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Freddie Mac posts $1.2B net income

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012 - 12:35 pm

WASHINGTON – Government-controlled mortgage giant Freddie Mac posted net income of $1.2 billion for the second quarter and isn't requesting any additional federal aid for the period.

Taxpayers have spent about $170 billion to rescue Freddie and larger sibling Fannie Mae after massive losses on risky mortgages threatened to topple them.