MBIA Debt Rating at Greater Risk

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The guarantor is at greater risk of exhibiting a capital shortfall than previously communicated; they now consider this somewhat likely.

A capital shortfall would put MBIA's AAA credit rating in jeopardy and put at risk the rankings of $652 billion of state, municipal and corporate structured finance bonds that the company guarantees.

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