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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

Freddie Mac asks for more US aid

US mortgage giant Freddie Mac asks for another $6.1bn of aid as it reports heavy quarterly losses.

news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/8047106.stm - Tue, 12 May 2009 22:36 GMT

US Freddie Mac chief found dead

The acting chief financial officer of US mortgage giant Freddie Mac has been found dead at his home, police say.

news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/8012527.stm - Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:49 GMT

Freddie Mac reports massive loss

US mortgage giant Freddie Mac reveals a loss of $50.1bn for 2008, and says it plans to ask the government for another $31bn of aid.

news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/7938750.stm - Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:35 GMT

Freddie Mac chief to stand down

US mortgage giant Freddie Mac says its chief executive David Moffett will quit after only six months in charge.

news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/7919473.stm - Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:40 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

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

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Reaction

Key figures react to news of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae being put under US government control.

news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/7603946.stm - Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:25 GMT

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