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    <periodOfReport>2011-01-28</periodOfReport>

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            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001026610</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ROSS WILBUR L JR</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>319 CLEMATIS STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>ROOM 1000 (10TH FLOOR)</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WEST PALM BEACH</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>FL</rptOwnerState>
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    <reportingOwner>
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    <reportingOwner>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerName>WL ROSS &amp; CO LLC</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
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        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, no par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>11468750</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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        </nonDerivativeHolding>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The 11,468,750 shares of Common Stock are held directly by WLR CB AcquisitionCo LLC.  Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. is the managing member of El Vedado, LLC, the general partner of WL Ross Group, L.P., which in turn is the managing member of WLR Recovery Associates IV LLC.  WLR Recovery Associates IV LLC is the general partner of WLR Recovery Fund IV, L.P., which is the sole manager of WLR CB AcquisitionCo LLC, and WL Ross &amp; Co. LLC is the investment manager of WL Ross Group, L.P.  Accordingly, WLR Recovery Fund IV, L.P., WLR Recovery Associates IV LLC, WL Ross Group, L.P., El Vedado, LLC, Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. and WL Ross &amp; Co. LLC may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the Common Stock held by WLR CB AcquisitionCo LLC.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Michael Gibbons, Authorized Person</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-02-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-02-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Michael Gibbons, Authorized Person</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-02-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Michael Gibbons, Authorized Person</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-02-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Michael Gibbons, Authorized Person</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-02-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Michael Gibbons, Authorized Person</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-02-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Michael Gibbons, Authorized Person</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-02-07</signatureDate>
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