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Risks are rising that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may need a government bailout that could cost far more than previous rescues. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Among the nightmares lurking around the corner for the already battered housing and credit markets would be a meltdown at mortgage financing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Although [...]

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To understand what’s going on, go back to the weekend of Mar. 15-16, when the Fed encouraged JPMorgan to buy Bear Stearns at a fire-sale price to keep Bear from going under and dragging other banks down with it. Even at $2 a share, JPMorgan wasn’t willing to do the deal because lots of Bear’s [...]

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Shares in Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and other leading housing financiers plunged yesterday amid widening concerns about the health of the US mortgage market. “If liquidity is the elixir of life for any Wall Street firm, the current market certainly has the potential to be lethal,” said Kenneth Hackel, managing director of fixed-income [...]

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