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GMAC seems to always be at the center of bankruptcy rumors.  So how on earth does it explain this (via NYT) ...

GMAC Chief Gets $1.2 Million in Pay for 45 Days’ Work

GMAC, the auto and home lender, has not reported a profit since 2008. But it gave its chief executive, Michael A. Carpenter, a pay package rivaling that of Lloyd C. Blankfein, chief of Goldman Sachs, the nation’s most profitable securities company.

GMAC paid Mr. Carpenter about $1.2 million in salary and restricted stock last year for a month and a half of work. That is equivalent to full-year pay of $9.5 million, according to a regulatory filing on Monday. Goldman Sachs paid Mr. Blankfein $9.6 million for 2009.