US - State pension plans could create a bond insurer under a proposal mooted by California treasurer Bill Lockyer.
Tom Dresslar, spokesman for the treasurer, confirmed Lockyer was exploring the possibility but said it was still in the very early stages. He said: "It is in the exploratory, preliminary stages ...
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