FT.com / US & Canada - Paulson claims Russia tried to foment Fan...

Courtesy Newsvine - business  Fri, 01/29/2010 - 15:35

"Russia proposed to China that the two nations should sell Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bonds in 2008 to force the US government to bail out the giant mortgage-finance companies, former US Treasury secretary Hank Paulson has claimed.


 

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