• These will turn into losses if the stockmarket falls another 20%, reckons Standard and Poor's, a credit-rating agency.

    ECONOMIST: Asian banks

  • In an early sign of trouble, Moody's, a credit-rating agency, recently downgraded the debt of three power projects in Indonesia.

    ECONOMIST: Electricity

  • But the process of selling assets for cash has ground to a halt, says a credit analyst at a leading credit-rating agency.

    ECONOMIST: Broadcasting

  • Moody's, a credit-rating agency, shocked Japan by placing it under review for a possible credit downgrade, even though Japan is the world's biggest creditor country.

    ECONOMIST: Cross-currents

  • IBCA, a credit-rating agency, the average return on equity earned by the world's 500 biggest commercial banks has climbed above 10% only once, in 1993.

    ECONOMIST: It��s got to fit somehow

  • Instead, he allegedly made false and misleading statements in two employee meetings, during three conference calls with analysts, and to an analyst from a credit-rating agency.

    ECONOMIST: The Enron drama goes to trial | The

  • The biggest question, however, is how Japan will adapt to a new era of financial discipline, says Akio Mikuni, president of Mikuni and Co, a credit-rating agency.

    ECONOMIST: Japan's financial institutions

  • In September Moody's, a credit-rating agency, estimated that the case-by-case approach had barely made a dent in the problem, with only 1% of adjustable-rate subprime loans recast.

    ECONOMIST: Mortgage restructuring

  • One credit-rating agency, Egan Jones (which predicted the collapse of Enron and WorldCom), said that Ford was saved from going bust only because it was a household name.

    ECONOMIST: Detroit's nine lives

  • Now Moody's, a credit-rating agency, has lowered India's credit rating.

    ECONOMIST: India

  • On July 17th, Moody's, a credit-rating agency, gave warning that it was considering downgrading South Africa's sovereign debt to sub-investment grade, a move that would deter much-needed foreign investment.

    ECONOMIST: South Africa

  • Moody's, the international credit-rating agency, recently warned that global consumer electronics giants are vulnerable to problems arising from "low consumer spending and rapidly declining prices" in North America and Europe.

    CNN: ASIANOW - Asiaweek

  • And though fewer firms are defaulting than were doing so or threatening to do so a few months ago, the ratio of upgrades to downgrades by Moody's, a credit-rating agency, continues to decline.

    ECONOMIST: Corporate debt

  • The need for that was reinforced this week by a warning from Fitch, a credit-rating agency, that Britain was the big economy most at risk of losing its prized triple-A status as a sovereign borrower.

    ECONOMIST: There are promising signs that the economy is improving

  • Masaru Kakutani, a director of the Tokyo branch of Moody's, a credit-rating agency, reckons that by the turn of the century some big companies will have to spend a quarter of their operating profits on pension contributions.

    ECONOMIST: The trouble with getting old

  • Moody's, the credit-rating agency, got publicity--for once, not negative--in January when it warned that the U.S. government may lose its triple-A rating within a decade if Uncle Sam doesn't do something drastic about the unfunded liabilities of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Given the turmoil in the credit markets, here's an initiative the White House should adopt: busting up the credit-rating-agency cartel.

    FORBES: Fact and Comment

  • What's amazing is how ineffective the Administration has been in dealing with the root causes of the crisis: easy money, Fannie and Freddie (and soon the Federal Housing Administration), Washington's credit-rating-agency cartel, short-selling abuses and the pernicious too-big-to-fail doctrine.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The Fitch credit agency has taken away its triple-A rating, a veritable death knell for a bond insurer.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Sean Egan , of rating agency Egan-Jones, rates Ford's credit as junk.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Ratings agency Fitch downgraded Greece's long-term credit rating from B- to CCC on Thursday, citing the increased risk that Greece could be forced to leave the eurozone.

    CNN: Spain faces bank concerns after downgrade

  • Ratings agency Fitch cut Greece's long-term credit rating from B- to CCC Thursday, only one notch above default level, reflecting worries over its ability to remain in the euro currency zone.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • In November, Sony suffered the ignominy of having its credit rating downgraded to "junk" by Fitch - indicating that the ratings agency has serious doubts about whether Sony will be able to repay its debts.

    BBC: Sony sells Manhattan headquarters skyscraper for $1.1bn

  • While Italy faces the specter of un-governability, as Berlusconi noted according to the FT, analysts at the credit rating agency are hopeful that a government will form after a four week negotiation period.

    FORBES: Italian Circus: S&P Says Silvio's Return And Comedian's Ascent Don't Affect Credit Rating

  • The comments from senior French figures followed a recent warning from US credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's that France could lose its triple-A credit rating over the eurozone crisis.

    BBC: Calm economic rhetoric, Nick Clegg tells French PM

  • The credit rating agency put these five and Ireland with negative outlooks, joining the ranks of Portugal and AAA-rated France.

    FORBES: And Here Come Some More Downgrades: Fitch Axes Italy, Spain, Others

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