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• 7 Best Annuities to Guarantee Income for Life

  BNET - 2009-12-08

  Receiving a monthly check from the day you retire until the day you die sounds mighty appealing. But signing up for an immediate annuity also means locking up your money with an insurer for decades. How can you be certain the company will still be around? Here are seven of...

  Tags: Payment, S&P, Annuity, Immediate Annuity, Insurance Company, Income, TheStreet.com Inc., Payout, A.M. Best Co., MoneyWatch, ImmediateAnnuities.com, A+, Insurance, Personal Finance, Operational Accounting, Investment, Financial Services, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Immediate Annuities, Annuities, A.M. Best, Standard & Poor?s, Moody?s, TheStreet.com, ImmediateAnnuities, AnnuityAdvantage, MetLife, USAA, Minnesota Life, American National Life Insurance, North American Co. for Life and Health, Midland National, PennMutual, State Guaranty Funds, Annuity Shopper, Hersh Stern, Kathy Kristof

• Underrated: S&P, Moody's, Fitch ... and PIMCO

  BNET - 2009-11-21

  It's been a tough week for the big three rating agencies: Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service, and Fitch Ratings, which seem to be following in the footsteps of the big three auto makers. First the National Association of Insurance Commissioners put up a "No Help Wanted"...

  Tags: S&P, Bond, Moody's Corp., PIMCO, Investment, Finance, Ed Leefeldt

• S&P Withdraws Aussie Licence Application

  AAP - 2009-11-18

  Credit ratings issued by Standard & Poor's will no longer be available to Australian retail investors from January 1.The global ratings agency says it has withdrawn its retail licence application to preserve its analytical independence.It follows recent moves by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ASIC to make ratings...

  Tags: S&P, ASICs, Financial Accounting, Semiconductors, Hardware, Finance, AAP

• Great Plains Energy Incorporated Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-10-30

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions. Your first question is from Michael Lapides with a Goldman Sachs. Michael Lapides – Goldman Sachs Hey, guys. I want to touch on a handful of things. First of all, the schedule in Missouri regarding the rate case filing versus the in-service date by Iatan...

  Tags: Goldman Sachs Group Inc., S&P, Financing, Great Plains Software, Call Transcript, Earnings, Financial Accounting, Investment, Advertising & Promotion, Finance, Marketing, Seeking Alpha, Great Plains Energy Inc.

• The S&P Is Climbing, But Hedge Funds Look Less Pretty Than Their Banker Brethren

  BNET - 2009-08-11

  Who would have thought that the day would come when trading market cycles was more profitable with a big bank behind you? by Daniel M. Harrison

  Tags: S&P, Hedge Fund, Brethren, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Daniel M. Harrison

• Industry Moves: NYT Exec Mathis Leaving For S&P

  PaidContent - 2009-08-03

  Eric Schmidt's departure from the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) board had to happen but this executive change comes as a real surprise: Catherine Mathis, the chief spokeswoman for the New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT), has resigned after 12 years—and, of course, the news emerged from a memo by CEO...

  Tags: S&P, Communication, Industry, Apple Inc., Catherine Mathis, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Staci D. Kramer, New York Times Co.

• The Future of Investing

  BNET - 2009-06-22

  Want to pick a date for the stock market to get back to its 2007 high? You may need a calendar that goes to 2017. ...

  Tags: S&P, Bond, Stock, Return, Dividend, Market, Bull Market, Investor, Inflation, MoneyWatch, Inker, Investment, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Financial Accounting, Finance, Robert Stovall, Jeremy Grantham, S&P 500, Ben Bernanke, S&P Equity Research, Rob Arnott, Warren Buffett, William Bernstein, Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo, Research Affiliates, Eaton Vance, ClearBridge Advisors, Hersh Cohen, Judith Saryan, Carla A. Fried

• S&P Spanks Banks, in the U.S. and Europe - Part II

  BNET - 2009-06-17

  Today's report from Standard & Poor's on 22 U.S. banks qualifies as a good news/bad news joke: Yes, you bankers are cleaning things up, so stronger capital positions and higher quality balance sheets are in sight, and we appreciate that. But because you're reducing your leverage and risk-taking, you're looking...

  Tags: U.S., Bank, S&P, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, John Keefe

• S&P Spanks Banks, in Europe and the U.S. - Part I

  BNET - 2009-06-17

  Rating agency Standard & Poor's has downgraded the credit standing of 22 U.S. banks, including some fairly large ones, and reiterated its negative view on the European banking sector in recent reports. S&P expects the global recession to deliver ongoing loan losses to both groups this year and next, but...

  Tags: U.S., Bank, S&P, Recession, Industry, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, John Keefe

• S&P Sees "Worst-Case Scenario" at Publicis in GM Bankruptcy; Contrast With IPG Is Striking

  BNET - 2009-06-04

  Standard & Poor's believes Publicis may face a "worst-case scenario" in the General Motors bankruptcy -- where GM fired the agency and leaves it on the hook for $146 million in unpaid media. As a result, S&P placed Publicis on "creditwatch." by Jim Edwards

  Tags: S&P, General Motors Corp., Bankruptcy, Financial Accounting, Litigation, Finance, Business Operations, Jim Edwards