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Carl Levin: “What is your reaction now that you read that, that something that would have been done otherwise could not be done…”

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

Editor's note · Context

Levin questions the implications of manipulating subprime numbers.

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