kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday that agreement on a sweeping housing rescue bill will send a strong message to investors around the world and will be key to helping the nation turn the corner on the housing crisis.
who's your nanny? (Free subscription) | yesterday
President Bush, who apparently wouldn't recognize a veto pen even if it looked like a martini, has dropped his faux opposition to the monstrous housing bill aimed at bailing out impotent Fannie and Freddie, and offering subsidized loans to "struggling"...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday that agreement on a sweeping housing rescue bill will send a strong message to investors around the world and will be key to helping the nation turn the corner on the housing crisis.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday that agreement on a sweeping housing rescue bill will send a strong message to investors around the world and will be key to helping the nation turn the corner on the housing crisis. Paulson said the bill had...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday that agreement on a sweeping housing rescue bill will send a strong message to investors around the world and will be key to helping the nation turn the corner on the housing crisis.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said that a compromise deal on the housing package that now includes explicit government support for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac [s:FRE] would help end the housing correction. "It is a very strong message we are sending to investors around the world and the U.S. that we understand the importance of these organizations to our capital markets...
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson spent another day stumping for the U.S. banking system, declaring Tuesday that his top priority was ensuring "stability and confidence in our markets and financial institutions."
Navivest Stocks and Options Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, is currently urging congress to pass legislation that will bolster Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE). If his words are any indication, congress will actually pass laws this week that will ”provide a liquidity backstop and a capital backstop to the GSEs.” Should this legislation pass this week, we might see a further run up in [...]
EmailWire.Com (Free subscription) | yesterday
(EMAILWIRE.COM, July 23, 2008 ) SAN FRANCISCO On Tuesday US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson predicted that the troubled American real estate market would begin to recover from the spate of foreclosures and find a bottom to falling home prices. This hopeful language seemed designed by the Bush...
Vidiot Speak (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
There's a big bailout in the works for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that could be on the President's desk as early as next week. A deal has been struck. The added provision, proposed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr., would give Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac access to government capital in the form of loans or equity purchases. So, basically, the government is going to hand over money to the two entities,...
Business Times Asiaone (Free subscription) | yesterday
(WASHINGTON) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac rose after US lawmakers reached a deal on legislation that authorises Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to bail out the mortgage-finance providers while placing few restrictions on the companies.
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has come up with a 25 billion-dollar plan to save the mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which he hopes will win congressional approval despite reservations from conservatives.
The Bonddad Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
From Bloomberg: A government rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would require taxpayers to pay ``way'' more than the $25 billion estimated by the Congressional Budget Office, potentially as much as $1 trillion, Senator Jim Bunning said. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson ``hasn't told us the truth about this bill,'' Bunning, a Republican from Kentucky, said in an interview with Bloomberg Television...
DMI Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
There is a growing chorus among federal policy makers that may signal a major development in the subprime mortgage crisis. One of the most prominent of those voices is, of course, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson who, in his comments on...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says agreement on a sweeping housing rescue bill will send a strong message to investors around the world and will be key to helping the nation turn the corner on the housing crisis.
