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Wells Fargo plans retreat from mortgage business

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The bank, which once made one out of every three home loans in the U.S., plans to trim its mortgage business after years of struggles with regulatory probes.

Wells Fargo & Co. plans to shrink its vast mortgage empire, which once churned out one of every three home loans in the U.S. and for a time made the bank the most valuable in the nation.

No longer committed to ranking No. 1 in the business, Wells Fargo’s leadership is preparing a

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