2008-01-31ft.com

'Rate cuts or no rate cuts, the news just keeps getting worse for the big bond insurers, or monolines. On Thursday morning, or rather, just after midnight US eastern time, MBIA, the world’s largest bond insurer, posted its biggest-ever quarterly loss and said it is considering new ways to raise capital after a slump in the value of subprime-mortgage securities the company guaranteed, reports'



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