Powell gave at least a bit of support for the push to make mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac private businesses again. Under questioning, Powell said that putting Fannie and Freddie back into ...

The government-sponsored enterprises were not meant to remain in conservatorship permanently, but privatizing them once again must include a new set of rules that minimize market disruptions and ...

New HUD Secretary Scott Turner is looking to privatize government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Thousands of enthusiastic supporters gathered in an airport hanger in Blaine Friday to hear Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain and his running mate Gov. Sarah Palin cast themselves ...

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Turner said HUD would work with the Treasury Department and Congress on privatization of the mortgage-finance firms and that he would act as a ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two government-sponsored enterprises that underpin the U.S. mortgage market, have been under ...

Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced a bill Tuesday seeking to cap credit card interest rates at ...

Wall Street has a pitch for Donald Trump: Cement your place in history as the “Art of the Deal” president with your biggest deal ever.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analysts downgrade Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to Underperform. The firm does raise the price target for Fannie Mae from $3 to $4 and Freddie Mac from $4 to $4.50.

(commonly known as Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (OTC: FMCC) (commonly known as Freddie Mac) are government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). It takes an act of Congress to ...

Editor's take: A takeover of Intel has become a Gordian knot. The company's factories require massive investments – billions of dollars and several years to fix – which most prospective buyers ...

While toddlers are known to be busy, the mom of two, 39, noticed that her daughter Mae, 3, was quiet all morning, after dropping off her older daughter Helen, 6, at school. The Home Town Takeover ...