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The Motley Fool March 10, 2008 Rich Duprey	Mozilo's a Pretty Sorry Guy Countrywide's CEO fails to apologize for the right thing to the wrong crowd.
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BusinessWeek November 13, 2006 Jane Sasseen	A Closer Look At Trades By Top Brass Some execs may be abusing an SEC "safe harbor" rule on insider stock sales.
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The Motley Fool September 20, 2007 Mac Greer	Fool Video: Time to Buy Housing Stocks? Have housing stocks hit rock bottom? Is it time to buy them? Will the Fed's interest-rate cut boost housing stocks? What does the housing meltdown mean for other stocks? These questions are discussed in this video.
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