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Freddie Mac Betting Against Struggling Homeowners->

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AndyAndyAndyAndy
AndyAndyAndyAndy writes "Freddie Mac, a taxpayer-owned mortgage company, is supposed to make homeownership easier. One thing that makes owning a home more affordable is getting a cheaper mortgage.

But Freddie Mac has invested billions of dollars betting that U.S. homeowners won't be able to refinance their mortgages at today's lower rates, according to an investigation by NPR and ProPublica."

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Freedom of Speech at risk in Italy, again->

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An anonymous reader writes "Another attempt by the italian government to censor the internet.
A new law says that is enough to feel offended by any content, to have it deleted or replaced by a "correction" chosen by the offended; this has resulted in Wikipedia threatening to delete all its italian contents in order to comply."

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