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Cramer Talks Fannie, Freddie, Biotech

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On today’s STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Jim Cramer discussed Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) and Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) and said he just took a big profit on Fannie Mae. On Countrywide Financial (NYSE:CFC) he would watch the deposits over $100,000.00 that are FDIC insured to see if the clients are worried about the bank failing, and then he’d look for a trade if the deposits aren’t leaving the bank.

On Lamar Advertising (NASDAQ:LAMR), this one came straight down on safety concerns that moving LCD ads on highways may get some regulation over safety issues because ads are too eye catching.

In biotech-land, Jim Cramer also discussed the news out of PDL Biopharma (NASDAQ:PDLI) after the CEO finally quit after endless pressure to leave and this one could now finally be acquired for much higher.  Shares are up about 5% today now that he is finally out of the way.

Jon C. Ogg
August 20, 2007

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A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

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McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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