORD, November 3, 2010 (Reuters) Connecticut on Tuesday discarded the Dodd name from its U.S. Senate operations, a name sullied by sweetheart mortgages, associations with rogue financiers, an ethics committee investigation and inattentiveness to the worst financial crisis in a generation.