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• Bond Insurers Under Assault - TheStreet.com

  Bond Insurers Under AssaultTheStreet.com - 1 hour agoIn addition to the letter, Ackman also called for an "open source" forum in which Wall Street participants could calculate their own view of losses using ...
  2008-01-30 03:13:58

• Squeezed in a generational sandwich - ReportonBusiness.com

  Squeezed in a generational sandwichReportonBusiness.com, Canada - 1 hour agoFor many Canadians, there's little left over for RRSPs Each month, after covering her share of the household bills and mortgage payment, Lucy Ye takes the ...
  2008-01-30 03:19:51

• Where do I begin? - kjrh.com

  Where do I begin?kjrh.com, OK - 1 hour agoUse this calculator to see how much interest you can save by refinancing your mortgage. Enter your desired payment - and let us calculate your loan amount. ...
  2008-01-30 03:31:26

• Ratings agencies move to quell critics - Financial Times

  Ratings agencies move to quell criticsFinancial Times, UK - 16 minutes ago... the banking regulatory system, as well as the widespread use of ratings to calculate the level of capital that banks need to set aside to offset risks. ...
  2008-01-30 04:22:48

• Bond Insurers Under Assault (TheStreet.com)

  A new, blistering critique by activist Bill Ackman and a downgrade to FGIC added to the sector's woes.
  2008-01-30 03:35:52

• Sector Glance: Bond Insurers

  Forbes - A rate cut by the Fed could help reduce bond defaults because it could make it less expensive to refinance debt and reduce strain in the capital markets. But, concerns about potential rising bond defaults have ratings agencies worried bond insurers ...
  2008-01-30 12:02:00

• Not like the 1980s

  News.com.au - RAMS, the first direct victim of the sub-prime meltdown, unable to refinance its huge US borrowings. Centro is similar, caught short when no-one wants to lend unless they can snuggle right up to real assets with plenty of buffer. But that was also true ...
  2008-01-30 01:49:00

• Seattle offers loans to prevent foreclosures

  Seattle Post Intelligencer - The loans would help make borrowers current on their mortgages, making it easier to sell, refinance or work out deals with lenders. To qualify, households must earn less than 80 percent of median income, meaning an income cap of about $48,000 for a ...
  2008-01-30 12:45:00

• Fitch Rates Illinois Tollway's $760MM Revs 'AA-'; Outlook Stable

  Forbes - Proceeds will refinance portions of the authority's outstanding debt. Fitch also affirms the 'AA-' rating on the authority's $2.3 billion of outstanding debt. The Rating Outlook is Stable. The 'AA-' rating reflects the very strong economic ...
  2008-01-30 01:28:00

• Latin American Oil & Gas 2008: Mixed Results Despite Record Crude ...

  CNBC - In Fitch's view, investment-grade issuers will continue to take advantage of interest rate movements and refinance opportunities, while sub-investment grade issuers will continue to be challenged in the current credit environment. Along with a ...
  2008-01-30 01:28:00

• No implosion - this is not 1987 or 1989 revisited

  News.com.au - Unable to refinance its huge US borrowings. Centro is similar, caught short when no one wants to lend. Unless they can snuggle right up to real assets with plenty of buffer. But that was also true back in the 1980s. Starting with the Bond corps ...
  2008-01-30 03:58:00

• Life savings at risk in MFS fiasco

  News.com.au - I think there's no doubt they can trade out if they can just refinance or sell a few small assets to get rid of that debt,'' he said. "They had about $200 million to refinance in the next couple of months, but surely you would think that's only a ...
  2008-01-30 04:05:00

• Allco, Centro, Nufarm, Rio, Santos: Australian Stock Preview

  Bloomberg - The U.S. shopping mall owner that put itself up for sale after failing to refinance debt is being examined for a potential bid by Singapore's CapitaLand Ltd., the Australian newspaper reported without saying where it got the information. Centro ...
  2008-01-30 01:42:00

• Hedge funds oppose Tousa refinancing

  MSN MoneyCentral - The investor group, which holds nearly a quarter of Tousa's $1 billion in unsecured notes, contend the company "forced" its subsidiaries to guarantee first- and second-lien loans to refinance $675 million in debt it racked up by buying the ...
  2008-01-30 01:49:00

• Rival stimulus plan gains traction

  Los Angeles Times - The House bill also includes a package of temporary tax breaks for businesses and a large one-year increase in the size of mortgages that can be backed by the government, making it easier for homeowners to refinance into more-affordable mortgages. It ...
  2008-01-30 02:46:00

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