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		<title>US HOT STOCKS: Genesco, Giant Interactive, Greif</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[US HOT STOCKS: Genesco, Giant Interactive, Greif -2-
Last Update: 8/28/2008 2:36:57 PM
Among the companies whose shares are actively trading in Thursday&#8217;s session are
MBIA Inc. (MBI), Zale Corp. (ZLC), Gerber Scientific Inc. (GRB).
MBIA ($14.99, $3.01, 25.10%) said it will receive about $741 million for
reinsuring a $184 billion portfolio of U.S. public finance bonds insured by
Financial Guaranty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bond and mortgage insurers jump on MBIA deal</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MBIA rallies on reinsurance deal
Bond, mortgage insurers gain early; investors mull Fannie shakeup
By John Spence, MarketWatch
Last Update: 8/28/2008 1:11:00 PM
BOSTON (MarketWatch) &#8212; Shares of mortgage and bond insurers rallied Thursday on
news that MBIA Inc. is in a deal to reinsure billions of dollars in municipal
bonds, showing the embattled bond insurer is able to attract new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ambac, MBIA vault to top of financials in early action</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (MarketWatch) &#8212; Shares of Ambac surged 20% at the open Friday, while
rival MBIA Inc. rose 9.5% as Standard &#038; Poor&#8217;s affirmed its AA ratings on both
bond insurers. Lehman Brothers shares also gained 5.8% in early action after a
regulatory disclosure Thursday showed billionaire George Soro&#8217;s hedge fund had
significantly raised its stake in the firm. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Should Short Every Well-Known Financial Stock as Possible For Best of Your Interest: MBIA Inc. (MBI) Merrill Lynch &#38; Co., Inc. (MER) Morgan Stanley (MS) Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEH) Bank of America Corporation (BAC) American International Group, Inc. (AIG) State Street Corp. (STT)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In current market, the one is about to clapse, you should prepare a list of stocks you should short for your own benefit, the recovery isn&#8217;t anywhere near from now, keep in mind to short financials, they lost too much and more to lose for a long time, billons dollar can&#8217;t be recovered in months, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MBIA under pressure to send $900 mln to insurance unit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) &#8212; New York State Insurance Commissioner Eric Dinallo
said late Wednesday that he&#8217;s in active talks with MBIA Inc. about the company&#8217;s
commitment to funnel $900 million in capital to its main bond insurance unit by
next week. &#8220;We are in active discussions with MBIA regarding the company&#8217;s
fulfilling its existing publicly announced commitment by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Questions Surround $900M Raised By MBIA For Bond Insur Unit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  By Alistair Barr 
MBIA Inc. (MBI) raised $1.1 billion selling new shares in February and was
planning to funnel $900 million of the cash into its main bond insurance
subsidiary by next week to salvage its crucial triple-A ratings.
But on Wednesday, Moody&#8217;s Investors Service warned it may downgrade MBIA&#8217;s
ratings anyway, so the company has decided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moody&#8217;s may downgrade MBIA, Ambac on concerns</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) &#8212; Moody&#8217;s Investors Service said Wednesday it may
downgrade the Aaa insurance financial strength ratings of MBIA Inc.&#8217;s and Ambac
Inc.&#8217;s insurance units. Also, Moody&#8217;s said it may downgrade Ambac Financial
Group&#8217;s Aa3 debt ratings, and the Aa2 surplus note rating of MBIA Insurance Corp.
and the Aa3 ratings of MBIA Inc. The moves reflect Moody&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regulators try to ease selling pressure on muni bonds</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regulators try to ease selling pressure on munis
Insurers can get new ratings on munis backed by downgraded bond insurers
By Alistair Barr, MarketWatch
Last Update: 6:45 PM ET Jun 2, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) &#8212; Regulators unveiled a plan on Monday that they
hope will relieve pressure on insurance companies to sell municipal bonds backed
by troubled bond insurers.
Several bond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ripplewood Holdings Mulls Monoline Business -NY Post</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 15:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ripplewood Holdings Mulls Monoline Business -NY Post
Last Update: 5/28/2008 11:32:35 AM
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
Ripplewood Holdings is in early discussions on creating a so-called monoline
insurance venture to compete with the likes of Ambac Financial (ABK) and MBIA
Inc. (MBI), the New York Post reported Wednesday on its Web site, citing people
familiar with the situation.
Ripplewood declined comment.
Ripplewood would look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harbinger Reports Reduced Stakes In Bond Insurers MBIA, Ambac</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 16:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harbinger Reports Reduced Stakes In Bond Insurers MBIA, Ambac
Last Update: 5/15/2008 11:35:11 AM
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
Hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners and affiliates reported Thursday reduced
stakes in bond insurers MBIA Inc. (MBI) and Ambac Financial Group Inc. (ABK) in
their first-quarter holdings reports.
At March 31, the hedge fund group reported holding 880,300 shares of MBIA, worth
$10.8 million, down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rising Home-Equity Losses</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 16:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO (Dow Jones)&#8211;Subprime mortgages were the first sore spot for bond
insurers as falling housing prices hit borrowers hard. But in the first quarter,
home-equity lines of credit have become the new hot spot.
Third-largest bond insurer Financial Security Assurance Ltd. on Wednesday became
the latest to report that its loss projections for those loans rose in the
quarter.
FSA increased [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expect Higher Losses On Subprime Home-Equity Deals - Moody&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://investment-blog.net/expect-higher-losses-on-subprime-home-equity-deals-moodys/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 20:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moody&#8217;s Investors Service said loss expectations on securities backed by subprime
home-equity deals have gotten worse than expected and could have &#8220;material
implications&#8221; on the bond insurers&#8217; capital adequacy.
The credit rater also said again that the industry&#8217;s two biggest players - MBIA
Inc. (MBI) and Ambac Financial Group Inc. (ABK) - could lose their AAA ratings
because of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moody&#8217;s warns again on bond-insurer ratings</title>
		<link>http://investment-blog.net/moodys-warns-again-on-bond-insurer-ratings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 20:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moody&#8217;s warns on bond-insurer ratings again
This time, second-lien mortgage securities may test ratings, agency says
By Alistair Barr, MarketWatch
Last Update: 4:16 PM ET May 13, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) &#8212; Poor performance of second-lien residential
mortgage-backed securities could put pressure on the credit ratings of bond
insurers, Moody&#8217;s Investors Service said Tuesday.
Bond insurers have significant exposure to second-lien residential
mortgage-backed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moody&#8217;s: second lien RMBS woes may dent bond insurer ratings</title>
		<link>http://investment-blog.net/moodys-second-lien-rmbs-woes-may-dent-bond-insurer-ratings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 20:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) &#8212; Poor performance of second lien residential
mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) could impact the credit ratings of bond
insurers, Moody&#8217;s Investors Service said on Tuesday. Bond insurers have
significant exposure to second lien RMBS, mainly through guaranties on the
securities and, to a lesser extent, through exposure to collateralized debt
obligations backed by such assets, the rating agency [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moody&#8217;s: Concerns About MBIA, Ambac Capitalization Relative To Aaa Benchmark</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 20:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moody&#8217;s: Concerns About MBIA, Ambac Capitalization Relative To Aaa Benchmark
Last Update: 5/13/2008 3:30:41 PM
(MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires
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