Freddie Mac files with SEC, first step to capital
(Reuters)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080718/capt.cps.nam71.180708200310.photo00.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=xuFKtpvJxhtE6OaW229Z0A--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="The Freddie Mac headquarters is seen on July 14 in McLean, Virginia. Troubled mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac announced plans Friday to raise 5.5 billion dollars through a new share offering as it registered with stock market regulators.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080718/bs_nm/fannie_freddie_sec_dc)Reuters - Freddie Mac won approval
from regulators on Friday to sell the stock needed to overcome
mounting losses, and the Wall Street Journal said the mortgage
finance company may seek $10 billion.</p><br clear="all"/>
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