Bond Insurersâ Distress Rattles Wall Street
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If it was a terrible week for Wall Street, and it was a devastating one for companies that promise to protect investors against bond losses.
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Wall Street was set to start softer on  Thursday with the insurance sector in the spotlight again after  American International Group AIG.N said it was being probed  by a federal grand jury.
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Once a seemingly indestructible hiding hole for the frightened investor, some on Wall Street are beginning to question the super-safe status of US Treasury debt.
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An investigation into U.S. insurers  and brokers rattled insurance industry stocks for a second day  on Friday as investors, shaken further by subpoenas delivered  to the top U.S. life insurer, struggled to gauge how deep the  probe might reach.
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Wall Street was set to start softer on Thursday with the insurance sector in the spotlight again after American International Group (AIG.
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The FTSE 100 lost ground on Tuesday as news of shock writedowns at Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS) overshadowed reassuring figures from Barclays (NYSE:BCS).
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An investigation into U.S. insurers and brokers rattled insurance industry stocks for a second day on Friday as investors, shaken further by subpoenas delivered to the top U.S. life insurer, struggled to gauge how deep the probe might reach.
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Accounting flaws at the insurance giant that understated the companyâs losses raised new questions about the deteriorating health of financial companies.
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The company's large investments in a new payment service are worrying Wall Street.
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MARSH &amp; McLENNAN, the worldâs biggest insurance broker, was last night facing a potentially crippling downgrade of its credit rating by Standard &amp; Poorâs, after its borrowing power was all but frozen by its bankers.
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The stock market correction, credit crunch and sub-prime meltdown hit Wall Street where it hurts--their usually big end-of-the-year bonuses.
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Oil-supply concerns and broker downgrades of blue-chip companies left stocks mixed yesterday, raising doubts that Wall Street&#39;s year-end rally would continue.
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A collapse of these bond insurers would have serious ripple effects.
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A heavy loss by the bond insurer MBIA and the prospect of new downgrades in the bond insurance industry sent Wall Street sharply lower in early trading.
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Stocks closed mixed on Wall Street amid concern over the strength of the pharmaceutical sector after the Pfizerâs announcement on Friday.
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Stocks fell in volatile trading on Monday as lingering concerns about interest rates hurt sensitive issues such as banks and a profit warning from Nucor Inc.  raised concerns about the earnings outlook.
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U.S. stocks slid on Thursday after New  York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer accused insurance broker  Marsh & McLennan Cos. MMC.N of fraud, and the fallout hit  insurers, including American International Group AIG.N.