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EXCHANGE turned down an offer of information from stock lenders, who are now blamed for pushing companies to the wall.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Standard & Poor's Ratings services on Friday revised its status on Financial Guaranty insurance co. and holding company FGIC Corp. to CreditWatch with negative implications from CreditWatch with developing implications. PMI Group , Financial Guaranty Insurance's principal owner, said recently that it no longer views the company as a strategic investment and will not be participating in any recapitalization plan. In addition, Financial Guaranty Insurance's announcement that it will suspend new business writings in order to preserve capital will negatively affect its ability to implement plans to raise capital, said the ratings agency in a statement. Financial Guaranty Insurance is rated A while FGIC Corp. is rated BBB by S&P. market pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

The FTSE 100 shed 2.4 per cent over the shortened week that begun with it closing at its lowest level since November 2005

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shareholders of 3Com Corp. voted Friday to approve a merger deal with Bain Capital one day after Bain called off the deal due to opposition from U.S. regulators. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 3Com said its shareholders voted to approve the deal at a special meeting on Friday. The previous day, Bain Capital announced that it was cancelling the proposed $2.2 buyout after U.S. lawmakers objected to the portion of the deal that would have given Huawei Technologies - China's largest network equipment maker - a minority stake in 3Com, which does substantial business with the U.S. government. market pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Choice Hotels International, Inc. said Friday its board of directors has named Stephen Joyce to be president and chief operating officer effective May 1. The company said the appointment positions Joyce 'to succeed longstanding Choice Hotels CEO Chuck Ledsinger in October 2008, at which point choice plans to name Joyce president and CEO, with Ledsinger remaining with the company as vice chairman.'Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

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