Moody's warns on ratings of four bond insurers
Story date: 2007-12-17 02:53:00
Added on: 2007-12-17 04:33:51
Boston Globe - The ratings agency is concerned the insurers do not have sufficient capital to support their ratings -- which are crucial to their ability to write insurance contracts -- after the subprime mortgage crisis raised the possibility of widespread ...
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