Buffett Enters Bond Insurance Business
Story date: 2007-12-31 08:20:00
Added on: 2007-12-31 09:32:13
Insurance News Net - ABK) are struggling in the face of a mortgage-led credit crisis. While some analysts tout the move as a sign of health in the bond insurance business, investors have taken a different view: shares of both MBIA and Ambac took a beating on the news ...
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