In Brief: Fitch Downgrades MBNA to A-Minus

Fitch Investors Service has downgraded MBNA Corp.'s debt to A-minus from A-plus.

The rating agency cited rising chargeoffs and evidence that the Wilmington, Del., credit card specialist is "thinly capitalized" as reasons for the downgrade.

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