The deal also helps Bank of America move toward its capitalization goals under the Basel III accord, as MSRs count negatively against the total capital ratio.

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To make this list, you had to be the chief executive of one of the 20 biggest publicly traded companies in the U.S. (as of midday Feb. 13, by market capitalization) that have CEOs aged 40 or under.

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Its growth rate is suspect, but it's trading under 12 times 1999 earnings and buying back gobs of stocks, at least 5% of its capitalization per annum.

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