In spite of this, municipal bond insurers such as Ambac Financial (ABK) and MBIA (MBI) are somehow still solvent.

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The two biggest companies in the bond insurance business are MBIA (30, MBI) and Ambac Financial Group (22, ABK) .

FORBES: Magazine Article

According to Dr Daniel Ayuk Mbi Egbe, a professor at the University of Linz in Austria and an expert on African solar resources, this is not good news.

BBC: Solar storm as desert plan to power Europe falters

The two biggest companies in the bond insurance business are MBIA (30, MBI) and Ambac Financial Group (nyse: ABK - news - people ) (22, ABK) .

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Does anyone care that this is the same Carl Icahn whose hedge fund lost 35% in 2008 while nemesis Bill Ackman was riding his MBIA (NYSE: MBI) short to fame and riches?

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At the event, the President of the MBI Al Jaber Foundation, Sheikh Mohamed bin Issa Al Jaber, UNESCO Special Envoy, announced his intention "to organize and sponsor, at UNESCO, a conference of donors for the restoration and preservation of the cultural heritage of Mali, and in particular Timbuktu with all concerned parties, " funded by the Foundation, a longstanding partner of UNESCO.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES