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Citigroup’s (C) CFO says he see write-downs through the end of the year. The head of hedge fund Paulson & Co,says bank losses will hit $1.3 trillion. Write-downs at Lehman (LEH) and AIG (AIG)...
According to Reuters, volume sales are now the key to success for Apple’s (AAPL) new iPhone. Reuters reports that the head of Merrill Lynch (MER) supports ongoing regulatory access to data from...
AMBAC (ABK) Brutal sell-off in some financials. S&P cuts some securities covered by the insurer. Down to $1.74 from 52-week high of $89.33. Verasun Energy (VSE) Corn up, ethanol stocks down. Hits...
Washington Mutual (WM) Concerns about the financial crisis burn like wildfire. Drops sharply to $6.14 from 52-week high of $44.19. AMBAC (ABK) Sells off to $2.02 after downgrades. The 52-week high...
Meredith Whitney of Opperheimer covers financial stocks, but she clearly hates them. At least for the time being. She is no making the point that as MBIA (MBI) and Ambac (ABK) lose their "AAA"...
According to Reuters, a survey of sovereign wealth funds found concerns about their investment is overblown. Reuters reports that Verizon Wireless (VZ)(VOD) will buy Alltel for over $28 billion....
We have seen numerous transactions today in different FORM 4 filings where executives at both MBIA Inc. (NYSE: MBI) and AMBAC Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: ABK) have gone out into the open market to...
According to Reuters, nuclear energy is beginning to make a comeback Reuters reports that Vodafone (VOD) said Verizon Wireless is in talks to buy Alltel. Reuters writes that Corporate Express will...
Indevus Pharmaceuticals (IDEV) Bad news on drug trial. Falls to $1.21 from 52-week high of $8.22. Ambac (ABK) Possible downgrade by Moody’s. Drops to $2.45 from 52-week high of $89.33. MBIA (MBI)...
MBIA Inc. (NYSE: MBI) and AMBAC Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: ABK) are actually responsible for taking back some of today’s market gains.  Actually, it is Moody’s Corp. (NYSE: MCO) that is...
After the close of trading today, Standard & Poor’s announced that it is booting Ambac Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: ABK) out of the S&P 500 Index.  The company’s size has gotten too small...
Moody’s (MCO) primary ratings unit gives Ambac (ABK) and MBIA (MBI) "Aaa" ratings. Those ratings were in trouble, but when the two companies raised capital, they kept their Good Housekeeping seals....
Ambac (ABK) Still dogged by concerns about losses and inadequate capital. Falls to $2.88 from 52-week high of $92.08. US Airways (LCC) Concerns about cost of oil get worse. Drops to $4.06 from...
Short sellers are making significant bets that most financial stocks traded on the NYSE will fall sharply. Data is as of May 15 and compares to information on April 30. Short interest in Countrywide...
Anyone who does not think that insurance regulators have done what they can to keep credit ratings high at Ambac (ABK) and MBIA (MBI) is a chump. With their tremendous losses and risk in their...