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Investors Cut Back On US Stocks, Seek Growth Abroad

CNBC | Jeff Cox | Posted 11.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Vanguard Emerging Markets Fund, Foreign Stocks, BofA-Merrill Lynch, Standard, Investors Hedge Funds, u.s. Equity Funds, Asia, U.S. Stock Market, U.S. Market, Global Market, Investors, Business News

Even as the US market continues to rally, many institutional investors are trimming their US holdings and putting more money in foreign stocks--especi...

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Under Attack, Credit Raters Turn to the First Amendment

HuffPost Investigative Fund | By Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert | Posted 11.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Market, Standard, Bill of Rights, Morgan Stanley, Moodys, Egan Jones, Free Speech, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Business News

Editor's note: This is the first of three articles by the Investigative Fund on the credit rating companies. To help with the investigation, sign up ...

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Help Us Investigate: Rating Agencies

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

Read More: Fitch Ratings, Standard, Citizen Journalism, Standard and Poor, Financial Crisis, Credit Rating Agencies, Moody's, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Eyes & Ears News

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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Credit Rating Agencies: New Regulations Approved By House Committee

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Standard, Ratings Agencies, Financial Crisis, Securities and Exchange Commission, House Financial Services Committee, Moody's, Business News

WASHINGTON — A House committee voted Wednesday to set new rules for investment rating agencies, which lawmakers say misled investors by giving h...

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Bill Supposed To Tighten Rules On Ratings Agencies Has Big Loopholes

McClatchy | Kevin G. Hall | McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Standard, Moody's Investors Service, Wall Street, Wall Street Regulation, Ratings Agencies, Economy, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Rating Agencies, Global Financial Crisis, Financial Regulation, House Financial Services Committee, Investors, Business News

A key House of Representatives committee is set to vote soon on legislation that would overhaul financial regulation and produce greater transparency ...

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Credit Rating Agency Analysts Covering AIG, Lehman Brothers Never Disciplined

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Fitch Ratings, Standard, Lehman Brothers, Credit Rating Agencies, Financial Crisis, Aig, Business News

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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Moody's Stock Slides On Probes Of Credit Rating Agencies

AP | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

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DES MOINES, Iowa — Shares of rating agency Moody's Corp. fell Thursday as government agencies began looking into credit rating companies' actions du...

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Fuzz Is My New Buzz

Maria Rodale | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

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Maria Rodale

Maybe it's because I'm getting older (with the granny glasses to prove it), but I'm starting to tire of the whole "buzz"-chasing world. Now, it's all about fuzz for me.

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Credit Ratings Accused Of Reaping Profits As Regulators Fail

Bloomberg News | Posted 05.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Moody's, Standard, Credit Ratings, Credit Rating, Credit Rating Agencies, Business News

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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Rating Agencies Lose Their Standing Among Insurers

bloomberg.com | Andrew Frye | Posted 05.04.2009 | Business

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April 3 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. state insurance regulators may reduce their dependence on firms including Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investors Service,...

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GE Loses Top Credit Rating

AP | STEPHEN MANNING | Posted 04.12.2009 | Business

Read More: GE Credit Rating, General Electric, Credit Rating, Standard, Business News

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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S&P Companies Post Collective Quarterly Loss For First Time

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 03.16.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK — The companies that make up the Standard & Poor's 500 are on track to post a collective quarterly loss for the first time _ a sign cor...

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