Credit Rating Agency

Surprising Reason Woman Can't Get Credit

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.16.2012

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You can't get a credit card if lenders think you're dead. Bea Cohen, 81, of New Jersey, has been denied credit for years because credit rating agen...

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

AP | By MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 11.22.2011

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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 Boosts GM Credit Rating On Labor Contract

Posted 11.29.2011

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Ratings agency Standard & Poor's raised its corporate credit rating on General Motors Co by two notches on Thursday, saying the automaker's new la...

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Bill Gross: Problem Is 'Insufficient Consumption And investment'

Washington Post | Bill Gross | Posted 10.11.2011

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

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 10.08.2011

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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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S&P Downgrades Fannie And Freddie

AP | DANIEL WAGNER and DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 10.08.2011

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WASHINGTON — Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Monday downgraded the credit ratings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and other entities linked ...

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Credit Raters Spend $1.76 Million To Lobby Washington

AP | STEPHEN BRAUN | Posted 10.01.2011

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WASHINGTON — The three major credit rating companies poised to decide whether to downgrade the nation's top-ranked debt standing are at the same...

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Moody's: U.S. Should Retain Top Credit Rating If Bondholders Get Paid

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 09.28.2011

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WASHINGTON — Moody's Investors Service said late Friday that the United States should be able to keep its triple-A credit rating as long as Wash...

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Why Wall Street Seems Unfazed By Default Threats

AP | By BERNARD CONDON and MATTHEW CRAFT | Posted 09.14.2011

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NEW YORK -- The CEO of a big bank says a U.S. default could be catastrophic for the economy. The head of the Federal Reserve warns of chaos. And a cre...

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Franken Battling Frank On Wall Street Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Al Franken is battling Barney Frank to save the life of a credit rating agency amendment that the freshman Minnesota Democrat was able to include in t...

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Moody's Risk Committee Disappeared At Height Of Collapse

McClatchy | Kevin G. Hall | McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- As the bottom fell out of the housing market and complex mortgage-backed securities began tanking in 2007, a strange thing happened at M...

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Credit-Rating Agency Heads Get Slapped In Congress

Huffington Post | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shortly after proposing legislation to strengthen SEC oversight of the credit-rating agencies responsible for measuring the safety of investment in pu...

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