2008-02-29cnn.com

`` Wells said the loss came as part of a $130 million capital support agreement Wells entered as a way to safeguard a coveted Triple-A credit rating for many of its investment funds. The bank is currently the only one of the top five American banks to hold such a high credit ranking. The nation's fifth-largest bank added it had three separate SIVs worth more than $1 billion as of Feb. 1.'' -- Not quite so Warren-Buffett-squeaky clean, eh?



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