On the surface, going after a credit rating agency for its role in the crisis is not surprising.
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Policy makers have already tried improving the performance of the rating agencies with the Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006.
The Fitch credit rating agency Wednesday warned about a deteriorating EU debt crisis.
The credit rating agency put these five and Ireland with negative outlooks, joining the ranks of Portugal and AAA-rated France.
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The credit rating agency warned that the rebuilding cost estimates could change depending on how the situation at the plant unfolds.
European markets were also rattled by news that credit rating agency Moody's has warned that recent developments could affect France's credit rating.
But on Wednesday, a donwngrade of US debt by Chinese credit rating agency Dagong Global blamed a shaky and untrustworthy US political system.
Why had the credit rating agency promised him a delay in an inevitable downgrade when the company was on the brink of failure?
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The number of Scottish businesses going bust last month has halved compared with the same time last year, according to credit rating agency Experian.
Tuesday's announcement from Caterpillar comes a week after credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service raised outlook for Caterpillar and its financing arm, Caterpillar Financial Services.
Shares in the US credit rating agency Moody's fell 7.7% in trading in New York on Friday amid fears of legal action surrounding rating agencies.
Eventually the credit rating agency bumped it by just two notches.
Today, as if it was a new revelation, a credit rating agency reported that U.S. banks are exposed to European debt and are at risk .
Credit rating agency Moody believes that Las Vegas visitor volume, which grew 2.7% to over 37 million visitors in 2010, will continue its slow climb in 2011.
Pertaining to the implementation of the law, Eisinger and Bernstein signal out three major areas for concern: the Volcker Rule, Derivatives regulation, and Credit Rating Agency regulation.
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This follows after credit rating agency Fitch warned last month that the UK could lose the top rating if the government does not reduce its sovereign debt.
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Credit rating agency Fitch has warned it could downgrade its AAA rating of US government debt if policymakers cannot agree a deal to raise the debt ceiling.
Within 60 days after being so notified, you are entitled to a free copy of your credit report upon informing the credit rating agency of the adverse action.
And some were pretty incriminating, I mean, one credit rating agency employee essentially said he would rate a deal a cow put together if he were asked to.
The credit rating agency also put BNP Paribas on review.
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On Tuesday, credit rating agency Standard and Poor's said it had downgraded Tunisia's rating, citing "a risk that the political situation could deteriorate further amid a worsening fiscal, external and economic outlook".
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.
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The German telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom continued Wednesday's share price fall, sliding 4.8% to a new low at one point on Thursday after the credit rating agency Moody's cut its outlook for the group.
On Tuesday, the credit rating agency Fitch said the UK deficit must be reduced more quickly than set out by the former Labour government in April, and noted that the new coalition government had acted "very quickly".
The credit rating agency referenced the December 3 offer by the Greek government to private investors to participate in a Dutch auction to exchange their sovereign bonds for short-term paper issued by the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF).
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The credit rating agency noted that the bond buyback that the Hellenic Republic is conducting as a prerequisite to getting the next tranche of bailout aid from the Troika constitutes a distressed debt restructuring, which in their books means default.
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Now Moody's, a credit-rating agency, has lowered India's credit rating.
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.
These will turn into losses if the stockmarket falls another 20%, reckons Standard and Poor's, a credit-rating agency.
In an early sign of trouble, Moody's, a credit-rating agency, recently downgraded the debt of three power projects in Indonesia.
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