<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:s="http://resources.bnet.com/">
<channel>
	<title><![CDATA[Fitch Ratings | Company News & Executive Profiles | BNET]]></title>
	<link><![CDATA[http://resources.bnet.com/topic/fitch+ratings.html?i=5]]></link>
	<description><![CDATA[Latest company news & analysis, recent events, stock quotes, earning call transcripts, with profiles and descriptions of top business executives for Fitch Ratings]]></description>
	<s:counts start="0" returned="10" found="14234" />
	<language>en-us</language>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Stocks Fall, Dollar Up on Risk Aversion]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2407-13071_23-374666.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By Manuela BadawyNEW YORK (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Risk aversion swelled on Tuesday driving global stocks down as worries over Dubai's debt problems hit bank shares and the dollar rose against the euro after Fitch Ratings agency downgraded Greece's credit.Investors retreated from riskier emerging markets and higher yielding currencies, as officials...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[News items]]></s:doctype>
		<enclosure url="http://i.bnet.com/images/200803/icon_reutersUK.gif" type="image/gif" />
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:08:19 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/stock.html"><![CDATA[Stock]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/dollar.html"><![CDATA[Dollar]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/investor.html"><![CDATA[Investor]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/financial+accounting.html"><![CDATA[Financial Accounting]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/financial+services.html"><![CDATA[Financial Services]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/finance.html"><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/fitch+ratings.html"><![CDATA[Fitch Ratings]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/moody%2527s+corp..html"><![CDATA[Moody's Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MCO</category>
		<category domain="tickers">MCO</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Fitch warns of drawn-out car sales recovery]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/news-analysis/fitch-warns-drawn-car-sales/21543/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The slow pace of recovery in the US car market will hamper General Motors and Chrysler from accessing equity markets next year, according to a report by Fitch Ratings, reinforcing growing caution at the two Detroit carmakers over their return to public ownership. "While economic recovery is looming in the...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[News items]]></s:doctype>
		<enclosure url="http://i.bnet.com/images/200803/icon_bnet.gif" type="image/gif" />
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:36:07 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/chrysler+llc.html"><![CDATA[Chrysler LLC]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/recovery.html"><![CDATA[Recovery]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/general+motors+corp..html"><![CDATA[General Motors Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/fitch+ratings.html"><![CDATA[Fitch Ratings]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">GMGMQ</category>
		<category domain="tickers">GMGMQ</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Ohio sues Moody's, S&P, Fitch for inflated ratings]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/news-analysis/ohio-sues-moodys-pfitch-inflated/21327/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[QUICK SUMMARY | FULL STORY Reuters NEW YORK - Ohio's attorney general sued the three largest credit rating agencies, saying their pursuit of profit and ties to Wall Street resulted in inflated ratings on toxic mortgage debt, costing state pension funds hundreds of millions of dollars. Attorney General Richard Cordray...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[News items]]></s:doctype>
		<enclosure url="http://i.bnet.com/images/200803/icon_bnet.gif" type="image/gif" />
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:13:48 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/moody%2527s+corp..html"><![CDATA[Moody's Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/s%2526p.html"><![CDATA[S&P]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/ohio.html"><![CDATA[Ohio]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/agency.html"><![CDATA[Agency]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/lawsuit.html"><![CDATA[Lawsuit]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/fitch+ratings.html"><![CDATA[Fitch Ratings]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MCO</category>
		<category domain="tickers">MCO</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Timeshare Business Unwelcome Guest at Marriott International]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/travel/10003824/timeshare-business-unwelcome-guest-at-marriott-international/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[    Given the global economic landscape, Marriott International can no longer rationalize its timeshare business. Going forward, the company expects to continue to license and manage luxury residential projects developed by others, but chief financial officer Carl Berquist told analysts on the third-quarter earnings call the hotelier...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<enclosure url="http://i.bnet.com/images/200803/icon_bnet.gif" type="image/gif" />
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:12:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/marriott+international+inc..html"><![CDATA[Marriott International Inc.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/cash+flow.html"><![CDATA[Cash Flow]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/fitch+ratings.html"><![CDATA[Fitch Ratings]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/notwithstanding+marriott.html"><![CDATA[Notwithstanding Marriott]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales+strategy.html"><![CDATA[Sales Strategy]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/operational+accounting.html"><![CDATA[Operational Accounting]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/personal+finance.html"><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sales.html"><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/finance.html"><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/david+phillips.html"><![CDATA[David Phillips]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MAR</category>
		<category domain="tickers">MAR</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Are Reinsurers Really in Trouble?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/10003062/are-reinsurers-really-in-trouble/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Reinsurance companies, the deep pockets into which regular insurers dig when they get into trouble, were in Monte Carlo this week, and, in between speeches, were living it up in one of the world's richest playgrounds.    Of course there were a few pessimists. Fitch Ratings, whose 2009-2010...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<enclosure url="http://i.bnet.com/images/200803/icon_bnet.gif" type="image/gif" />
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:43:46 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/insurance+company.html"><![CDATA[Insurance Company]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/fitch+ratings.html"><![CDATA[Fitch Ratings]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/insurance.html"><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/financial+planning.html"><![CDATA[Financial Planning]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/business+operations.html"><![CDATA[Business Operations]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/corporate+insurance.html"><![CDATA[Corporate Insurance]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/finance.html"><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/ed+leefeldt.html"><![CDATA[Ed Leefeldt]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Fitch Issues 'Storm Warning' for Reinsurers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/10002985/fitch-issues-storm-warning-for-reinsurers/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Life has been jolly good for the Bermuda reinsurers who provide billions of dollars to back upÂ property insurers just in case hurricanes come crashing ashore in the U.S.    A recent brush with Hurricane Bill washed away a few inches of sand on that island's beaches, but otherwise...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<enclosure url="http://i.bnet.com/images/200803/icon_bnet.gif" type="image/gif" />
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:04:40 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/bermuda.html"><![CDATA[Bermuda]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/hurricane.html"><![CDATA[Hurricane]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/reinsurance.html"><![CDATA[Reinsurance]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/fitch+ratings.html"><![CDATA[Fitch Ratings]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/storm+season.html"><![CDATA[Storm Season]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/insurance.html"><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/investment.html"><![CDATA[Investment]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/business+operations.html"><![CDATA[Business Operations]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/corporate+insurance.html"><![CDATA[Corporate Insurance]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/finance.html"><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/ed+leefeldt.html"><![CDATA[Ed Leefeldt]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Fitch: U.S. Commodity Food Industry Outlook Remains Negative - Liquidity and Leverage are the Focus]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2009_Feb_13/ai_n31353386]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings expects 2009 to be a challenging year for the commodity protein, dairy and produce industries despite the significant decline in energy and agricultural ingredient costs. The extreme and unexpected volatility of key ingredient costs, and the ineffectiveness of some hedging practices continues to cause operating challenges....]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Research articles]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/fitch+ratings.html"><![CDATA[Fitch Ratings]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/.html"><![CDATA[]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Fitch: 2009 U.S. Agribusiness: Strong Liquidity Provides Cushion for Lower Demand in Recession]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2009_Feb_12/ai_n31351423]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- Solid liquidity will help the U.S. agribusiness sector maintain its stability through 2009, according to Fitch Ratings' U.S. Agribusiness Outlook, published today. Well-diversified product lines and vast geographic footprints will also support the sector through the global demand slowdown. Agribusiness companies' internally generated liquidity and cash flow have...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Research articles]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/fitch+ratings.html"><![CDATA[Fitch Ratings]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/.html"><![CDATA[]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Bad as 2008 Was for Autos, Fitch Expects 2009 To Be Worse]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/1000702/bad-as-2008-was-for-autos-fitch-expects-2009-to-be-worse/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Developing markets like China and India had been a bright spot for auto sales, but not any more, said Fitch Ratings, in a gloomy report on the global auto industry outlook for 2009. by Jim Henry]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<enclosure url="http://i.bnet.com/images/200803/icon_bnet.gif" type="image/gif" />
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:56:34 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/fitch+ratings.html"><![CDATA[Fitch Ratings]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/jim+henry.html"><![CDATA[Jim Henry]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/management.html"><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/manufacturing.html"><![CDATA[Manufacturing]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/strategy.html"><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Credit card defaults soar to record levels]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20090211/ai_n31321640]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Business in brief    CREDIT CARDS UK credit card defaults hit record highs in December, according to Fitch Ratings, the credit rating agency. Fitch's index for 60- to 180-day "delinquencies" rose from 3.8 per cent in September to 4.3 per cent three months later, marking the eighth month...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Research articles]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/fitch+ratings.html"><![CDATA[Fitch Ratings]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/.html"><![CDATA[]]></category>
	</item>
</channel>
</rss>
