Buffett offers to reinsure $800 billion in muni bonds
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Warren Buffett said on Tuesday that he had offered to reinsure $800 billion of muni debt guaranteed by bond insurers, but shares in MBIA Inc  and Ambac Financial Group Inc  slid as investors recognized that the billionaire investor's plan was far from a panacea.
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Merger proposals worth at least $82 billion were announced around the world on Sunday and Monday as the record year for M&A Values continued apace.
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NEW YORK -- Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Tuesday he has offered to help out troubled bond insurers by offering a second level of insurance on up to $800 billion in municipal bonds.
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Lone Star Funds will recoup almost a third of its original investment in a move that drew divided reaction.
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The online game operator Giant Interactive Group said that it would buy back up to $200 million worth of American depositary shares. The company plans to fund the repurchases from available working capital, it said in a statement.
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Turnaround specialist Wilbur Ross said in a television interview on Wednesday that he did not expect billionaire investor Warren Buffett's proposal to reinsure top bond insurer's portfolios to go forward.
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the holding company run by billionaire Warren Buffett, on Thursday said its General Re insurance unit received a request from the US Securities and Exchange Commission to provide information on some insurance
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Warren Buffett's new bond insurer may  expand to Rhode Island after hearing that the state's treasurer  wanted it to apply for a license to operate in the state,  according to a Buffett spokeswoman.
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Warren Buffett's investment in Swiss  Reinsurance Co  may turn out to be good for the  billionaire, but those without such deep pockets may be wary to  follow, Barron's financial weekly said.
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway  Inc is starting a bond insurer to help state and local  governments lower their borrowing costs, directly challenging  established rivals that are struggling with deteriorating  credit markets, the Wall Street Journal said on Friday.
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Warren Buffett said on Tuesday he has  made a pitch to the three largest bond insurers to reinsure  $800 billion in municipal bonds, but had been rebuffed by one  of the companies, while the other two have not yet responded.
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A broad-based rally by US stocks lost much of its steam in late trading on Tuesday  as doubts emerged about a plan by billionaire investor Warren Buffett to take over $800bn in municipal bonds covered by troubled bond insurers.
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Bear Stearns  is in serious talks with several outside investors, including Warren Buffett, about selling as much as 20 percent of the firm, according to a report in The New York Times online edition on Wednesday.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Warren Buffett, the world&#39;s second-richest man, is targeting California workers&#39; compensation insurance; betting recent reforms will make the ailing market more profitable.
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Wall Street opened higher on Tuesday after Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor, offered to take over $800bn in municipal bonds currently insured by bond insurers Ambac, MBIA (NYSE:MBI) and FGIC.