Fannie's Issues: Simple or Not?
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Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William H. Donaldson said in an interview this week that the accounting issues the SEC must address in its investigation of mortgage funding giant Fannie Mae are "not black and white."
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Franklin Raines, the powerful and politically connected chairman and CEO of Fannie Mae, faces long odds in surviving the worst controversy he&#39;s been confronted with in his years as a Washington power broker.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac don't need a loosening of regulatory constraints to help borrowers threatened with foreclosure.
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Regulators have discovered serious accounting problems at mortgage giant Fannie Mae , prompting an inquiry by the Securities and Exchange Commission and calling into question its financial soundness, the company disclosed yesterday. Its shares fell nearly 7 percent.
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Sep-27-2004 - Days after Fannie Mae&#39;s federal regulator released a highly critical report on the mortgage giant&#39;s accounting practices, observers say top management may not survive the fallout.
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US mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae (FNM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Freddie Mac (FRE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) met affordable housing goals in
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Fannie Mae&#39;s newly discovered accounting artifices could give lagging reform efforts in Congress some impetus. Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are financial behemoths and political sacred cows - escaping
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There's one thing I think we can all agree on when it comes to President Bush's proposal to set up personal investment accounts as part of the Social Security program: As the saying goes, the devil is in the details, and the details are woefully lacking thus far.
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Fannie Mae&#39;s accounting scandal is already provoking louder calls for stronger regulation of the mortgage-investment company and clearer financial reporting.
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Easily paid for, but it is worth the money?
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Even when experts were declaring the economy healthy, many Americans voiced a vague, but persistent dissatisfaction. True, jobs were relatively plentiful over the last few years. It was easy to borrow and very cheap. The sharp rise in the value of homes and plentiful credit cards encouraged a nation of consumers to get out and buy. But to many people, something didn't feel right, even if they couldn't quite explain why.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will tell lawmakers Thursday morning that while he opposes raising the limits on the size of loans Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may buy, if they're going to do it anyway they should consider the risks and make the increase temporary ... and snappy.
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Could the housing market's woes spread to bonds held in mutual funds by millions of ordinary investors?
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Don't bother with the small stuff. Here's what really matters to your lender.
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Will low-income families become innocent victims of the crackdown on Fannie Mae (FNM )? After all, one of Fannie&#39;s official missions is to increase the rate of homeownership by expanding the pool of capital available for mortgage loans.
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WASHINGTON Oct. 6, 2004 - Fannie Mae&#39;s chief executive and another top official on Wednesday defended the mortgage giant&#39;s accounting and told Congress that regulators&#39; allegations of earnings manipulation represent an interpretation of complex rules.
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Mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac last year met the government-set goals for making home ownership affordable, but only because three unusual multibillion-dollar deals were counted toward the targets, officials said Thursday.