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Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were among the first big financial corporations to receive significant federal bailouts after the financial crisis hit in 2008. Federal government authorities have been racing to fix bailed out car manufacturers and bankers and are pressuring to reshape the financial services industry. But Fannie and Freddie stay troubled wards from the state, with no blueprints for the future and no evident termination plan for the ...

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