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• Daily Highlights: 11.20.09

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 753
  Asian stock markets fell Friday on concerns over the U.S. economy. Asia considers capital controls to stem bubble danger. Bank of Japan leaves key rate at 0.1% as government urges deflation fight. China raises nonresidential electricity rates; more hikes to promote savings. China rebuffs Yuan criticism as Zhou ...
  1 week ago

• Market Winners & Losers: King Pharmaceuticals, MBIA

  
  FOXNews.com — Authority: 937
  The major indexes fell for the second day in a row, with the Dow closing down 0.9%, the S&P; 500 falling 1.3% and the Nasdaq slipping 1.7%.
  1 week ago

• Ambac Capital Exceeds Required Minimum

  
  DealBook — Authority: 762
  Ambac Financial Group said on Wednesday that the statutory capital of its main unit was well above a regulatory minimum at the end of the third quarter, easing concerns the company would fall short of funds and risk being taken over by state officials.
  1 week ago

• Norris: A Lack of Rigor Costs MBIA

  
  DealBook — Authority: 762
  MBIAs once pristine AAA-rating has now turned into junk and no one wants to buy insurance from the company, Floyd Norris writes in his latest column.
  2 weeks ago

• High & Low Finance: A Lack of Rigor Costs MBIA

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 902
  The bond insurer’s standing has suffered as lax due diligence has come to light in suits it has filed against Wall Street firms.
  2 weeks ago

• (MBI) MBIA Incorporated Misses Earnings Estimates

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 164
  MBIA Incorporated’s ( MBI ) third quarter operating loss of $3.50 per share substantially missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 99 cents per share. Last year, the company had reported a loss of $3.42 per share. Results were negatively affected by a continued deterioration in the performance of the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Another potential fall out from the residential real estate crash

  
  Van Santos — Authority: 138
  Just a heads up to the economic/real estate watchers out there, another casualty may very well be on the way. This time we are looking at bond insurer Ambac . During the last craze Ambac wrote guarantees on mortgage-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations.  Guess what happened.  The underlying ...
  2 weeks ago

• Daily Highlights: 11.11.09

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 753
  Asian stocks, currencies rise on Japan, China economic data; gold advances. Chinas industrial production output grew 16.1% in October, its fastest pace in more than a year. Job openings in U.S. remain close to record-lows Oil prices fell $79 a barrel in Asia amid rising U.S. oil inventories and a weaker dollar ...
  2 weeks ago

• Ambac Warns of Possible Bankruptcy

  
  DealBook — Authority: 762
  Shares of bond insurer Ambac Financial Group sank 33 percent Tuesday after the company warned it may be forced to seek bankruptcy protection if it cannot fix its liquidity problems.
  2 weeks ago

• A Trader’s Market or an Investor’s Market?

  
  The Daily Reckoning Australia — Authority: 549
  Is it a fragile little market after all? You cant really tell by appearances. For example, the worlds largest bond insurer (MBIA) fell 27% in New York trading. It reported a $727.8 million loss in insured credit derivatives. Yes...those credit landmines are still out there. But the proper question - if youre sitting ...
  3 weeks ago

• Breaking: Ambac may file for bankruptcy

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 156
  OMG: Ambac warns it may file for bankruptcy a week after it reported $2.2B quarterly profit. Market surely can turn upside-down in one week or a day. Bond insurer says it may not have enough money to meet payment due in 2011 Link: http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/11/10/82546/ambac-warns-of-bankruptcy-risk/ ...
  3 weeks ago

• US stocks mixed on poor earnings, financials rally

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  New York, Nov 11 (DPA) US stocks were mixed Tuesday as some companies posted disappointing quarterly earnings but financial firms gained.The uneven trading day comes after a week of big gains by US market indices. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is trading at its highest level this year, added 20.03 ...
  3 weeks ago

• Crude Oil Slides as Pessimism Kicks In!

  
  Forex Trading Education : Forex Trading Blog by FOREXYARD — Authority: 141
  The price of Crude Oil slid today, as pessimistic data from the leading economies pushed investors away from the profitable commodities, such as Crude Oil. Instead, they poured their money into the USD. The thing which originally initiated Crude’s bearish trend today was the disappointing earnings of the world’s ...
  3 weeks ago

• Frontrunning: November 10

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 753
  SAC said to tell clients a review found no suspicious trading ( Bloomberg ) John Crudele destroys the fabricated data coming out of the BLS: real unemployment at 22% ( Post ) The Mishkin galatic stupidity trifecta: After destroying Iceland, finance "guru" Fred Mishkin says asset bubbles are a good thing ( FT ) - ...
  3 weeks ago

• Daily Highlights: 11.10.09

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 753
  Asian stocks, currencies climb as reports show demand spurred by stimulus. China to overlook calls for stronger yuan as exports fall, researchers say. Chinas house prices rise at fastest pace in 14 months, government says. EU objects to Oracles takeover of Sun. Japans government is set to reach a decision on a ...
  3 weeks ago

• Loss at Bond Insurer MBIA Is Worse Than Expected

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 902
  The bond insurer suffered drops in its investment income and premiums collected on insurance policies, leading to a loss of $727.8 million for the third quarter.
  3 weeks ago

• The financial institutions (and assets) got troubled or bankrupt inthe PAST 2 WEEKS - The Latest Casualty Count

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 156
  Just a short list about the financial institutions (and assets) got troubled or bankrupt inthe PAST 2 WEEKS. This is not about community banks, or little companies anymore. Companies with assets > 10B are not small. Capmark($20B) CIT ($70B) U.S. Bank, NA, of Minneapolis ($19B) GMAC ($187B) United Commercial Bank ...
  3 weeks ago

• There must be a mistake, we are in recovery.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 156
  AMBAC Earnings Release: The bond insurer reported $2.87 billion in net unrealized gains on credit derivative contracts during the latest quarter. MBIA Earnings Release: The loss was driven by an $810.2 million pretax unrealized loss on insured credit derivatives Mark To Fantasy accounting has zero standards when ...
  3 weeks ago

• Insurance losses lead to 3Q loss at MBIA

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 959
  NEW YORK -- MBIA Inc. said Monday that it incurred heavier losses in its insurance business than expected, saddling the bond insurer with a third-quarter loss after two straight quarters of profits.
  3 weeks ago

• After-Hours Movers 11/09: MBI, SGK, PCLN, SQNM Higher; SDTH, UTK...

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 166
  MBIA Inc. (NYSE: MBI) 14.9% HIGHER; reports Q3 loss of $3.50, cents better than the analyst estimate loss of $1.05. Shengdatech, Inc. (NASDAQ: SDTH) 11.7% LOWER; reports Q3 EPS of $0.09, versus the analyst estimate of $0.10. Revenue for the quarter was $25.40 million, which compares to the estimate of $25.30 million. ...
  3 weeks ago

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