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US mortgage bosses may earn $6m

The heads of bailed-out US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may each be paid up to $6m (£3.7m) for 2009.

news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/8430383.stm - Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:50 GMT

The US couple behind the housing crisis

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac sound like a homely mid-Western couple - dependable, perhaps slightly dull. But these two almost destroyed the US housing market and their downfall was the overture to the global financial crisis: On 7 September 2008 they were nationalised by the US government.

news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/8239033.stm - Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:01 GMT

Fannie Mae asks Treasury for aid

US mortgage finance firm Fannie Mae asks the Treasury for another $10.7bn in aid, as it announces a loss for the second quarter.

news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/8188847.stm - Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:15 GMT

Fannie Mae asks Treasury for aid

US mortgage finance firm Fannie Mae asks the Treasury for another $19bn (£12.6bn), as it announces a loss for the first three months of 2009.

news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/8040423.stm - Fri, 08 May 2009 13:33 GMT

Fannie Mae loss widens to $29bn

US mortgage finance firm Fannie Mae reports a third-quarter loss of $29bn in the wake of the slowing housing sector.

news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/7720306.stm - Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:08 GMT

Fannie Mae loss widens to $29bn

US mortgage finance firm Fannie Mae reports a third-quarter loss of $29bn in the wake of the slowing housing sector.

news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/7720100.stm - Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:26 GMT

Leading Questions: Stephen Green

BBC Business Editor Robert Peston speaks to Stephen Green, chairman of HSBC, about the rescue of the US banks Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/7613509.stm - Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:01 GMT

Old Mutual writes off $135m in US

UK-listed South African insurer Old Mutual writes down $135m of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac stock held at its US arm.

news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/7607809.stm - Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:13 GMT

Investors sue ex-Fannie Mae execs

Four former senior executives at US lender Fannie Mae have been sued by investors in the mortgage firm

news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/7605972.stm - Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:30 GMT

Wall Street relief over Freddie and Fannie

The US government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddic Mac should help to bolster the housing market.

news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/7604576.stm - Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:45 GMT

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