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A U.S. government bailout of foreign investors
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-09-08 20:14 Section: Daily DispatchesBy John Gapper
Financial Times, London
Monday, September 8, 2008
http://blogs.ft.com/gapperblog/2008/09/a-us-government-bail-out-of-forei...
Hank Paulson's effort to prop up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has various beneficiaries but few gain more than foreign investors.
Nationalization of Fannie, Freddie triggers defaults for derivatives
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-09-08 20:03 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Aline van Duyn
Financial Times, London
Monday, September 8, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ed1e14c6-7dd0-11dd-bdbd-000077b07658.html?ncli...
James Turk: Thinking like 'Fat Tony'
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-09-08 15:37 Section: Daily Dispatches3:30p ET Monday, September 8, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
In an essay excerpted from the latest issue of his Freemarket Gold & Money Report, GoldMoney founder James Turk muses about two kinds of people -- people who fail to consider the possibility that they don't know everything, and people whose skepticism is not only healthy but profitable.
Michael Kosares: Six situations to monitor for the rest of 2008
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-09-08 15:07 Section: Daily Dispatches3p ET Monday, September 8, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Fannie/Freddie credit is good again, but what about U.S. government's?
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-09-08 00:10 Section: Daily DispatchesFannie and Freddie
Likely to Plunge,
Searing Investors
By Tom Lauricella, Serena Ng, and Robin Sidel
The Wall Street Journal
Monday, September 8, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122083521070808711.html?mod=yahoo_hs&ru=...
Bob Moriarty: Manipulation? Or simply deleveraging?
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-09-07 23:28 Section: Daily Dispatches11:25p ET Sunday, September 7, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
James Turk: Does the buck stop here?
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-09-07 21:18 Section: Daily Dispatches9:17p ET Sunday, September 7, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
U.S. poised to grab more financial reins
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-09-07 20:49 Section: Daily DispatchesU.S. Poised to Grab
More Financial Reins
Mortgage Bailout
Marks the Return
Of Federal Activism
By Bob Davis and Jon Hilsenrath
The Wall Street Journal
Monday, September 8, 2008
Treasury will buy billions in Freddie and Fannie bonds
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-09-07 15:24 Section: Daily DispatchesU.S. Unveils Takeover of Two Mortgage Giants
By Edmund L. Andrews
The New York Times
Sunday, September 7, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/business/08fannie.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl...
U.S. nationalizes Freddie, Fannie, wiping out shareholders
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-09-07 11:20 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Glenn Somerville
Reuters
Sunday, September 7, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN0527106320080907
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government announced on Sunday that it was taking control of troubled mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, effectively wiping out shareholders' interest in the publicly traded companies.
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