Are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac nearly insolvent, as some investors and policymakers fear' Or are the giant mortgage-finance companies sound -- and good investments, as others contend' Those questions reverberated Friday through Wall Street and Washingto

May 6 (Bloomberg) -- Canada's bonds rose, pushing down the two-year yield the most in almost a week, after investors sought the safety of government debt as stocks fell and banks reported losses tied to U.S. subprime mortgages.

Sen. Christopher J. Dodd didn’t have to disclose the two controversial mortgages he obtained in 2003 through a “VIP” program at Countrywide Financial Corp. because of a loophole in the Senate’s ethics rules, a Washington-based campaign finance wat

WASHINGTON (AP) - Mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae shook up its executive ranks Wednesday, after shares in it and sibling company Freddie Mac rose fo....

Federal regulators are expected to extend through mid-August a temporary order banning a certain kind of short-selling of the stocks of mortgage-finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and 17 large investment banks.