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On the recordApril 22, 2010
What is your reaction now that you read that, that something that would have been done otherwise could not be done because the writer, a Standard and Poor's employee, had to 'massage the subprime and Alt-A numbers to preserve market share?'
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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Levin questions the implications of manipulating subprime numbers.

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