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By John Detrixhe, Bloomberg |
June 10, 2013
The U.S.’s AA+ credit rating outlook was increased to stable from negative by Standard & Poor’s, based on receding fiscal risks, less than two years after stripping the world’s largest economy of its top ranking.
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By Lu Wang and Sonja Elmquist, Bloomberg |
June 5, 2013
Alcoa Inc.’s speculative-grade credit ranking at Moody’s Investors Service makes it only the second junk-rated Dow Jones Industrial Average company in at least three decades. It took four years for the first to be ejected.
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By John Detrixhe and Matt Robinson, Bloomberg |
December 17, 2012
The global bond market disagreed with Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s more often than not this year when the companies told investors that governments were becoming safer or more risky.
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By Takahiko Hyuga and Shigeru Sato, Bloomberg |
December 14, 2012
Standard & Poor’s Japan unit was ordered by the nation’s financial watchdog to improve its system for verifying and updating credit ratings in the regulator’s first action against a ratings company.
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By Phil Flynn |
October 26, 2012
Hurricane Sandy is far from a dandy, threatening to be one of the worst storms in history. Because it will blow away ghosts and goblins it is being called the “Frankenstorm.” It will also blow energy demand.
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By Michael J. McFarlin |
January 1, 2012
The Treasury complex can be confusing for the uninitiated. Here are the basics
