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• Pre-Market Earnings Summaries (October 24, 2007)

  Published: October 24, 2007, 8:48 am

  Tags: Earnings, Pre Market Activity, Abk, Acat, Abi

  (ABI) Applied Bio $0.32 EPS vs $0.31 est. (ABK) AMBAC $1.78 EPS vs $1.87 est. (ACAT) Arctic... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• The 52-Week Low Club: Merrill Lynch (MER)

  Published: October 24, 2007, 6:03 pm

  Tags: Hi Low, Abk

  AMBAC (ABK) Bond insurance company in a bad periiod for bonds.Earnings move to a loss. Drops to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Why Wall St. Hates Ambac (ABK)

  Published: November 1, 2007, 1:17 pm

  Tags: Financial Stocks, Abk

  Ambac (ABK), the bond insurance company is down 19% today to a 52-week low of $30.10. The high for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Ambac (ABK) Ratings: The Idiots At Moody's (MCO)

  Published: November 2, 2007, 1:37 pm

  Tags: Analyst Calls, Abk, Mco, Mbi

  Moody's (MCO) give credit rating of "Aa1" to both Ambac (ABK) and MBIA (MBI). But, no one else on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• The 52-Week Low Club: Merrill Lynch (MER) And Citigroup (C)

  Published: November 2, 2007, 4:08 pm

  Tags: Hi Low, Abk

  AMBAC (ABK) Bond insurance company dropping like a rock on fears that it has huge exposures to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Analyst downgrades: RDS.A, C, AFR and COGN

  Published: November 6, 2007, 6:15 am

  Tags: Abk, Afr, Ambac, American Financial, Americanfinancial, Analyst, Citigroup, Cogn, Cognos, Downgrade, Gkk, Gramercy, Microsoft, Msft, Rds A, Royal Dutch Shell, Royaldutchshell

  AMBAC Financial (NYSE: ABK) to Neutral from Buy. Morgan Stanley downgraded the hardlines and softlines retail sectors to Cautious from In Line; the firm also downgraded Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) to Equal Weight from Overweight and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) to Underweight from Equal Weight.  Permalink   Email

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• Data Feed

  Published: November 14, 2007, 8:43 am

  Tags: Forex, Futures, Psychology, Real Estate, Stocks, Technical Analysis, Trading, Jcda, Pas, Fslr, Psmt, Nbs, Yge, Apa, Ndaq, Dal, Goog, Avy, Chl, Cce, Ozm, Ssl, Ivgn, Mtw, Cege, Celg, Utk, Ceo, Vclk, Jrjc, Mrk, Tisa, Dlb, Ansv, Pep, Nyx, Pfe, Imax, Abk, Xto, Pbg, Mvl, Smci, Mbi, Cnst, Aezs

  would make sense for Ambac (ABK) and Security Capital (SCA) to institute a share repurchase program at current prices. They say to do so would be very accretive to their EPS and boost their ROE. Firm notes MBIA (MBI) and Assured Guaranty (AGO) trade at a slight premium to GAAP book value. Therefore, they think these companies may be just as well

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• Data Feed

  Published: December 17, 2007, 8:40 am

  Tags: Charts, Forex, Futures, Stocks, Technical Analysis, Trading, Ncc, Jpm, Cogn, Snps, Leap, Cntf, Ssys, Crxl, Bhp, Csun, Irw, Mrk, Masi, Akh, Anss, Abk, Wfc, Ftek, Agu, Pbib, Afg, Lxp, Adbe, Morn, Knot, Mco, Ttm, Rdn, Tac, Bac, Onnn, Cisg, Resp, Prsc, Cat, Nke, Pbi, Slb, Spil, Lcav

  drilling inventory. 07:18 ABK AMBAC Fincl upgraded to Outperform at Friedman Billings- tgt cut to $35 (22.81 ) Friedman Billings upgrades ABK to Outperform from Market Perform and lowers their tgt to $35 from $50, following Moody’s recent affirmation of tis triple-A rating. The firm says while significant risks remain, they view the

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• Data Feed

  Published: January 18, 2008, 8:50 am

  Tags: Charts, Futures, Psychology, Stocks, Technical Analysis, Trading, Fslr, Abax, Ibm, Goog, Pot, Dvn, Aci, Tko, Nyt, Sne, Aca, Ppl, Intc, Qcom, Pfe, Abk, Ftek, Mbi, Feic, Wynn, Bzh, Kyo, Mhp, Lvs, Mco, Kerx, Mgm, Ttm, Acah, Orcl, Cmcsa, Wind, Msft, Sca, Atvi, Oesx, Exc, Hew

  James (71.69 ) 08:34 ABK AMBAC Fincl chooses not to raise equity capital (6.24 ) Co states that it has determined that as a result of market conditions and other factors, including the recent actions of certain ratings agencies, raising equity capital is not an attractive option at this time. The co is continuing to evaluate its

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• Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ABK, MBI, SCA, BBBY, BAM, DHT, GFIG, PHG, PCLN, RIMM, SPLS, WWY)

  Published: January 18, 2008, 7:41 am

  Tags: Analyst Calls, Abk, Mbi

  These are not the only analyst calls out there, but these are the top calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on today: Ambac (ABK), M B I A Inc. (MBI), and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Would Warren Buffett Rescue The Bond Insurers? (ABK, MBI, MTG, BRK-A)

  Published: January 17, 2008, 10:04 am

  Tags: Buffett, Financial Stocks, Abk

  Shares of Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABK) are being crushed even harder today than yesterday by more than 60% to around $5.00. The problem is that... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Bond Insurer Rescue Package From Banks? (MBI, ABK)

  Published: February 1, 2008, 8:03 am

  Tags: Banking, Financial Stocks, Mergers And Buy Outs, Abk, Mbi

  Ambac Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: ABK) and MBIA (NYSE: MBI) are both trading higher in pre-market trading this morning. CNBC squeezed in a report after... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Splitting Bond Insurers In Half--Nice Solution (ABK)(MBI)

  Published: February 14, 2008, 11:06 am

  Tags: Financial Stocks, Abk, Mbi

  New York State Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo has come up with the lame-brained idea of taking bond insurers like MBIA (NYSE: MBI) and Ambac (NYSE: ABK)... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• A Split-Up Of Bond Insures Would Hurt Banks (MBI)(ABK)

  Published: February 16, 2008, 7:49 am

  Tags: Banking, Abk, Mbi

  If muni-bond insurers like Amback (NYSE: ABK) and MBIA (NYSE:MBI) are forced to break into two pieces, some banks could be badly hurt. The halving of the firms... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• S&P Keeps Bond Reinsurance Rating Rigged Game Alive (ABK, MBI)

  Published: February 25, 2008, 2:43 pm

  Tags: Analyst Calls, Financial Stocks, Abk, Mbi

  S&P reaffirmed the "AAA" ratings for both MBIA (NYSE: MBI) and Ambac (NYSE: ABK). S&P noted that MBIA was removed from CreditWatch and a negative outlook was... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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