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* GE Capital’s Auto Financial Services unit will halt auto lending and leasing in the U.S. and cut 400 jobs, the company said. GE Auto Finance, which has about half a million leases and loans in the U.S., decided that auto companies are better suited for the business in the U.S. Its business in Europe and Asia will be unaffected.

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