Timestamped 4:07pm but it hit the wire at 3:50pm.
LOL, too funny.
http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSWNA816220080131
FGIC loses "AAA" rating from S&P, MBIA may be cut
Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:07pm
NEW YORK, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's on Thursday cut its "AAA" ratings on FGIC Corp's bond insurance arm, and placed its top ratings on the bond insurance arm of MBIA Inc (MBI.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on review for downgrade.
The rating agency also said it may cut the "AAA" rating of XL Capital Assurance Inc, the bond insurance arm of Security Capital Assurance (SCA.N: Quote, Profile, Research).
S&P cut Financial Guaranty Insurance Co's "AAA" insurer financial strength rating by two notches to "AA." It also cut parent company FGIC Corp's long-term rating by three notches to "A," the sixth-highest investment grade, from "AA."
FGIC is owned by a group that included mortgage insurer PMI Group Inc (PMI.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and private equity firms Blackstone Group (BX.N: Quote, Profile, Research), Cypress Group, and CIVC Partners LP. (Reporting by Karen Brettell; Editing by Dan Grebler)