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U.S. Stocks Retreat as Europe Concern Overshadows Upgrades

Bloomberg
02/08/2010 03:04 PM

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"The fallout from the US subprime mortgage crisis has added further pressure to structured investment products, prompting ratings agencies to act on the deterioration in performance at a number of different vehicles. Standard & Poor’s issued a string of downgrades and negative watch notices on a number of SIV-lite programmes…"

Financial Times, August 23, 2007

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