Regulators check Fannie, Freddie books: report
(Reuters)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080717/capt.e5734af8e8bc496487aab59d53bca7db.fannie_and_freddie_ny108.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=IAny2tBMvL_Z7tSmXoaqiw--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="This May 2, 2007 file photo shows the Fannie Mae building in Washington. For years, mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac tenaciously worked to nurture, and then protect, their financial empires by invoking the political sacred cow of homeownership and fielding an army of lobbyists, power brokers and political contributors. Now, new attention is being focused on the bruised mortgage companies as the Bush administration presses its rescue plan to Congress. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080722/bs_nm/freddiemac_fanniemae_regulators_dc)Reuters - Bank examiners from the U.S. Federal Reserve
and the Comptroller of the Currency are inspecting the books of
mortgage finance companies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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