Tough Math on the Hilltop

Story date: 2008-02-14 08:34:00
Added on: 2008-02-14 23:15:35

Washington Post - But in their zeal to shave a couple of hundred basis points off their interest rates ... The new securities proved very popular, not only with Georgetown, which lowered ... by the mountain of losses they faced from the guarantees they sold on mortgage ...


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