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24 Sep 2008, 5:11 pm
Although these arguments have been subject to a fair amount of criticism, events that have occurred over the last few days severely expose chinks in the U.S. model of corporate governance, and provide at least some anecdotal evidence that such model is questionable.The question that is being posed is: where was corporate governance when the CEOs and boards of directors of large and admired U.S. corporations such as Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Merrill… [read post]
24 Sep 2008, 1:42 pm
Tax Analysts reports ($link) that taxwriters may let financial institutions who own now-worthless Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac preferred stock... [read post]
24 Sep 2008, 10:03 am
[JURIST] The Federal Bureau of Investigation [official website] is currently investigating Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers, and AIG [corporate websites] along with 22 other financial institutions for possible mortgage fraud [FBI backgrounder], US media outlets reported Tuesday. [read post]
24 Sep 2008, 8:59 am
The Associated Press reports that Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers Holdings, AIG and Countrywide Financial (recently bought by Bank of America) are five of them. [read post]
24 Sep 2008, 7:53 am
To encourage this politically popular goal, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were allowed to privatize their profits and socialize their losses. [read post]
24 Sep 2008, 4:29 am
42 FBI task forces around the country are investigating some of the top mortgage firms, including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for fraud. [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 10:52 pm
The crisis has led the Bush administration to ask Congress to approve a $700 billion bailout for the financial industry.The investigations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were recently opened, said the official. [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 3:40 pm
Timmons & Co., whose founder and chairman emeritus is William Timmons Sr., was registered to lobby for Freddie Mac from 2000 through this month, when the federal government took over both Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 3:14 pm
.: Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae, AIG and Lehman Bros. [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 3:06 pm
Some Severance Payments Beat the Regulators The Federal Housing Finance Agency, which took control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, says it will curtail severance payments to their ex-CEOs. [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 2:01 pm
Elizabeth Dole wants to talk about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 12:38 pm
The only tiny grain of truth in this blame-the-CRA theory is that HUD, under the Bush Administration, agreed to give Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac credit for buying subprime mortgage-backed securities to meet their affordable housing goals. [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 4:01 am
Ripple in Still Waters: In another illustration of the wide dispersion of the economic consequences from the large financial institutions’ failures, the September 23, 2008 Wall Street Journal reports in an article entitled “Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Takeovers Cost U.S. [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 9:25 pm
helped detail the bailouts of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as Tropical Storm Hanna drenched the capital. [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 4:19 pm
For the gaming tables to be closed and the money paid out, the losers must be bailed out -- Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, A.I.G. and who knows what to come? [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 2:08 pm
“The value that he brought to the relationship was the closeness to Senator McCain and the possibility that Senator McCain was going to run for president again,” said Robert McCarson, a former spokesman for Fannie Mae, who said that while he worked there from 2000 to 2002, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac together paid Mr. [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 1:20 pm
Here's another way of looking at it: If you want to look at the fortunes of financial services companies since the last market peak (October 9, 2007, for those of you keeping score at home), here are some representative numbers: IndyMac: -100% Lehman Brothers: -100% Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac: -99% AIG: -95% Bear Stearns: -93% Washington Mutual: -88% Countrywide: -78% Wachovia: -64% Morgan Stanley: -61% Merrill Lynch: -60% Citigroup: -57% Keycorp: -56% … [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 1:11 pm
., the fifth largest U.S. bank, said on Monday it expects a charge to write down the third quarter of $ 480 million in investments related to preferred stock of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 9:52 am
Corporate general counsel expect increased company risk management and more regulatory enforcement in the wake of collapsing financial institutions, such as Fannie Mae, Lehman Brothers and American International Group. [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 6:38 am
Over at Concurring Opinions, Dave Hoffman announces: Concurring Opinions, like A.I.G. and Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac before it, is now too big too fail. [read post]
