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The biggest question running around Wall St. is how much more cash is going to have to go into the…
Security Capital Assurance Ltd. (NYSE: SCA) has been terminated from coverage at bulge bracket firm Goldman Sachs after the company…
It is no great mystery that Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A, NYSE: BRK.B) is still one of the…
Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE: AGO) may not be the largest household name for a bond insurer or financial guarantor when…
According to Reuters, weak confidence and rising prices are fuelin stagflation fears. Reuters writes that the long fight between Microsoft…
MBIA Inc. (NYSE: MBI) just had its "re" new CEO Joseph Brown on a CNBC interview saying that he signed…
According to Reuters, Siemens (SI) will cut over 6,000 jobs in its telecom equipment business. Reuters writes that MBIA (MBI)…
S&P reaffirmed the "AAA" ratings for both MBIA (NYSE: MBI) and Ambac (NYSE: ABK). S&P noted that MBIA was removed…
Ambac (NYSE: ABK), the down-on-its-luck muni-bond insurance company may get rescued by several large banks. If the reports are to…
Short interest in companies traded on the NYSE increased for a number of financial firms based on positions as of…
If there is one seer and age-old timeless veteran in value investing, it is M.J. Whitman. His Third Avenue Management,…
MBIA (NYSE:MBI) has replaced it CEO with former Chairman and CEO Joseph "Jay" Brown, 59, who retired from the firm…
The evidence comes in in pieces. One bit of bad news here and one there. Today, the FT reported that…
The US government bailed out Chrysler all the way back in 1979. Nothing quite like it as been seen since…
According to The Wall Street Journal troubled British mortgage company Northern Rock wil be taken over by the British government.…
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