Buffett Offers to Reinsure Municipal Bonds
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The offer, made to 3 troubled bond guarantors, would do little to alleviate the problems the companies are facing with more complex securities.
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Bond insurers may be split into two businesses -- one to guarantee municipal bonds and the other to back riskier securities linked to troubled mortgages -- in what would be the biggest overhaul of the industry since it was created almost four decades ago.
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the company  run by billionaire Warren Buffett, on Thursday said securities  regulators requested information from its General Re. Corp.  unit on insurance products that might help companies smooth  earnings.
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Warren Buffett's new bond insurer is looking to expand to Rhode Island after hearing that the state's treasurer wanted it to apply for a license to operate in the state, according to a Buffett spokeswoman.
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Investments from Singaporeâs government and a mutual fund are meant to shore up Merrill Lynchâs capital base.
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Proponents of the idea say such a step could restore confidence in the financial markets broadly, and specifically in the $2.6 trillion municipal bond market.
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Wealthy investors like them for their tax advantages, but municipal bonds can be quite risky right now.
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HARTFORD, Connecticut  - A transaction at a reinsurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway Inc that federal prosecutors say defrauded American International Group Inc  investors was endorsed by Warren Buffett, a lawyer for one of five defendants on trial for fraud said on Monday.
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Warren Buffett said on Tuesday he has  made a pitch to the three largest bond insurers to reinsure  $800 billion in municipal bonds, but had been rebuffed by one  of the companies, while the other two have not yet responded.
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, seeking to bolster his charitable giving, has reached a new agreement with the City Conflicts of Interest Board that will allow him to move his money into more aggressive investments.
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The "Buffett premium" has kicked in on rumors that the Oracle is interested in Hovnanian.
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MANILA (Dow Jones)--The Philippine government has mandated three investment banks to underwrite a bond offer that will raise at least $750 million in the overseas capital market, Philippine Daily Inquirer reports, citing unnamed banking and government
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Bear Stearns  is in serious  talks with several outside investors, including Warren Buffett,  about selling as much as 20 percent of the firm, according to a  report in The New York Times online edition on Wednesday.
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Washington, DC, City Council committees will consider a revised stadium funding package on Wednesday that includes a $450 million community investment fund financed with bonds, according to the mayor&#39;s staff.
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Turnaround specialist Wilbur Ross said  in a television interview on Wednesday that he did not expect  billionaire investor Warren Buffett's proposal to reinsure top  bond insurer's portfolios to go forward.