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Demeter

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16. WANT A MONEY QUOTE?

Thu May 3, 2012, 08:47 PM

May 2012

The letter cites presentations in which Fannie officials estimated that the program would cost $1.7 million, while the benefits could have saved more than $410 million. Despite its approval by a company risk officer in April 2010, the program was killed that July, and the documents provide no clear explanation why, Cummings said.

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