NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has kicked off an investigation into three major credit ratings agencies, according t...

Financial information is considered by most to be very private, but that isn’t stopping one credit reporting agency from sharing it without your kno...

The credit-rating agencies are like a miserable long-term relationship: You desperately want to end it, but can't imagine life without it.

The only thing the credit-rating agencies lost in the financial crisis was their reputation, despite midwifing the disaster. Now they're at risk of lo...

Moody's just took a hatchet to the credit ratings of the biggest global banks. The rating agency on Thursday cut its rating for banks in the U.S., ...

* Fekter says Rome's high borrowing costs may drive it to aid * Italy's Monti calls comments "totally inappropriate" * ...

A fictional band that lip-synched ditties for Experian's FreeCreditReport.com returns in new ads for FreeCreditScore.com. The public demanded it, t...

The new year provides the opportunity to improve your credit worthiness. Credit is one of the primary engines that runs the American economy and households.

LONDON -- A number of euro countries, including Italy, could see their credit ratings downgraded by the end of this month as they struggle to cope wit...

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...

The half a trillion euros the European Central Bank pumped into the financial system buys hard-hit banks valuable time but will not in itself prot...

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 ...

This technology-driven, partly outsourced, too-big-to-fail bureaucracies of today are more difficult to maneuver than that of yesteryear. And the frustration and angst it breeds are one reason the Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party movements resonate with Americans.

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...

(Jonathan Stempel) - A federal judge has said credit ratings are not always protected opinion under the First Amendment, a defeat for credit ratin...

BRUSSELS — The European Union said Tuesday it wants to allow investors to sue credit rating agencies for compensation if they break EU regulatio...

The European Union's executive may ask for powers to censor credit ratings for countries in crisis, its financial reform chief said on Thursday, d...

From 24/7 Wall St. After the credit crisis, it’s been encouraging to see that across America credit scores have been slowly improving. Despite ...

Which is a safer investment: (A) Treasury bonds, backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, or (B) securities backed by subprime loan...