If the CPSC has occasion to revisit these three companies in the future, it only helps to have some goodwill in the bank.

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But the big picture isn't bank earnings or the lack thereof due to various goodwill writedowns or impairment charges.

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The goodwill was his personally , and the amounts the bank paid him were not disguised purchase price.

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Last year, after further discussions with the regulator, the bank tried to put things right, including a plan to make goodwill payments to the mortgage borrowers who had been misled.

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