NEW YORK, Sept 23 - Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac jumped to their highest levels since the government nationalization of the housing finance companies as investors facing a short-selling ban unwound bearish bets....
WASHINGTON, Sept 17 - A banking trade group urged regulators to show some flexibility when considering capital requirements for community banks facing write-downs from holding the preferred stock of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, according...
NEW YORK, Sept 8 - Potential winners and losers from the U.S. government bailout of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, based largely on research notes and comments from investors and analysts over...
LONDON, Sept 8 - The U.S. government move to take control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac sent global stocks jumping and bond prices falling on Monday as investors unwound trades set to protect them...
HONG KONG, Sept 8 - Asian bond spreads tightened on Monday after the takeover by the U.S. government of mortgage finance providers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was seen removing a key source of uncertainty...
WASHINGTON 鈥� The Treasury Department on Sunday seized control of the quasi-public mortgage finance giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and announced a four-part rescue plan that included an open-ended guarantee to provide as much capital as they need to stave off insolvency...
US President George Bush says mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have been taken over because they posed "an unacceptable risk" to the economy...
*Firm:no indication death linked to federal probes *Executive was veteran in firm, key in accounting *Kellermann was fun to work with:ex-colleague *Suburban home known for holiday decorations RESTON, Va., April 22 - The finance chief...
NEW YORK, Dec 4 - Interest rates on U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgages plummeted by 0.44 percentage point in the latest week, the biggest weekly drop in 27 years, according to a survey released on Thursday...
NEW YORK, Sept 8 - U.S. stock index futures rallied on Monday, putting Wall Street on track for a surge of 2 percent or more at the open, as the bailout of U.S. home finance...