Fannie Mae (76, FNM) and Freddie Mac (61, FRE) are affordable at 15 times earnings.

FORBES: Economic Scrabble

From last year's top 50, that happened to IBM, Nippon Tel and Fannie Mae (nyse: FNM - news - people ).

FORBES: As the World Turns

How does the US government stop subsidizing perennial problem children Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) but continue to support access to affordable home loans?

FORBES: Incorrigible: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Must Go

But the bank is potentially under reserved in the event Fannie Mae ( NYSE:FNM), Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE), and the Federal Home Loan Banks prevail in forcing significant mortgage loan repurchases.

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Fannie Mae (nyse: FNM - news - people ) spent millions of dollars lobbying some influential members of Congress in exchange for, among other things, lax capital reserve requirements for these mortgage giants.

FORBES: Corruption And The Global Financial Crisis

The major indexes were initially hurting on Tuesday, partly because of Fannie Mae (nyse: FNM - news - people )'s ugly numbers, and partly because of yet another day of rising oil prices.

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The Federal Reserve, which is emerging with unprecedented power as the government moves to provide Fannie (nyse: FNM - news - people ) and Freddie (nyse: FRE - news - people ) with a financial lifeline.

FORBES: The Fed As Super-Regulator

In the mid-1990s FORBES published an eye-opening story on the extraordinary political lobbying power of Fannie Mae (nyse: FNM - news - people ), a power that a decade later would lead to scandal but also would protect it from an Enron-like fate.

FORBES: James W. Michaels

With share prices of Fannie (nyse: FNM - news - people ) and Freddie (nyse: FRE - news - people ) plummeting daily, are the government-sponsored entities really in a position to help rescue people whose homes are headed for foreclosure?

FORBES: Senator Gives Fannie, Freddie Thumbs-Up