I just saw this on Yahoo:

The U.S. government plans to put troubled mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) under federal control, the New York Times and Washington Post newspapers reported on Friday.

Either they are or they are not public companies – this helps to clear things up a little. Let the chaos continue!

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