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Credit Rating Agency Scandals Ignored by US

Diane Francis | Posted 05.29.2009 | Business


Diane Francis

Credit rating agencies contributed to the current economic collapse. They were paid fees by banks who sometimes pressured or shopped around for the most favorable risk assessments, an obvious conflict of interest.

New York Times, McClatchy Credit Ratings Cut

AP | Posted 05.26.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — Moody's Investors Service on Friday downgraded the credit ratings of The New York Times Co. and McClatchy Co. on concerns that busine...

Buffett's Berkshire Loses Top-Level Credit Rating From Moody's

Bloomberg | Erik Holm | Posted 05.09.2009 | Business


Billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. had its top-level Aaa credit rating cut by Moody's Investors Service because of the falling value...

Ratings Agencies, To Blame For Some Of The Crisis, Could Now Benefit

Huffington Post via WSJ | Julie Satow | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business


The Federal Reserve is in the uncomfortable position of rewarding those who helped cause the financial crisis. The government's latest rescue effort ...

How Far Down Is the Bottom?

Michael Wolff | Posted 04.10.2009 | Business


Michael Wolff

The basic economic operation becomes about anticipating -- and speculating on -- the depth of the bottom. (The hype that helped urged things up now urges them down.)

Moody's "Bottom Rung" List Of 283 Companies At Risk Of Default

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 04.10.2009 | Business


On Tuesday, Moody's Investors Service published a new list called the Bottom Rung, which details which companies the ratings agency says are most like...

10 Good Bets that I Wouldn't Have Taken a Year Ago

Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics


Elizabeth Rigby

It seems like we are living in an alternate political reality divorced from what was previously known, understood, practical, and possible simply a year ago.

Republicans Say They'd Support the "Right" Stimulus Bill, But Stimulus for Them Is Only More Tax Cuts

Mitchell Bard | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics


Mitchell Bard

If you look closely at what the Republicans are saying, this isn't a debate on the merits of this stimulus legislation, but rather another round of policy battles fought during last year's campaign.

In the Footsteps of Simeon Meade - Escape the Cell

www.mochiads.com | Mochiads | Posted 03.07.2009 | Comedy


This is the first part of myst-style point-and-click puzzle adventure game - In the Footsteps of Simeon Meade.

The 'Market' Isn't So Wise After All

Thomas Frank | Posted 01.31.2009 | Business


Thomas Frank

By and large the free-market medicine men seem determined to learn nothing from this awful year. Instead they repeat their incantations and retreat deeper into their dogma.

Lebanon's Economy Thriving Thanks to Arab Neighbors and Conservative Capitalism

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 01.25.2009 | World


Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

As the rest of the world braces for a global economic dive, thousands of visitors flood into Beirut. The streets are crowded, shops are bustling and political chatter takes an unusual backseat to celebration.

Debt Watchdogs: Tamed Or Caught Napping?

New York Times | GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Posted 01.07.2009 | Business


"These errors make us look either incompetent at credit analysis or like we sold our soul to the devil for revenue, or a little bit of both." -- A Mo...

More On the Sky Falling

Tim Berry | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business


Tim Berry

I'm usually just working on small business, but yesterday, as I went over the Sunday New York Times, I hit upon one piece by Ben Stein that struck a cord.

New York Psychiatrist Uses Verbal Abuse On Wall Street Clients

The Daily Beast | Dr. Stephen Josephson | Posted 11.06.2008 | Business


A New York psychiatrist says caustic verbal abuse is the best treatment for traumatized Wall Street jocks. Last week the bottom dropped out of the fi...

MBIA Gets Added Boost From Moody's

TheStreet.com | Laurie Kulikowski | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


MBIA surged as much as 6% in trading Tuesday after Moody's Investor Services confirmed the financial guarantor's triple-A rating. The action comes a ...

More Bailouts For Over-Indebted Homeowners Coming?

New York Times | EDMUND L. ANDREWS, LOUIS UCHITELLE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Prodded in part by some of the nation's biggest banks, the Bush administration and Congress are considering costly new proposals for the government to...

Credit Rating Agencies Defend Track Record

AP | Alan Zibel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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

NYT, Clear Channel Top Most Vulnerable Media Companies List

Bloomberg | Tim Mullaney | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


New York Times Co. and Clear Channel Communications Inc., the largest U.S. radio broadcaster, are among the most vulnerable media companies in the eve...