Hints and tips:
...From the team behind the popular La Pecora Bianca restaurants, Lupetto is all about the grill; from a charred Caesar salad to wood-roasted oysters and seared vegetable sides, the restaurant radiates warmth...
...By the time she was 16, the young Norma Jeane had lived in 11 foster families and an orphanage....
...Banks, Fed chairmen, the Bush administration, ratings agencies, the OCC, plenty of others – but not so much Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac....
...The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission was set up by the US Congress as a latter-day version of the Pecora commission that examined the causes of the Great Depression....
...In 1934, the 394-page Pecora report landed with a thud on desks across Washington and Wall Street....
...He insisted that WaMu’s foray into subprime, spurred by Wall Street and by government-backed entities such as Fannie Mae, was an anomaly....
...Some analysts speculate that the US authorities could soon announce a plan to drive down mortgage rates, possibly involving banks issuing low-rate loans securitised by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and acquired...
...Some analysts speculate that the US authorities could soon announce a plan to drive down mortgage rates, possibly involving banks issuing low-rate loans that are securitised by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
...Bush specifically vowed support for an “ownership” society and, armed partly by a desire to weaken the grip of two federally chartered mortgage investors, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, encouraged the growth...
...But the rule affects only Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and 17 banks. If the practice is really such a problem, what about the 8,500 other banks? Both rules smack of scapegoating....
...Mr Poole expressed concerns about the future solvency of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks, all of which have acted as purchasers of mortgages and mortgage-backed securities....
...The proposal stops short of recommending a UK version of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, two shareholder-owned US companies whose debts are in effect guaranteed by the US Treasury....
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