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  • Goodbye Fannie and Freddie, Hello MCGE

    09/02/2009 11:42:57 PM PDT · by CutePuppy · 13 replies · 1,289+ views
    CNBC ^ | September 2, 2009 | Diana Flick
    It's careful, it's complicated, it's got a catchy name, and it's first. At face value, that's what I see in the Mortgage Bankers Association's proposal to formulate a new, government-guaranteed, mortgage backed securities market to take the place of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.Let's start at the very beginning, with the MBA press release: The centerpiece of MBA’s recommendation is the creation of a new line of mortgage-backed securities (MBS). Each security would have two components – a loan level guarantee provided by privately-owned, government-chartered and regulated mortgage credit-guarantor entity (MCGE) and a security-level, federal government-guaranteed wrap.America, meet the MCGE,...
  • Can you protest in a public mall?

    10/23/2002 9:14:20 PM PDT · by leslie_is_cooking · 27 replies · 198+ views
    The Christian Science Monitor ^ | October 21, 2002 | Steve Friess
    LAS VEGAS – Amy Donaldson was drumming up support for legalizing medical marijuana. The Rev. Mike Robinson was out recruiting on behalf of Jesus Christ. The casinos and the cops would have none of either. Both have been arrested in the past at a Las Vegas mall known as the Fremont Street Experience, a public- private partnership in which the city contributed $27 million. The area, once an ordinary city street, is now a pedestrian walkway with a canopy partially enclosing a strip of casinos on either side. In that new realm built to amuse, the city and the casinos...