The order, issued today by the SEC and the United Kingdom's Financial Services Authority, will prohibit short selling of the companies' stock "to protect the integrity and quality of the securities ma

Guaranty insurers Ambac Financial Group and MBIA Inc. criticized Moody's announcement that it placed the companies on review for possible downgrade, one calling the announcement driven by marketplace

Preferred and common stock exposure also was not significant, Bank of America said. Major insurers with preferred/common stock exposure as of 2007, Bank of America said, are Hartford, $61 million; AIG

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