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- Fitch Seeks to Issue Australian Ratings
- Global ratings agency Fitch Ratings said it will apply for a wholesale financial services licence to issue ratings in Australia under the corporate watchdog's new ratings rules.The agency will apply for a licence to continue issuing ratings to wholesale clients in Australia, a spokeswoman said.Moves by the Australian Securities...
- News items 2009-11-20
- Financial Roundup: Greenspan Speaks, Goldman Cuts, Hedge Fund Woes And More
- Former Fed Chairman Greenspan speaks -- Appearing before a House committee investigating the nation's financial crisis, Alan Greenspan said the economy is "in the midst of a once-in-a century credit tsunami" but expressed confidence the $700 billion federal bailout will ease the storm. Greenspan added that he was "shocked" the...
- Blog posts 2008-10-23
- SEC Slaps Hands of Moody's, S&P, Fitch, But Sidesteps Real Change
- The SEC is slapping the hands of credit ratings agencies whose lax performance is said to have contributed mightily to the financial meltdown. While avoiding more significant regulatory changes for later, the SEC will prohibit ratings agencies from rating products they helped structure, require more detailed reports...
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Fifth Third -- Then and Now -- Reveals the Banking Landscape That Time Forgot
- Let's step into our way-back machine and travel to a distant, more innocent time in the history of American finance: Banking's been around since the Italians created it 600 or 700 years ago, and basically it is not very complicated.... You give us your money and trust it to...
- Blog posts 2009-07-24
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- Credit ratings agency. (Financial in Briefs).(Moody's Investors Service downgrades Dow Chemical Co., Union Carbide)(Brief Article)
- Credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the senior debt rating of Dow Chemical Company from "A1" to "A3." Moody's also downgraded Dow's wholly owned subsidiary Union Carbide's long-term debt rating from & Credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has downgraded ...
- Research articles 2002-04-15
- Ratings Agency Upgrades Thailand Outlook to `Positive'.
- Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 11--Ratings agency Fitch said yesterday that it was upgrading Thailand's outlook to positive, citing the country's improved balance sheet and health of the corporate and financial sectors. The agency affirmed long-term ratings...
- Research articles 2002-10-11
- Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle Addresses Ratings Agency Revisions: S&P Sets AA+/A-1+ Mark for Bank, Moody's Reaffirms Aaa/P-1 Status
- SEATTLE -- Today, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P) and Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) issued ratings opinions for the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle Seattle Bank. S&P changed the Seattle Bank's rating from AAA/A-1+ to AA+/A-1+ with a "stable" outlook. Moody's Investors Service affirmed the bank's existing deposit rating...
- Research articles 2004-12-13
- Einhorn Expands Ratings Agency Shorts With McGraw Hill
- Market Folly submits: While David Einhorn's short position in Moody's MCO is by no means new information, we did recently learn that his hedge fund Greenlight Capital is now also short McGraw Hill MHP, the parent company of fellow ratings agency Standard & Poor's. He initiated the position after a...
- External links 2009-09-12
- Global ratings agency expects treight transports to remain healthy
- Following an exceptional year for the U.S. land-based freight transportation industry, global ratings agency Fitch Ratings expects a strong showing from the industry again in 2006. This year, continued demand led to significant revenue and profit increases in the freight railroad and trucking industries. Although risks of slower U.S. economic...
- Research articles 2005-12-06
- Ratings agency warns of risks for Tata Steel in Corus takeover plan
- NEW DELHI AFP — India's Tata Steel could face financial strains in its 7.56-billion-dollar proposal for Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus Group, global credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's warned. Corus Group confirmed Tuesday it had received a takeover approach from Tata, India's biggest private steel firm, that valued the steelmaker at...
- Research articles 2006-10-18
- Ratings agency tells airport operators to be conservative.
- Jun 30, 2005 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) Standard & Poor's (S&P) has warned Australian airports to be conservative in their financial projections. In mid-2005, the ratings agency predicted the growth in passenger numbers passing through airports would begin to decline. Analyst, Colin...
- Research articles 2005-06-30
- Ratings Agency Says Thai Banking System Moving in Right Direction.
- By Somporn Thapanachai, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23--The Thai banking system is moving in the right direction, driven by favorable economic growth and efforts by banks and regulators to resolve non-performing assets, says the ratings agency Standard ...
- Research articles 2003-07-23
- Ratings Agency Downgrades Ford to Chrysler, GM Level
- Ford keeps saying it's better off than Chrysler and GM, but Standard & Poor's keeps saying, "not by much." The ratings agency downgraded Ford to the same level as its rivals. by Jim Henry
- Blog posts 2009-03-05
- Ratings agency warns new wave of bad debts may hit banks.
- Feb 19, 2002 The Sydney Morning Herald ABIX via COMTEX -- Ratings agency, Standard & Poor's (S&P), said on 18 February 2002 a new wave of bad debts could hit Australian banks. The firm said the environment was now more uncertain than it was...
- Research articles 2002-02-18
- Ratings Agency's French Parent Raises UKpound 100 Million to Cut Debt Ratio.
- By Pierre Tran, Sunday Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 16--PARIS--Fimalac, the quoted group which owns Fitch, the world's third-largest ratings agency, has raised E100 million ($110 million, UKpound 68 million) through a rights issue. Chairman Marc Ladreit...
- Research articles 2003-03-16
- S&P CONFIRMS BBB+/A2 RATINGS FOR AUSTRALIA'S AMCOR.
- SYDNEY, May 8 Asia Pulse - International ratings agency Standard & Poor's said today that it has affirmed diversified packaging group Amcor Ltd's BBB-plus/A2 corporate credit ratings, guaranteed issue ratings, and bank loan ratings. SYDNEY, May 8 Asia Pulse - International ratings agency Standard...
- Research articles 2002-05-08
- TELSTRA RATINGS MAY COME UNDER PRESSURE FROM DIVIDENDS: FITCH.
- SYDNEY, March 10 Asia Pulse - Telstra Ltd's (ASX:TLS) ratings could come under pressure from increased dividend payments, international ratings agency Fitch Ratings said today. SYDNEY, March 10 Asia Pulse - Telstra Ltd's (ASX:TLS) ratings could come under pressure from increased dividend payments, international...
- Research articles 2003-03-10
- S&P LOWERS RATINGS ON MAYNE GROUP AFTER POOR H1 PERFORMANCE.
- MELBOURNE, March 14 Asia Pulse - International ratings agency Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P) today lowered its ratings on Mayne Group Ltd (ASX:MAY) after the private healthcare company's poor first half performance. MELBOURNE, March 14 Asia Pulse - International ratings agency Standard &...
- Research articles 2003-03-14
- FITCH KEEPS ITS RATINGS ON AUSTRALIA'S TELSTRA.
- SYDNEY, Feb 21 Asia Pulse - International ratings agency Fitch Ratings today maintained its ratings on Telstra Corp Ltd (ASX:TLS), despite the announcement by Telstra to write off its investment in Reach Ltd. SYDNEY, Feb 21 Asia Pulse - International ratings agency Fitch Ratings...
- Research articles 2003-02-21
- Rating agency criticized for A- preliminary rating to unfunded start-up; Morgan Stanley berates Best's standards.(Brief Article)
- After years of relaxing its standards for assigning new ratings, one ratings agency ``reached a new low'' by assigning an A- rating to a reinsurer that had little capital, a securities firm asserts in a new report. Late last year, Oldwick, N.J.-ba After...
- Research articles 2002-04-01
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