Judge says Fannie Mae whistleblower's lawsuit can go forward

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As Congress begins to tackle the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-chartered mortgage giants that have been kept alive wi

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Republicans insist that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac "were the main cause of the nation's current financial turmoil” but a look at the data sh

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Why is Andrew Cuomo shielding Fannie and Freddie?

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In 2007, New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo set out to investigate whether Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac purchased home mortgages bas

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The American Enterprise Institute offered a plan today to eliminate the “bubble-inducing distortion” it blames for the recent financial cris

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S&P and other credit rating firms wield as much political clout as financial

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