Friday, August 3, 2007

US STOCKS-Mortgage fallout, economic data weigh on Wall St

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, Aug 3 - U.S. stocks fell on Friday, as
worries about mortgage losses deepened after a ratings agency
cut its outlook on investment bank Bear Stearns Cos.'
debt, and data suggested weakness in the economy.




Standard & Poor's said it changed its ratings outlook on
Bear Stearns, the biggest U.S. underwriter of mortgage bonds,
to "negative" from "stable," indicating there is a better
chance of a downgrade over the next two years. For details,
see [ID:nN03300207].


Read more at Reuters.com Bonds News

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