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Lending Crisis

Freddie Mac Considers Stock Sale To Dodge Government Rescue

Wall Street Journal | James R. Hagerty, Monica Langley and Susan Pulliam | Posted 07.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Housing Market, Government Bailout, Freddie Mac, Freddie Mac Bailout, Freddie Mac Seizure, Housing Crisis, Lending Crisis, Freddie Mac Stock Sale, Business News

Mortgage giant Freddie Mac -- emboldened by emergency regulatory actions that have triggered a two-day rebound in its battered stock -- is considering...

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Short Selling Rules In U.S. Have Australians Steamed

DealBook | Posted 07.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Sec, Short Selling Rules, Short Selling Clampdown, Banking Crisis, Lending Crisis, Securities and Exchange Commission, Short Selling, Economy, Recession, Business News

Australian hedge fund players have come out swinging against the United States' efforts to curb short selling, arguing that hedge funds are being targ...

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Stemming A Banking Crisis: Regulators, Managers And Banks Try To Calm Nation

Huffington Post | Posted 07.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Fdic, Banks, Banking Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Lending Crisis, Bank Runs, Wachovia, Mortgage Crisis, Business News

How could this not have been the next link in the chain? The mortgage crisis that became a credit crisis appears to now be a banking crisis, and inv...

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Stricter Mortgage Rules Adopted: Borrowers Must Now Prove Income

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 07.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Lending Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, Subprime Mortgages, Ben Bernanke, Shady Lending, Unethical Lending, Lending Rules, Federal Reserve, Economy, Business News

WASHINGTON — For Roxanna Evans, the Fed's new rules to crack down on abusive lending practices, approved Monday, came too late. Evans is facing...

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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in Layman's Terms

Vince Farrell | Posted 07.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Lending Crisis, Henry Paulson, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Bailout, Mortgage Crisis, Business News
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To oversimplify it, the companies have too little capital to handle the growing number of troubled mortgages they either own or guarantee. Not to minimize anything but there are solutions and "This too shall pass."

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Fannie Mae Bailout Pushes Stocks Up At Open

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 07.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Government Bailout, Henry Paulson, Fannie Mae Bailout, Fanny Mae, Freddy Mac, Fanny May, Fannie May, Stocks, Stock Exchange, Stock Futures, Mortgage Crisis, Lending Crisis, Business News

NEW YORK — Wall Street extended its slump into yet another week Monday as investors worried that even a safety net set up for mortgage financier...

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Government Not Expected To Bail Out More Companies

AP | JOE BEL BRUNO and STEPHEN BERNARD | Posted 07.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Henry Paulson, Secretary of the Treasury, Bailout, Government Bailout, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Fannie May, Fanny May, Mortgage Crisis, Lending Crisis, Business News

NEW YORK — The U.S. government is signaling it won't throw a lifeline to struggling financial companies _ except for mortgage linchpins Fannie M...

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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Stocks Plummet At Threat Of Government Bailout

New York Times | Michael M. Grynbaum | Posted 07.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Fannie Mae Bailout, Government Bailout, Freddie Mac, Freddie Mac Bailout, Fannie Mae, Housing Crisis, Lending Crisis, Business News

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage lenders at the heart of the nation's housing finances, fell to their lowest share prices in 17 years on Thurs...

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