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Mounting Woes Left Little Choice
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The sweeping government intervention stemmed from a growing realization by Treasury and Federal Reserve officials that the companies couldn't survive in their present forms, and that any collapse would be devastating to the economy.
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This massive bailout made possible by
http://www.murketing.com/journal/?p=1509Outstanding brands-in-the-news cameo for the Coca Cola company today, in the WSJs tick-tock story about the Fannie/Freddie takeover: The action involving Henry Paulson and other officials culminated in a marathon session over the Labor Day weekend,
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Wherein We Look Around for a Fannie and Freddie Explanation We Can Understand
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/news/wherein_we_look_a...We woke up this morning to news that the government had interceded in the Freddie and Fannie mayhem to keep the entire economy from collapsing. Also, the Large Hadron Collider is due to be switched on sometime tomorrow, and the world as we know it might
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Treasurys Awkward Positions in the Fannie-Freddie Rescue
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2008/09/08/treasurys-awkward-posi...You cant make an omelette without breaking some eggs, and you cant orchestrate a potential $200 billion bailout without doing the same. Deal Journal took a look at how some of Treasurys intentions ended up scrambled. The first instance concerns the
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Open Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac thread
http://danieldrezner.com/blog/?p=3921Comment away on the government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. If you think I have something substantive to say about the economics of it, youd be wrong Im still puzzling over what the government will actually do. Instead, I will simply note
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