<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080718/bs_nm/fannie_freddie_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080718/capt.915a6fba860c480b90b115f6d6730570.european_slo wdown_lon101.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=3ktBH1jhx26mJ og05TQUww--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="In this Wednesday July 16 2008 file photo, a display shows the dax-rate at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, central Germany, on Wednesday, July 16, 2008. European and Asian stock markets temporarily fell sharply again on Wednesday as investor confidence in the U.S. financial system eroded even further despite a government-backed plan to help beleaguered mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It took a few months. But the economic woes touched off by soaring oil prices and the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States are finally engulfing Europe. (AP Photo/Daniel Roland)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Investors snapped up shares of Freddie
Mac and Fannie Mae for a second day on Thursday
after Freddie pulled off its second successful debt sale
following Sunday's announcement of a U.S. rescue plan for the
two housing finance companies.</p><br clear="all"/>

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(Reuters)