Credit Rating

Despite Financial Crisis, Credit Rating Agencies Skirt Overhaul

nytimes.com | DAVID SEGAL | Posted 12.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Wall Street, Economy, Economic Crisis, Standard and Poor, Rating Agencies, Credit Rating Agencies, Big Three Credit Rating Agencies, Financial Crisis, Credit Rating, Moody's, Business News

When the financial crisis began, few players on Wall Street looked more ripe for reform than the Big Three credit rating agencies... So as Washing...

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Now Is Not the Time To Stop Using Your Credit

Jeanne Kelly | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: FICO Score, Credit Cards, Mortgage, Credit, Credit Rating, Car Loan, Home Loan, Credit Tips, Finance Advice, Personal Finance, Bill Paying, Business News
Jeanne Kelly

Credit is sort of like a healthy body. You've got to use it to have it and you've got to use it well and on an on-going basis to have it be stellar.

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Unemployed Struggle With Credit Checks In Job Search

nytimes.com | JONATHAN D. GLATER | Posted 09.07.2009 | Business

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Digging out of debt keeps getting harder for the unemployed as more companies use detailed credit checks to screen job prospects....

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Ryan Grim

Barney Frank, GOP Go After Credit Rating Agency Dominance

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 08.15.2009 | Business

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Credit rating agencies have it pretty good. By law, banks are required to use one of three agencies to rate financial products, so no amount of dismal...

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How to Live on $0 A Day: Taking Your Life Back From Creditors

Lesley Stern | Posted 07.24.2009 | Comedy

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Humor, Satire, Amex, Economy, Economic Crisis, Bank of America, Citibank, Financial Crisis, Credit Crisis, Credit Card Debt, Credit Rating, Comedy, Personal Finance, Financial Advice, Bailout, Comedy News
Lesley Stern

Say you stop wasting your entire unemployment check on the hedonistic pleasure of protecting your precious credit rating. Instead, you're going to try eating, and maybe splurge on health insurance.

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U.S. Credit Rating Safe, A "solid triple-A": Moody's

Yahoo! News | Posted 07.24.2009 | Business

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TOKYO (Reuters) -- Moody's Investors Service said on Tuesday that the U.S. government's triple-A credit rating was safe but added that it could be at ...

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Credit Ratings Accused Of Reaping Profits As Regulators Fail

Bloomberg News | Posted 05.31.2009 | Business

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Ron Grassi says he thought he had retired five years ago after a 35-year career as a trial lawyer. Now Grassi, 68, has set up a war room in his Tah...

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GE Loses Top Credit Rating

AP | STEPHEN MANNING | Posted 04.12.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — General Electric Co. lost its top credit rating from Standard & Poor's on Thursday over concerns of rising loan losses and lower ea...

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