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Help Us Investigate: Rating Agencies

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Adam Clark Estes | Posted 11.04.2009 | Eyes & Ears

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The Huffington Post Investigative Fund continuing to report on the causes and consequences of the financial crisis. Ben Protess, who published the fir...

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Newsweek: Credit Rating Agencies Are Getting Off Easy

newsweek.com | Michael Hirsh | Posted 10.01.2009 | Business

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Moody's and Standard & Poor's, the two giants of the industry, are still around despite causing the loss of hundreds of billions of dollars by badly r...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Credit Rating Agency Analysts Covering AIG, Lehman Brothers Never Disciplined

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.01.2009 | Business

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Analysts at the three biggest credit rating agencies who gave positive, investment-grade ratings to AIG and Lehman Brothers up until their collapse ha...

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GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Dan Proft Proposes Income Hike for State Lawmakers, Grabs Crackpot Crown

David Ormsby | Posted 08.31.2009 | Chicago

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David Ormsby

Perhaps Proft will be successful. After all, the Illinois governor's office has been a welcoming place for crackpots.

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Why China Is Dangerous for Your Money

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 08.21.2009 | Business

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Eric Schurenberg

You don't quadruple loan volume during a recession by tightening lending standards. Loose lending leads to inflation or defaults or both. And if any country's banking system has too much of it, the end isn't pretty.

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Buffett's Berkshire Stripped Of Triple-A Rating

Reuters | Muralikumar Anantharaman | Posted 04.13.2009 | Business

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SINGAPORE (Reuters) -- Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway was stripped of its 'AAA' credit rating by Fitch, barely hours after S&P cut General Electr...

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Credit Rating Agencies Defend Track Record

AP | Alan Zibel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Executives from major credit rating agencies on Wednesday were accused by senators of being hampered by conflicts of interest that may have contribute...

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