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The Motley Fool April 26, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: 1-800-Flowers Sprouts Investors in 1-800-Flowers patiently await the company's fiscal third-quarter numbers due out tomorrow. Want to know what Wall Street expects? Want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool August 11, 2005 Tim Beyers	Budding Growth at 1-800-Flowers? Management waxes optimistic in its latest earnings report. But even with heady top line and cash flow growth, the business appears fairly valued at best.
The Motley Fool August 9, 2007 Mike Cianciolo	Special Delivery From 1-800-Flowers Online florist 1-800-Flowers.com has really blossomed! The online retailer sprouts broad gains, with profits rising 565% in the fourth-quarter. As they have branched out, they have managed to seamlessly integrate acquisitions, improving all segments of their business.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2007 Mike Cianciolo	1-800-Flowers in Full Bloom The online seller of flowers and other goodies generated positive earnings and strong sales growth in its third quarter.
The Motley Fool October 26, 2005 Rich Smith	1-800-Flowers Ready to Bloom What's in store for the flower store? Whatever the GAAP losses look like, and no matter how bad free cash flow appears, investors perhaps should focus on the company's description of online sales growth. If that's on track, the rest should follow.
The Motley Fool April 7, 2005 Bill Mann	Cherry-Picking Fannie Fannie Mae is now accused of keeping its most promising loans and selling the rest. That's a shock. But is it a problem for mortgage-backed securities investors?
The Motley Fool January 19, 2005 Rich Smith	1-800-Flowers Smells Funny Despite a misleading headline and a short-term drop in both net profits and free cash flow,1-800-Flowers could well bloom into a promising investment.
The Motley Fool October 6, 2004 Bill Mann	What Does Fannie Mae Do? Fannie Mae's charter calls on it to ensure that the mortgage market is awash in enough cash so that Americans face minimal problems in their dream of owning a home. But how? And why are its accounting problems such a big deal?
The Motley Fool October 27, 2006 Tim Beyers	Always Smell the Roses "Record sales" always sounds nice. Often, it means nothing, as was the case with yesterday's blustery first-quarter 2007 report from 1-800-Flowers.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: 1-800-Flowers Calls It Good The flower hawker is set to report its fiscal second-quarter 2007 earnings report. Investors, here's what to expect.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2006 Rich Duprey	Too Big to Fail -- or File Mortgage guaranty giant Fannie Mae avoids delisting despite failing to file financials. Investors, take note.
Bank Systems & Technology May 6, 2009 Katherine Burger	Fiserv Will Provide Fannie Mae with Real-time Data Transmission from Its Loan Servicing Platform Fannie Mae has engaged Fiserv in a technology partnership intended to help the agency gain more real-time information about its mortgage portfolio.
The Motley Fool April 22, 2005 Mike Cianciolo	1-800-Flowers Gets Trimmed The online retailer of flowers and specialty gifts loses in the quarter, but promises growth soon.
The Motley Fool December 17, 2004 Bill Mann	Fannie Mae's Institutional Arrogance Pity that Fannie's management decided to test the limits of an implied Federal guarantee. Even if the government did step in and back Fannie and Freddie paper, there's not a chance that it'd back the equity.
The Motley Fool December 29, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	The Daily Walk of Shame: Fannie and Freddie Why in the world are people still buying these stocks?
The Motley Fool December 22, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Investors Still Buying Fannie Mae Fannie Mae's stock has traded up as much as 5% on news that the CEO and CFO have left the company and the auditors have been dismissed.
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Weber & Palmer	The Mouse Roaring at Fannie and Freddie A small Chicago rival is horning in on their territory
BusinessWeek October 11, 2004 Joseph Weber	Why Low-Income Lending Won't Take A Hit If Fannie Mae pulled back, private lenders would step in. Banks and other lenders have already increased their lending to low-income buyers -- and have found that the business they once avoided is lucrative.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Love on Sale It's not that easy to find the Valentine's Day plays anymore. But all hope isn't lost. You still have companies like 1-800-Flowers and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory to consider.
The Motley Fool January 21, 2004	Seeing Nothin' But Fannie Fannie Mae's earnings doubled amid a housing boom. Surprised? Don't be.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2008 Rich Duprey	Fannie Awaits the Wrecking Ball Mortgage guaranty company Fannie Mae is set for demolition after the Fed's recent moves.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2005 Bill Mann	Fannie's Sweater Has a Loose Thread Guess what? The regulator's back at the door, and he's got more questions for Fannie Mae.
The Motley Fool June 2, 2005 Nick Baker	Fannie and Freddie Face New Rules The mortgage giants may get a tougher regulator, but Bush and Greenspan want more. Investors, take note.
U.S. Banker May 2003 John Engen	Out of Step They're exempt from state and local taxes and from registering most securities with the SEC. They have sharply lower capital requirements. Combined, these factors give Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac a gargantuan advantage in the market. Their "mission creep" has most bankers seeing red.
The Motley Fool May 7, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Amid Losses, Fannie Mae Takes on More Risk A deteriorating balance sheet, combined with dramatically increased risk exposure, could spell disaster for Fannie Mae.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2005 Bill Mann	Putting Blame Where It Is Due Shorts don't take down companies -- crooked and incompetent executives do. Similarly, those homebuilders who are seeking to put more control on Fannie Mae are not the cause of its problems. They're a result of its actions.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2003 Bill Mann	How to Save $15 Billion The Federal Reserve calls the $15 billion in subsidies to Fannie and Freddie "unnecessary."
The Motley Fool September 29, 2005 Rich Duprey	Feds Find Fraud at Fannie? Investigators find new, "pervasive" evidence of accounting violations at mortgage guarantor Fannie Mae. The stock plunged nearly 11% to a low of $41.71, a level not seen since 1997.
The Motley Fool August 11, 2005 Tim Beyers	1-800-Flowers Hoping To Bloom Again: Fool by Numbers The company released 2005 fiscal year earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights... etc.
BusinessWeek June 12, 2006 Dawn Kopecki	It Looks Like Fannie Had Some Help Major players on the Street may be tied to the fiasco at the mortgage giant Fannie Mae.
Reason January 2005 Julian Sanchez	Fannie Business An investigation by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight found that Fannie Mae systematically misapplied generally accepted accounting practices and manipulated earnings reports to maintain an aura of stability.
The Motley Fool January 21, 2010 Philip Durell	The Worst Stocks for 2010: Fannie Mae Shareholders should cry Uncle.
Fast Company July 2004 Carleen Hawn	CEO See-Ya! What kind of CEO can't manage a mortgage business in an era of low rates and a hot real-estate market? A government-sponsored one, apparently.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: 1-800-Flowers in Season In its fiscal first-quarter earnings release back in November, the company promised improved margins later in the year. Investors, don't expect to see the whole bump all at once.
The Motley Fool May 11, 2010 Alex Dumortier	Revealed: The $145 Billion Hole No One Noticed A U.S. company announced a first quarter net loss of $11.5 billion and a deficit in shareholders' equity of $145 billion, and the news went almost completely unnoticed.
The Motley Fool November 13, 2009 Morgan Housel	Housing Policy That Makes a Tiny Bit of Sense Rent your home from the government. News that Fannie Mae is starting a program to lease homes back to homeowners on the brink of foreclosure makes some sense.
The Motley Fool September 3, 2008 Alex Dumortier	Kiss the Global Financial System Goodbye? China is by far the largest foreign investor in U.S. long-term agency debt. These days, the Chinese are fretting over Fannie and Freddie.