Fannie Mae to Defend Action to Congress
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Managers of mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae will defend themselves before Congress on Wednesday against government findings that they broke accounting rules to deliver
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Mortgage finance company Freddie  Mac FRE.N on Wednesday said it may face civil action from the  U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for possible violations  of securities laws.
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Fannie Mae executives defended themselves on Wednesday against government allegations they manipulated accounting to hide earnings swings, saying they and their auditors believed they were properly applying complex standards that
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Fannie Mae&#39;s chief executive and another top official are to appear before Congress to explain an accounting lapse at the mortgage giant amid regulators&#39; allegations of earnings manipulation and management misdeeds.
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WASHINGTON -- Spurred by the crisis in the home mortgage industry, Congress is readying a slew of proposals aimed at changing some lending practices and helping financially distressed homeowners hang onto their homes.
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Description: Fannie Mae, the nation&#39;s largest source of financing for home mortgages, faces accusations of pervasive accounting problems.
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According to Roger Barnes, Fannie Mae, the giant mortgage finance company where he worked as an accountant for more than a decade, used "threats, intimidation and reprisal" against him and others who raised concerns about the company's accounting.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned Congress on Thursday that raising the ceiling on the size of loans that mortgage finance enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can buy could undermine market discipline.
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ORLANDO, Dec. 17 -- Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. chose this hotbed of the mortgage crisis to begin a three-city tour defending the administration's plan to prevent hundreds of thousands of homeowners from going into foreclosure.
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During a packed hearing on Fannie Mae&#39;s accounting practices last week, Rep. Richard H. Baker (R-La.), a leading critic of the District-based mortgage finance company, displayed a poster
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U.S. House of Representatives  lawmakers this week will propose restricting ownership of banks  by commercial companies in a legislative push to derail the  efforts of retailing giants to move into financial services.
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Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke urged Congress yesterday to bolster regulation of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , and suggested limiting their massive holdings to guard against any danger their debt poses to the overall economy.
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A former Fannie Mae employee who  gave U.S. regulators information about alleged accounting  irregularities will not testify as planned before a  congressional hearing next week, the committee said Friday.
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Freddie Mac, the No. 2 US mortgage finance company, said Wednesday it may face civil action from the Securities and Exchange Commission for possible violations of securities laws.
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Description: Top Fannie Mae executives defend the company&#39;s accounting practices in Congress. CEO Franklin Raines denied allegations the company had manipulated its books, telling lawmakers the controversy
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Just how deep is the rot at one of America&#39;s bedrock corporations, Fannie Mae? The picture should be a little clearer after Frank Raines, its chairman and chief executive, testifies before Congress on Wednesday.
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Shareholders may not sue on behalf of mortgage giant Fannie Mae to force changes to its governing policies and recover money lost during a $6 billion accounting scandal, a federal judge ruled Thursday.