Name a bank, Wells Fargo (nyse: WFC - news - people ), or a mortgage company, Countrywide Financial (nyse: CFC - news - people ), or a one-time tax lien investor, and this issue affects its business.

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This was an easy thing to do, as chemical giant DuPont was eager to replace its patent-expired CFC Freon, once it patented a substitute hydroclorflourocarbon.

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Meanwhile, the U.S. treasury secretary, along with five banks and Countrywide Financial (nyse: CFC - news - people ), unveiled a second, slightly broader mortgage rescue plan Tuesday, this one extending to even prime borrowers who have fallen behind on their payments.

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"The market is concerned about short supplies and even 200, 000 barrels is able to make people nervous, " said Dariusz Kowalczyk, a Hong Kong-based investment strategist at CFC Seymour Securities.

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Animator Neil Glasbey, of London-based company Framestore CFC, told CNN that the idea would be a fun tool to use on home videos.

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One investor is Paul Yanez, a loan officer at mortgage lender Countrywide Financial (nyse: CFC - news - people ), who lives in Valencia, Calif.

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