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From Wall Street Journal.....

Rescue Plans Won't Prevent Downgrades
By Karen Richardson, Liam Pleven and Carrick Mollenkamp
Word Count: 931 | Companies Featured in This Article: MBIA, Financial Guaranty Insurance, Credit Agricole, UBS, Citigroup, Barclays, Security Capital Assurance
Rescue plans are starting to take shape for struggling bond insurers, but they aren't likely to prevent further ratings downgrades for many of the companies.

At least one such company isn't waiting around. In an effort to raise capital, MBIA Inc. yesterday said it would issue $750 million of common stock, a bigger offering than the $500 million issue it had initially planned.

The company also said it will revise its fourth-quarter loss of $2.3 billion, cutting it by $65 million. MBIA also added $100 million to its loss reserve, bringing the total special addition to $200 million