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• S&P Maintains Negative Outlook on Health Insurance

  BNET - 2009-06-02

  Standard & Poor’s is maintaining its negative outlook on the health insurance industry, according to an article by two S&P analysts in Business Week. The two main reasons are the continuing deterioration of the economy, which is increasing unemployment and the associated loss of insurance, and the uncertainties engendered by...

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• CMBS Outlook Uncertain as U.S. Retail Sector Nosedives

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-13

  Research Recap submits: Commercial mortgage-backed securities [CMBS], or bonds backed by a pool of commercial retail properties, are under close scrutiny for possible downgrades as U.S. retailers see their sales nosedive, according to Standard & Poor’s Credit Research. So far, store closings and bankruptcies such as Circuit...

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• Options Trader: Tuesday Outlook

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-11

  Phil Davis submits: Can we hold S&P 900 today? It didn’t take us long to go negative yesterday.  My opening comment to members at 9:36 was: "I don’t think I’d want to be rushing in to chase things at the moment, that was a big gap up and...

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• Fitch Joins S&P and Moody's in Affirming FSA's Triple-A Rating with a Stable Outlook

  - 2008-01-24

  Growing Preference for FSA Triple-A Guaranty across Its Markets

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• Standard & Poor's Affirms Triple-A Ratings for MBIA Insurance Corporation and Changes Outlook to Negative

  - 2007-12-19

  ARMONK, N.Y. -- MBIA Inc. (NYSE: MBI) today announced that Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has affirmed the Triple-A insurance financial strength ratings for MBIA Insurance Corporation. The Company also announced that Standard & Poor's changed its Outlook for MBIA Inc. and MBIA Insurance Corporation to Negative from Stable.

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• ISRAEL RAISED TO 'A/A-1', LC 'AA-/A-1+' ON REDUCED DEBT, IMPROVED RESILIENCE; OUTLOOK POSITIVE

  - 2007-11-28

  Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that it raised its long-term foreign currency sovereign credit rating on the State of Israel to 'A' from 'A-', and its long-term local currency credit rating to 'AA-' from 'A+'. At the same time, the shortStandard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that...

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• ISRAEL: ISRAEL RAISED TO 'A/A-1', LC 'AA-/A-1+' ON REDUCED DEBT, IMPROVED RESILIENCE; OUTLOOK POSITIVE.

  - 2007-11-28

  Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that it raised its long-term foreign currency sovereign credit rating on the State of Israel to 'A' from 'A-', and its long-term local currency credit rating to 'AA-' from 'A+'. At the same time, the Standard & Poor's...

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• S&P Rates WesCorp, Gives 'Stable' Outlook

  - 2007-10-01

  WesCorp FCU said credit ratings service agency, Standard & Poor's (S&P), affirmed its long-term credit ratings (AA-/Stable/A-1+) and gave the corporate credit union a "stable" outlook. WesCorp FCU said credit ratings service agency, Standard & Poor's (S&P), affirmed its long-term credit ratings (AA-/Stable/A-1+) and gave the corporate credit union...

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• Standard & Poor's Raises Outlook for Cummins to Positive

  - 2007-08-17

  COLUMBUS, Ind. -- Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) today announced that Standard & Poor's (S&P), a leading ratings agency, has raised its outlook for Cummins to positive, from neutral. The agency affirmed its investment grade debt rating of BBB-, leaving open the possibility for an upgrade in the "near to intermediate"...

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• S&P Improves Ratings Outlook for Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle

  - 2007-01-19

  SEATTLE -- Today, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle Seattle Bank announced that Standard & Poor's Rating Services (S&P) improved the Seattle Bank's ratings outlook to "stable." The Seattle Bank has a counterparty credit rating of AA+/A-1+ from S&P and Aaa from Moody's Investors Service.

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