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Position: Journalist

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U.S. likely to recapitalize Fannie, Freddie: report August 18, 12:38pm EDT 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury is growing increasingly likely to recapitalize Fannie Mae <FNM.N> and Freddie Mac <FRE.N> in the months ahead on the taxpayer's dime, Barron's reported in its August 18 edition.  Full Article 

Blog Posts

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AUDIO-"Lost Decade" is not in the cards for U.S. economy -- Sun Capital

Enough with the view that the current credit crisis will drag the U.S. into a "lost decade" similar to the one that Japan suffered in the 1990s, says Gary Talarico, managing director of Sun Capital Partners.    Talarico ...  Full Article | Comments [7] 

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AUDIO-$700 bln bailout sparks inflation, moral hazard fear

Martin Fridson -- known as the "Dean of the high yield bond market" -- is concerned about what we don't know when it comes to consequences of the U.S. federal government's $700 billion bailout to help ...  Full Article | Comments [1] 

Scapegoat for credit crisis? Look in the mirror: Ross

The worst financial crisis since the Great Depression has everyone looking for a fall guy, especially when the U.S. tax payer has to foot the bill.    While Main Street loves to blame fat cat executives ...  Full Article | Comments [2]