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Credit Agency Warns Debt Could Lead To U.S. Downgrade

Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Fitch Ratings, Video, Moody's Investors Service, Congress, Social Security, Debt Reduction, Deficit-Reduction, Federal Debt, Credit Rating Agencies, Standard & Poor's, Credit Rating, AAA Rating, U.S. Credit Downgrade, Business News

NEW YORK (Daniel Bases) - Fitch Ratings on Wednesday warned again that the United States' rising debt burden was not consistent with maintaining t...

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LIVE UPDATES: After Resolution, A Flood Of Bad News Out Of Europe

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Fitch Ratings, European Debt Crisis, Bloxham Stockbrokers, Bank of Spain, Video, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Eurozone, Gdp, Bailout, Gnp, Greek Bonds, European Union, Standard & Poor's, Ireland, AAA Rating, Business News

DUBLIN — Alarming financial news flowed out of Europe in a torrent Friday, just a week after the EU leaders struck a deal they thought would con...

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S&P Downgrades Last Triple-A Rated Bank

Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Hsbc, Ubs, Video, Wall Street, RBC Capital Markets, Credit Rating Agencies, Standard & Poor's, Banking Crisis, Banks, Rabobank, AAA Rating, Moody's, Business News

Dutch cooperative bank Rabobank lost its cherished triple-A rating from Standard & Poor's as the global banking crisis finally caught up with the ...

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Fitch Lowers Outlook On U.S. Credit Rating

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Credit Ratings, Congress, Deficit Cuts, Moody's Investors Services, Federal Budget Deficit, Spending Cuts, Rating Agencies, Supercommittee, Standard & Poor's, Fitch, AAA Rating, Business News

WASHINGTON — Fitch said Monday that it will keep its rating for long-term U.S. debt at the top AAA level, despite a congressional panel's failur...

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S&P: Despite Supercommittee Fail, U.S. Credit Rating Safe

AP | By MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Video, Deficits, U.S. Treasury, Standard & Poor's, Supercommittee, Credit Rating, AAA Rating, Congressional Committee, Credit Rating Agency, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's says it will not downgrade the U.S. government's credit rating because a Congressional committee ...

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S&P Official: U.S. Now Has 'Less Ability' To Stimulate Economy

Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: John Chambers Stimulus, Aaa Rating S&p, Downgrade S&p, Downgrade Economy, John Chambers, Standard and Poors, S&P, AAA Rating, Business News

Standard & Poor's decision to strip the United States of its AAA rating suggests the country has less room to boost growth with fiscal spending, t...

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Simon Johnson: Pay More Attention To S&P Subprime Ratings

New York Times | Simon Johnson | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Bloomberg, Congress, Subprime Mortgages, Economic Policy, Federal Government, Global Association of Financial Institutions, New York Times, S&P, AAA Rating, Standard & Poor?S, Business News

Standard & Poor’s downgrade of United States government debt last month has been much debated, but not enough attention has been devoted to the fact...

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S&P: U.S. Downgrade Increased Risks For Other Entities

Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Standard & Poor's, AAA Rating, S&P's Global Fixed Income Research Unit, U.S. Credit Downgrade, Ratings Agencies, U.S. Sovereign Credit Rating, Creditwatch, Video, Business News

NEW YORK - Standard & Poor's downgrade of the U.S. sovereign credit rating last month increased downgrade risks for other global entities, includi...

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Matt Taibbi: NY Attorney General Vs. The Banking World

Rolling Stone | MATT TAIBBI | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Matt Taibbi, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Wall Street, Eric Schneiderman, Securities, Countrywide, Mortgage Crisis, Bank of America, Obama Administration, Banks, Mbs, AAA Rating, New York Attorney General, Business News

On the one side is Eric Schneiderman, the New York Attorney General, who is conducting his own investigation into the era of securitizations – the p...

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S&P Threatens To Downgrade State And Local Governments

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: State Government, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New Jersey, State and Local Government, Super-Downgrade, Fbi, Credit Rating Agencies, Standard & Poor's, Nevada, Wsj, S&P, U.S. Budget Control Act of 2011, AAA Rating, U.S. Credit Downgrade, Local Government, Business News

Standard and Poor's decision to downgrade the United States' sovereign credit rating has already sent shock waves through the stock market and worsene...

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WATCH: Understanding The Credit Downgrade

Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Video, Robert Reich Explains Credit, Robert Reich, Standard and Poor's, College Humor, Robert Reich Credit Rating, Credit Rating, AAA Rating, Robert Reich Collegehumor, Comedy News

After the United States' credit was downgraded from AAA to AA+ by Standard and Poor's, many of us had the same question: "So, um, what does that mean ...

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Justice Department Investigating S&P's Mortgage Ratings

New York Times | LOUISE STORY | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Mortgage Securities, Financial Crisis, Mortgage Bonds, Fitch, Justice Department, U.S. Credit Downgrade, AAA Rating, McGraw-Hill Companies, Standard & Poor?S, Moody's, Business News

The Justice Department is investigating whether the nation’s largest credit ratings agency, Standard & Poor’s, improperly rated dozens of mortgage...

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State Credit Ratings Across The Nation [MAP]

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: U.S. Debt Crisis, Moodys, State Credit Ratings, Stateline, Standard and Poor's, Credit Rating Agencies, Tax Foundation, Fitch, AAA Rating, U.S. Credit Downgrade, Municipal Debt, Business News

Other credit ratings agencies may have reaffirmed their faith in the United States' credit worthiness but the fallout from Standard and Poor's downgra...

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U.S. Stocks Shoot Up On Positive Revenue, Fewer Jobless Claims

AP | STAN CHOE | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Eurozone, Cisco Systems Inc, Unemployment, Wall Street, Stock Market, Dow Jones Industrial Average, News Corp., Job Growth, Jobless Claims, Virtus Investment Partners, AAA Rating, U.S. Credit Downgrade, S&P 500 Index, Nasdaq Composite Index, Business News

NEW YORK — Lurching higher in its week of whiplash, Wall Street recorded one of its biggest gains of all time Thursday after investors seized on...

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Bill Gross: Problem Is 'Insufficient Consumption And investment'

Washington Post | Bill Gross | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Keynesian Economics, Eurozone, Double-Dip Recession, President Barack Obama, Great Recession, Globalization, AAA Rating, U.S. Credit Downgrade, Debt Ceiling Deal, Credit Rating Agency, Treasury Bonds, Business News

For a few days there it seemed like President Obama was the master of the bond market. This is a Triple-A nation, he intoned on Monday, and always wil...

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French Central Banker Blames Plunging Bank Shares On 'Unfounded Rumors'

AP | GREG KELLER and ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Eurozone, BNP Paribas, Stock Market, Societe Generale, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, French Banks, Christian Noyer, Fitch, Rabobank, S&P, Assya Compagnie Financiere, AAA Rating, Moody's, Business News

PARIS — France, Italy, Spain and Belgium are banning short-selling on select stocks amid efforts to calm market turmoil that has sent bank share...

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After the Downgrade: Declining Blame, Assigning Blame

Rick Horowitz | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Standard & Poor's Downgrade, S&p Downgrade, Downgrade, Standard & Poor's, AAA Rating, Debt Ceiling, Debt Limit, Default, Election 2012, S&P, Comedy News

It happened on his watch! It happened on his watch! For events so consequential, Guilt is wholly presidential, And we're here to say It happened...

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Airplane Banner: 'Thanks For The Downgrade. You Should All Be Fired'

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: U.S. Debt Crisis, Cnn Money, New York Observer, Washington D.C., Standard & Poor's, S&P, U.S. Credit Rating, AAA Rating, U.S. Credit Downgrade, Business News

On Tuesday, less than a week after Standard and Poor's downgraded U.S. credit for the first time in history, a plane circled lower Manhattan with a ba...

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Deja Vu All Over Again

Robert Zevin | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Politics News, Standard & Poor's, Credit Rating Agencies, Debt Crisis, U.S. Credit Rating, AAA Rating, European Sovereign Debt Crisis, Business News

Many people are worried about the recent sharp declines in stock markets around the world along with increasing turmoil in other markets and ominous i...

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Hiring May Suffer From 2011 Drop In Productivity

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Consumer Confidence, Japan Earthquake, Unemployment, Job Cuts, Inflation, u.s. Downgrade, Double-Dip Recession, Great Recession, Labor Department, Federal Reserve, Stagnant Wages, U.S. Productivity, AAA Rating, Business News

WASHINGTON — U.S. workers were less productive in the spring for the second quarter in a row, a trend that may not bode well for future hiring. ...

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'Pretty Darn F**ked' And Other Big-Name Reactions To Downgrade

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: U.S. Debt Crisis, Standard and Poor's, Washington, New York Times, Paul Krugman, Slidepollajax, AAA Rating, U.S. Credit Downgrade, Credit Rating Agency, Business News

When Standard and Poor's decided to downgrade U.S. credit for the first time in history on Friday, it set off a firestorm of commentary, bringing out ...

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Stock Of S&P's Parent Company Tumbles Following Downgrade

AP | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Mcgraw-Hill, Moody's Investors Service, Wall Street, Dow Jones Industrial Average, J.D. Power and Associates, Stock Market, Standard & Poor's, Credit Rating, AAA Rating, U.S. Credit Downgrade, Business News

NEW YORK (AP) -- McGraw-Hill took a little friendly fire Monday, seeing its stock tumble nearly 8 percent after its Standard & Poor's agency downgrade...

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Who Should We Trust? Dems, GOP... Standard and Poor's?

Paul Heroux | Posted 10.05.2011

Downgrading us could prove to be a credit rating agency disaster as it has with other countries that have been downgraded.

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Oil Hits Lowest Price Of The Year After Downgrade

AP | SANDY SHORE | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Gas Prices, New York Mercantile Exchange, ICE Futures, Debt Crisis, Credit Downgrade, Opec, Treasury, Oil Prices, Standard & Poor's, Department of Energy, AAA Rating, European Central Bank, Short-Term Energy Outlook, Benchmark West Texas Intermediate, Business News

Oil's plunge to its lowest price of the year should provide Americans with some relief at the pump. But that may not be enough to calm their fears abo...

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A Poor Standard

Jonathan Richards | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: US Credit Rating, Standard & Poor's, U.S. Credit Downgrade, AAA Rating, Politics News

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