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	<title>Comments on: Will ACA survive the day? And what about that $61bn exposure if it doesn&#8217;t?</title>
	<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/01/18/10263/will-aca-survive-the-day-and-what-about-that-61bn-cdo-exposure-if-it-doesnt/</link>
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		<title>by: End of the Line for the Monolines &#171; Do the right thing S&#38;P and Moody&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/01/18/10263/will-aca-survive-the-day-and-what-about-that-61bn-cdo-exposure-if-it-doesnt/#comment-11791</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[...] The problem is that a tidal wave of mortgage defaults are sweeping the nation, creating so many losses that small bond insurers like ACA are getting swamped. As it stands,  ACA is expected to go under any day now. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>by: david wallace</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Carlomagno

maybe investors are just getting round to reading this !
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=ai5VXd.5ocFY&refer=columnist_mysak]]></description>
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		<title>by: Carlomagno</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hey, Ambac and MBIA were up in early US trading after Ambac pulled its rights issue. Go figure!]]></description>
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		<title>by: hedgehog</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[for the last time ladies and gentlemen.


going , going, g.......]]></description>
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		<title>by: Rajat K Bose</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is stinking rot. It would develop into gangrene that is only a matter of time.]]></description>
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		<title>by: Anonymous</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA["ML has tried, in turn, to hedge against that likely scenario. It’s got a $2bn hedge for a monoline going bust. Light relief."

Apparently the counterparty in that hedge is MBIA ;o)]]></description>
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