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• Norris: A Lack of Rigor Costs MBIA

  
  DealBook — Authority: 775
  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.
  1 day ago

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

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  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 days ago

• (MBI) MBIA Incorporated Misses Earnings Estimates

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 461
  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 ...
  3 days ago

• Another potential fall out from the residential real estate crash

  
  Van Santos — Authority: 436
  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 ...
  3 days ago

• Daily Highlights: 11.11.09

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 769
  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 ...
  3 days ago

• Ambac Warns of Possible Bankruptcy

  
  DealBook — Authority: 775
  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.
  3 days ago

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

  
  The Daily Reckoning Australia — Authority: 539
  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 ...
  4 days ago

• Breaking: Ambac may file for bankruptcy

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 450
  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/ ...
  4 days ago

• US stocks mixed on poor earnings, financials rally

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  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 ...
  4 days ago

• Crude Oil Slides as Pessimism Kicks In!

  
  Forex Trading Education : Forex Trading Blog by FOREXYARD — Authority: 441
  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 ...
  4 days ago

• Frontrunning: November 10

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 769
  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 ) - ...
  4 days ago

• Daily Highlights: 11.10.09

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 769
  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 ...
  4 days ago

• Loss at Bond Insurer MBIA Is Worse Than Expected

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  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.
  5 days ago

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

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 450
  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 ...
  5 days ago

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

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 450
  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 ...
  5 days ago

• Insurance losses lead to 3Q loss at MBIA

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 967
  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.
  5 days ago

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

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 163
  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. ...
  5 days ago

• The week in preview: Earnings from Walmart, Macys, and other retailers

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 661
  Filed under: Earnings reports , Forecasts , Wal-Mart (WMT) , Economic data , Urban Outfitters (URBN) The conventional wisdom is that consumer spending is what drives the U.S. economy. And consumer spending arises out of consumer confidence. Unfortunately, the signals along the road to economic recovery are ...
  6 days ago

• Dollar, Jobs Worries Linger in Coming Week

  
  TheStreet.com — Authority: 573
  Ten percent unemployment, continued dollar weakness and a dearth of earnings and economic data weigh on the minds of investors.
  1 week ago

• Marseille start lucky, but end with romp over Zurich

  
  Soccer News Info — Authority: 157
  Marseille made the most of early fortune before romping to a 6-1 win over FC Zurich here on Tuesday that add hope to the French side’s dreams of qualifying from Champions League group stages. Marseille started the match without injured Argentine international playmaker Lucho Gonzalez, prompting Didier Deschamps ...
  1 week ago

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