RPT-UPDATE 1-Fremont General says Lamb quits as CFO

(Reuters) - Fremont, which in May did two key deals to offset its
subprime mortgage woes, said Ronald Nicolas, the chief
financial officer at the company's bank, had been named to
succeed Lamb.




Jim Lucas, a spokesman for Fremont, declined to comment on
what company Lamb had joined.


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Fremont sells loan unit for $1.9 billion

(Reuters) - The deal could eventually lead to the investor group owning 20 percent of the outstanding stock of the company, one of several lenders to less credit-worthy home buyers who have scrambled to overcome rising defaults and late payments amid a U.S. housing slowdown.




Santa Monica, California-based Fremont also said the buyer in its previously disclosed agreement to sell its subprime residential real estate business was hedge fund Ellington Capital Management.


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