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Japan Downgraded

Reuters | Posted 05.23.2012

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* Yen weakens after Fitch downgrade, move seen brief * Fitch warns further downgrades possible * Says Japan's debt plan ...

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Protesters Occupy Shareholder Meeting At Major Bank

Reuters | Posted 05.16.2012

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* Gorman faces tough questions from protesters * Shareholders approve pay and director proposals * Chants drown out vote...

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Spanish Economy In 'Crisis Of Huge Proportions'

Reuters | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Deutsche Bank, Video, Economic Slump, Unemployment, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, Standard and Poor's, Reuters, BBB+ Rating, Jobs, Spain, Austerity Measures, Fitch, Downgrades, Moody's, Austerity, Business News

* S&P downgrades Spanish government debt * Unemployment rate rises more than expected * Retail sales continue to sli...

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Threat Of Increased Hospital Closures Looms

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Obamacare, Economy, Health Care Reform, Hospitals, Jobs, Medicare, Health Insurance, Medicaid, Healthcare Reform, Business, Health Care, Healthcare, Moody's, Business News

Nonprofit hospitals are having a tough time getting the cash they need to stay in business and the situation only looks to get worse, according to a r...

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Moody's Says Detroit Financial Advisory Board Helps Avert Bankruptcy

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Detroit Unions, Detroit Public Sector Unions, Detroit Financial Crisis, Dave Bing, Detroit Financial Advisory Board, Detroit Debt, Rick Snyder, Moody's, Detroit News

A month after Moody's Investors Service downgraded more than $2.5 billion of Detroit's debt to below investment grade, the city is still under review ...

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Recovery No Help For Many Laid-Off Government Employees

Reuters | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Layoffs, Workforce, State Government, Housing Market, Recovery, Unemployment, Private Sector, Great Recession, Labor Department, Reuters, Jobs, Government Employees, Moody's, Business News

By Lisa Lambert April 8 (Reuters) - Since 2009, the city of Chesapeake, tucked up against the Great Dismal Swamp in southern Virginia,...

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Hospital Costs Will Rise If Health Care Reform Falls: Study

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Politics, Video, Obamacare, Health Care Reform, Hospitals, Business, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Healthcare, Barack Obama, Moody's, Business News

Health care reform repeal would slam big for-profit hospital chains like HCA, Community Health Systems and Tenet Healthcare as uninsured people contin...

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Island Nation Downgrade To Junk

AP | Posted 05.13.2012

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NICOSIA, Cyprus — International credit ratings agency Moody's downgraded euro member Cyprus to junk status Tuesday on heightened concerns over i...

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Good For Business, Less So For Everyone Else

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 03.08.2012

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As if hospital costs weren't high enough, prices may be about to ratchet up further in some locales. More U.S. hospitals are joining forces to weat...

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Greece Hits New Low

Reuters | Posted 05.02.2012

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NEW YORK, March 2 (Reuters) - Moody's Investors Service on Friday cut Greece's sovereign debt rating to the lowest possible level af...

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Moody's Analyst Blows Whistle On Mortgage Debt Ratings, Allegedly Gets Pay Cut

Reuters | Posted 04.29.2012

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* Ilya Eric Kolchinsky may pursue retaliation claim * Moody's wins dismissal of defamation, other claims * Kolchinsky we...

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Moody's Downgrades Six European Nations

The Huffington Post | Lindsay | Posted 02.14.2012

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The financial ratings agency Moody's downgraded credit ratings on Monday for Italy, Portugal, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia and Malta. These downgrade...

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MF Global To S&P Before Collapse: We've 'Never Been Stronger'

Reuters | Posted 03.31.2012

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* S&P says MF Global touted capital, liquidity strength * One week after email to S&P, MF Global failed * House lawmaker...

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Moi, J'ai été Experte Dans Une Agence De Notation...

Sara Bertin | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Agence De Notation, éConomie, Crise éConomique, Crise De La Dette, Note Souveraine, Aaa, S&P, Fitch, Moody's, France News

Les notes des agences, même le fameux AAA, sont une opinion. Elles ne sont ni une vérité, ni une recommandation d'achat ou de vente. Une simple opinion.

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The Hate-Europe Movement Hits a Snag

Steve Kettmann | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Euro Zone, Standard & Poor's, Euro, Ratings Agencies, Euro Zone Crisis, Moody's, European Economy, Business News

No one should underestimate the severity of the crisis gripping the Euro zone. But press speculation on the euro's demise -- often with the tone that it was about to happen -- any second! -- has been more about media fashion than understanding of Europe.

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Downgrading the Big Three

Jeff Greene | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Fitch Ratings, Credit Downgrade, Economy, Stock Market, Economic Crisis, Standard & Poor's, U.S. Credit Downgrade, Housing Bubble, Moody's, Business News

Standard and Poor's, Moody's, and Fitch -- also known as The Big Three -- lost much of their credibility as they failed to act as reliable brokers of information and played a big part in creating the economic crisis that began in 2007. In effect, the market has downgraded them.

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State Given Worst Credit Rating In U.S.

Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Illinois Credit Rating Downgraded, US Credit Rating, Illinois Budget, Pension Reform Illinois, Pat Quinn, Moodys Investors Service, Pensions, Illinois Deficit, Illinois Credit Rating, Moody's, Illinois Pensions, Chicago News

Citing the state's ongoing financial problems, Moody's Investor Service on Friday downgraded Illinois's credit rating to the lowest of any state in th...

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The Latest European Nation To Be Downgraded By Fitch

AP | By PABLO GORONDI | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Video, Eurozone, National Bank of Hungary, Standards & Poor's, Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Fitch's Sovereign Group, European Union, Central Banks, Imf, Fitch, Hungary, Moody's, Business News

BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Fitch downgraded Hungary's credit rating to junk status on Friday, citing a standoff between the government and international len...

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America's Worst-Run Cities

24/7 Wall St. | Michael Sauter, Charles Stockdale, Ashley Allen | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Credit Ratings, Small Business, "Edge Cities", Employment Opportunities, Tech Industry, Dell, Boomtowns, Jobs, Hewlett Packard, Income, Moody's, Business News

Many qualities separate the best-run and worst-run cities. But perhaps the most important is access to jobs. The economies of the best-run cities fall...

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Detroit's Old Games Are Over

Fred Leeb | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Detroit Turnaround, Andy Dillon, Detroit's Bonds, EMERGENCY MANAGER, Turnaround, Downward Spiral, City of Detroit, Hitting the Wall, Detroit's Finances, Moody's, Detroit, Fitch, Detroit News

Those of us in the turnaround world have been waiting for decades for the City of Detroit to be in its current dismal financial condition with no easy way out. It is finally the time when people must step up and take positive actions.

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Moody's Downgrades Belgium's Credit Rating

Posted 12.16.2011

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Deficit, Credit Ratings, Video, Credit Rating Downgrade, Public Debt, Fitch, Belgium, Moody's, Business News

Moody's on Friday cut Belgium's credit ratings by two notches, saying "fragile sentiment" in the euro zone may cause funding stress for countries ...

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Moody's Downgrades Top French Banks

Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Video, Moody's Downgrades Banks, BNP Paribas, Societe Generale, Moody's Investor Services, French Banks, Business News, Moody's, Credit Agricole, Business News

Ratings agency Moody's downgraded the debt of BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA), Societe Generale (SOGN.PA), and Credit Agricole (CAGR.PA) on Friday, citing d...

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S&P Downgrades Last Triple-A Rated Bank

Posted 11.30.2011

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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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Arrogance of Self-Appointed Judges of U.S. Credit

Frank A. Weil | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: US Credit Rating, Credit Rating Agencies, Pimco, S&P, U.S. Credit Downgrade, Moody's, Politics News

The bond markets do not need their views to make assessments of the situation. The markets by themselves are the best indicator of what everyone needs and wants to know.

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Moody's: Crisis Puts EU Sovereign Ratings At Risk

Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Business News, European Debt Crisis, Moodys Eurozone Crisis, Video, Europe Crisis, Euro Crisis, Eurozone Crisis, Moody's Investor Services, Moody's, Business News

Moody's Investors Service warned on Monday the rapid escalation of the euro zone sovereign and banking crisis threatens the credit standing of all...

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