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Wall Street Roundup: Bernanke on foreclosures. TARP donations for TARP opponents.

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Home sales turn around. After a terrible summer for real estate agents, sales of existing homes climbed sharply last month, but the figures do not banish lingering fears about the real estate market.

Bernanke on foreclosures. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday morning that his regulators are in the midst of an investigation of the foreclosure mess that is roiling banks, and will release a report with details next month.

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TARP donations for TARP opponents. The Washington Post found that opponents of the government bailout have been the biggest recipients of donations from companies there were bailed out by the government.

Treasury protects Citi. After a long battle with a now-deceased reporter for Bloomberg, the Treasury Department still refused to release key documents showing which securities it took over from Citigroup during the financial crisis.

Gambling stock rises. The British Internet-gambling site Betfair saw its stock rise 20% on the first day of trading, after an initial public offering managed by Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.

-- Nathaniel Popper in New York

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