Buffett predicts game over for Fannie and Freddie - Times Online

Story date: 2008-08-22 07:04:00
Added on: 2008-08-22 09:02:00

Warren Buffett predicted that "the game is over" for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, America’s two biggest mortgage financers, as independent companies, as the world’s richest man gave warning that the US economy would remain in the doldrums for at ...


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