U.S. stocks fell in the morning trading after the release of earnings from Fannie Mae and UBS. Fannie Mae swung to first quarter 2008 loss of $2.2 billion compared to profit of $961 million. The mortgage lender also cut its dividend to 25 cents per share and announced a plan to raise $6 billion to meet capital requirements. Separately, Swiss bank UBS reported a loss of SFr 11.54 billion and a plan to eliminate 5,500 jobs. |
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