You Thought You Had an Equity Line (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Story date: 2008-04-12 10:40:03
Added on: 2008-04-12 23:00:17
Lending institutions and mortgage originators got us into this credit mess, but consumers and taxpayers will shoulder most of the costs.
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