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Bailout stings Fannie, Freddie stocks, bolsters debt

Shares in mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac plunged while their debt soared Monday, one day after the U.S. government took over the companies, as investors bet the action would wipe out stockholders but fully guarantee their bonds. 9/8/2008 12:18 PM

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