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<p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35812835/ns/business-real_estate/"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/ap/foreclosure rates-814664630.thumb.jpg" alt="A foreclosure home for sale is shown in this Aug. 22, 2006 file photo taken in Spring, Texas. RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday March 11, 2010 that the number of U.S. households facing foreclosure in February grew 6 percent from the year-ago level, the smallest annual increase in four years." style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" /></a>RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday that the number of U.S. households facing foreclosure in February grew 6 percent from the year-ago level, the smallest annual increase in four years.</p><br clear="all" /><br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=8d23f51042c1315d77a36c7e466eae87&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=8d23f51042c1315d77a36c7e466eae87&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2218"/>

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Fannie Mae needs another $15 billion in federal assistance, bringing its total to more than $75 billion. And worse, the mortgage finance company warned its losses will continue this year.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=de6b0d6091c4b73db39ddf6d8be2c3ac&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=de6b0d6091c4b73db39ddf6d8be2c3ac&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2218"/><br clear="all"/> <img src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?kw=" align="absmiddle" /> <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=de6b0d6091c4b73db39ddf6d8be2c3ac&p=64&kw=Fannie+Mae'>Fannie Mae</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=de6b0d6091c4b73db39ddf6d8be2c3ac&p=64&kw=Freddie+Mac'>Freddie Mac</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=de6b0d6091c4b73db39ddf6d8be2c3ac&p=64&kw=Business'>Business</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=de6b0d6091c4b73db39ddf6d8be2c3ac&p=64&kw=Thailand'>Thailand</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=de6b0d6091c4b73db39ddf6d8be2c3ac&p=64&kw=Provinces'>Provinces</a>

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