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SPECIAL REPORT: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Takeover
Paulson Engineers U.S. Takeover of Fannie, Freddie
The U.S. government will take control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac after the biggest surge in mortgage defaults in at least three decades threatened to bring down the companies making up almost half the U.S. home-loan market.
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 EQUITY INDEXES
 VALUECHANGE% CHANGE
DJStoxx 600272.24-5.94-2.14
FTSE 1005,240.70-121.40-2.26
DAX 306,127.44-152.13-2.42
CAC 404,196.66-107.35-2.49
S&P/MIB27,567.00-666.00-2.36

EUROPE MOST ACTIVE BY VOLUME
 PRICE% CHANGEVOLUME
VODAFONE GROUP131.7-4.50316447065
UNICREDIT SPA3.66-0.27184240129
ROYAL BK SCOTLAN219.75-3.51181235682
TELECOM ITALIA S1.070.00139350492
BARCLAYS PLC317.25-3.64120884266
NOKIA OYJ14.35-7.89116318466
BP PLC499.25-1.24113034946
BANCO SANTANDER11.21-0.36103778067
SEAT PAGINE0.1035-4.26103280187
HBOS PLC275.5-2.4898270258

 FUTURES
 VALUECHANGE% CHANGE
DJStoxx 503,304.00119.003.74
FTSE 1005,244.00-124.00-2.31
DAX 306,321.50198.503.24
CAC 404,354.00158.003.77
S&P/MIB27,601.00-713.00-2.52

 CURRENCIES
 VALUECHANGE% CHANGE
EUR-USD1.43430.00760.53
EUR-JPY155.53001.89001.23
EUR-GBP0.8046-0.0028-0.35

 COMMODITY FUTURES
 VALUECHANGE% CHANGE
Oil107.921.691.59
Gold817.6014.801.84
Natural Gas7.670.222.91

 BONDS
 PRICEYIELD 
10-Year UK104.774.38 
10-Year German101.244.09 
10-Year French97.554.31 
10-Year Italian98.364.76 

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