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How ACORN destroyed the housing market | Washington Examiner »
Posted by: RTHTGakaRoland 3 days, 5 hours ago in Political Opinion
Over at the Wall Street Journal, there's a very interesting article that connects the dots between ACORN, the mortgage-lending-standard-destroying Community Reinvestment Act legislation, Fannie ...
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Khan wins 1st title fight, outpointing Kotelnik »
Posted by: altnrg 4 months ago in Sports
British boxer Amir Khan won his first world title with a unanimous decision against Andreas Kotelnik to capture the Ukrainian's WBA light-welterweight belt on ...
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What They Said About Fan and Fred - WSJ.com »
Posted by: Sludge-Guzzler 8 months, 2 weeks ago in News
House Financial Services Committee hearing, Sept. 10, 2003:
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Rep. Barney Frank (D., Mass.): I worry, frankly, that there's a tension here. The more people ...Read (156) | Share | Discuss (5) | Read Full Story at online.wsj.com
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President Bush Tried to Rein In Fan and Fred. Democrats and the media have the housing story wrong. »
Posted by: pc25 10 months, 1 week ago in News
Mythmaking is in full swing as the Bush administration prepares to leave town. Among the more prominent is the assertion that the housing meltdown resulted ...
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Obama's Chief of Staff Tied to Freddie Mac Collapse- Recieved $250,000 »
Posted by: pc25 1 year ago in News
During the campaign, Barack Obama had to fight off assertions that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae had him in their pocket while the two GSEs ...
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Freddie Mac will ask government for another bailout to the tune of $35 billion »
Posted by: mafihotz 9 months, 3 weeks ago in Business & Finance
Freddie Mac, the mortgage-finance company under federal control, said it will ask the U.S. Treasury Department for as much as $35 billion more in ...
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The 2008/09 Housing Crisis and lessons learned forgotten »
Posted by: RTHTGakaRoland 3 months, 1 week ago in Business & Finance
Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government. - Milton Friedman
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In late 2009, our economy was ...Read (102) | Share | Discuss (2) | Read Full Story at americanthinker.com
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Obama Says Timing Right For Millions To Refinance »
Posted by: myfairlady 7 months, 1 week ago in News
Declaring "good news" in the midst of an economic meltdown, President Barack Obama on Thursday urged families to take advantage of near-record low mortgage rates ...
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Police probing death of Freddie Mac official - U.S. business- msnbc.com »
Posted by: zaph22 6 months, 4 weeks ago in News
WASHINGTON - David Kellermann, the acting chief financial officer of mortgage giant Freddie Mac, was found dead at his home Wednesday morning in what police said ...
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You Call this Change? Obama's Bailout Bunch Brings Us More of the Same »
Posted by: pc25 1 year ago in News
Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- It's hard to believe Barack Obama would even think of calling this change.
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Take a good look at some of the ...Read (1903) | Share | Discuss (27) | Read Full Story at bloomberg.com
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Fannie, Freddie disclose subpoenas, investigations »
Posted by: FSU92grad 1 year, 1 month ago in News
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Adding to their woes, mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are facing a federal grand jury investigation into their accounting practices.
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Video: Democrats insist “nothing wrong” at Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac in 2004 while Republicans call for more regulation »
Posted by: pc25 1 year, 1 month ago in Political News
By 2004, all of the elements of the current financial collapse had been in place for several years. The aggressive approach to enforcing the Community ...
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Democrats Blocked Fannie Mae Reforms »
Posted by: y_soitenly 1 year, 1 month ago in Business & Finance
The current crisis in the financial markets is the direct result of Democrats forcing lenders into the subprime mortgage business and allowing Clinton cronies to ...
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McCain Aide?s Firm Was Paid by Freddie Mac »
Posted by: ameliog 1 year, 1 month ago in Political News
One of the giant mortgage companies at the heart of the credit crisis paid $15,000 a month from the end of 2005 through last ...
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Here we go again. After receiving $51.7 billion bailout, Freddie Mack now needs another $6.1 billion »
Posted by: onlyonesecret 6 months ago in News
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Freddie Mac asked for another $6.1 billion in government aid Tuesday, after reporting a $9.9 billion quarterly loss.
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