The ball was launched into the area, where it was flicked on before being met by Mbia at the near post and his thumping header hit the net to spark wild celebrations from the away side as the home fans looked on in shock.

Bermuda-based financial guaranty insurance company Assured Guaranty Ltd (NYSE: AGO) has agreed to acquire the European operating subsidiary of MBIA Insurance Corp MBIA UK Insurance Ltd, the company said.

MBIA Inc.'s adjusted pre-tax loss (a non-GAAP measure) for Q2 '313 was USD 160 m compared with an adjusted pre-tax loss of USD 152m for the second quarter of 2012.

They should have been down to 10 as well, with Marin, 240 seconds into his first Premier League start, guilty of an appalling studs-first lunge into Mbia's leg, which was, incredibly, deemed only worth a yellow card by referee Lee Mason.

Fletcher looked in the mood, skipping past QPR anchorman Stephane Mbia minutes earlier, only to be clumsily brought down by Ryan Nelsen.

Mbia, who can play at centre-back and in midfield, is poised to move the other way on a season-long loan in West London.

But Mbia, a player David Moyes has long been an admirer of, says he hopes to remain at the French club for at least another year.

Kinnear had told the Chronicle on Thursday that United were doing their utmost to sign Mbia and Gomis.

Ratings downgrades on subprime mortgage-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations by Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings helped to further depress an already stagnant market, MBIA said.