Maiden and AmTrust slide extends to second day

Maiden Holdings and AmTrust shares fell for a second day in New
York trading today as the market continued to absorb the sister
companies' second quarter results, released late Tuesday.
Maiden dropped as much as 6.8 percent in mid-afternoon after
tumbling almost 27 percent yesterday in heavy trading. The stock
had dropped almost 56 percent this year through yesterday.
AmTrust shares fell as much as 3.2 percent by mid-afternoon
following yesterday's 10.5 percent dive to $14.23. The shares
were do