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...help. The beaten-down mortgage lender, whipping boy for everything that went wrong in last year's mortgage meltdown, was facing rumors of bankruptcy after burning through an $11.5 billion credit line. Lewis had already invested $2 billion of his company's money in Countrywide, a sum by then worth half of that, but he heard Mozilo out. "He just said, 'I at least would like you to look at this company. It's a good company. I think it's time for us to do something.' He's 69 years...
...Mozilo may have led Countrywide over the subprime cliff, but he also constructed a formidable mortgage machine - 1,000 offices in 49 states responsible for 9 million loans worth about $1.5 trillion. Lewis had to figure out whether acquiring it would be worth the legal heartburn, including a shareholders' lawsuit accusing Countrywide's board of improperly helping company executives buy stock. (The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Mozilo's trading activity in Countrywide stock.) In California, some borrowers allege that Countrywide lenders steered them into subprime loans even though they could have qualified for better terms. And the city...
...could you leave out the fabulous, irreverent writer Molly Ivins? She died of breast cancer on Jan. 31, 2007, at age 62, in Austin, Texas. She was a co-editor of the Texas Observer; worked for the New York Times, Dallas Times-Herald and Fort Worth Star-Telegram; and later became a syndicated columnist. She also wrote for TIME and authored numerous books. In all her writings, Ivins stood up against the lies of the powerful. She devoted her life to questioning authority. She minced no words, and her loyal readers cannot find the words to say how sorely they...
...actions as secretary of state. Audience members challenged her inaction during the Rwandan genocide and her support for economic sanctions against Iraq that, according to UNICEF, were responsible for the deaths of 500,000 Iraqi children. Albright forcefully disowned her contention in 1996 that the Iraq sanctions were worth that price...
...made the stupidest statement I have ever made in saying that the sanctions were worth it,” she said...