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Boeing Says Bidding Changes Favor European Tanker Team Wall Street Journal - 3 hours ago By ANDY PASZTOR Seeking to quickly revive a stalled $40 billion competition for the next generation of aerial-refueling tankers, the Pentagon proposed revised criteria for choosing between Boeing Co. Pentagon's Reopened Tanker Bids May Favor Northrop Over Boeing Bloomberg Boeing tanker bid takes hit Seattle Post Intelligencer CQPolitics.com - Seattle Times - BusinessWeek - Chicago Tribune all 442 news articles

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AIG Posts $5.4 Billion Loss As Housing Woes Continue Wall Street Journal - 1 hour ago By LIAM PLEVEN American International Group Inc. reported its third consecutive multibillion-dollar quarterly loss, a $5.4 billion hit that underscores the continuing problems the troubled housing market poses for the insurer. AIG Falls After Insurer Posts Third Straight Loss on Writedowns Bloomberg AIG's huge 2Q loss shows credit market woes linger Newsweek The Associated Press - Forbes - CNNMoney.com - guardian.co.uk all 228 news articles

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Wall Street Journal

Fannie, Freddie's Right To Lobby Lawmakers Is Questioned Wall Street Journal - 1 hour ago By JESSICA HOLZER WASHINGTON — After years of being criticized for their lobbying might, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are now defending their right to lobby at all. Lawmaker Explores Mortgage Giants' Falling Share Prices Washington Post Misery Mounts at Freddie Mac BusinessWeek Houston Chronicle - New York Times - Reuters - Bloomberg all 1,236 news articles

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Earthtimes (press release)

AIG Falls After Insurer Posts Third Straight Loss on Writedowns Bloomberg - 20 minutes ago By Hugh Son Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) — American International Group Inc., the world's biggest insurer, fell 7.9 percent in extended trading yesterday after housing-related writedowns wiped out profit for a third straight quarter. AIG's huge 2Q loss shows credit market woes linger The Associated Press Three Strikes For AIG Forbes CNNMoney.com - guardian.co.uk - New York Sun - RTT News all 203 news articles

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Wall Street Journal

Misery Mounts at Freddie Mac BusinessWeek - 37 minutes ago by Ben Levisohn How much is mortgage-finance giant Freddie Mac (FRE) worth? Judging by the stock market, $4.2 billion, its market capitalization at the close of trading on Aug. 6. But the company's update on its second-quarter earnings and financial … Lawmaker Explores Mortgage Giants' Falling Share Prices Washington Post Freddie Mac Loses $821 Million New York Times Reuters - Bloomberg - CNNMoney.com - Colorado Springs Gazette all 1,067 news articles

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Earthtimes (press release)

Three Strikes For AIG Forbes - 1 hour ago Analysts were hoping that after two straight quarters of steep housing-related losses, American International Group had turned the quarter. UPDATE: AIG Swings To 2Q Loss On $11 Billion In Losses, Write Down CNNMoney.com Insurer AIG posts large loss on bad mortgage bets guardian.co.uk The Associated Press - New York Times - RTT News - Reuters all 170 news articles

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ABC News

Freddie Mac Loses $821 Million New York Times - 1 hour ago By CHARLES DUHIGG The gloom over the nation’s housing market deepened on Wednesday as Freddie Mac, the big mortgage finance company, reported a gaping quarterly loss and predicted that home prices would fall further than previously projected. Lawmaker Explores Fannie, Freddie Share Price Drop Washington Post Freddie Mac's negative net worth raises questions Reuters Bloomberg - CNNMoney.com - Forbes - Hartford Courant all 1,024 news articles

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BBC News

Time Warner to split AOL in two, beats estimates Reuters - 2 hours ago By Kenneth Li NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc said it would split AOL's dial-up Internet and advertising businesses into separate divisions by early 2009, a move that could make a sale or merger of either business easier. Time Warner profit drops 26% MarketWatch Sex sells, but not enough for Time Warner guardian.co.uk Washington Post - Bloomberg - Adweek - BBC News all 397 news articles

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