In May, New York's insurance commissioner, Eric Dinallo, urged Brown to move the capital to ease concerns about MBIA. The company announced its decision to move the capital on the same day Moody's published a report detailing what it saw as significant deteriorations in certain home equity and other asset-backed securities backed by bond insurance.

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"It's a significant increase from what we saw this time last year, " he said.

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It may be hard to believe now, but the early 1980s saw a significant decline in the price of crude.

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It would mark a significant transformation for Woods, whose stuttering form in recent years saw his ranking slump past the 50 mark at one point.

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