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• Standard & Poor’s downgrades the Bahamas

  
  The Liming House — Authority: 99
  Long-Term Ratings On The Commonwealth of the Bahamas Lowered To ‘BBB+’; Outlook Stable The Bahamas’ fiscal position has deteriorated, as the government has increased spending while its narrow revenue base has declined amid economic recession. This has led to a rise in general government debt, and medium-term ...
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• Goldman Sachs, Briber Par Excellence

  
  City Lakes Real Estate Blog — Authority: 136
  A Cut for Everyone But the Taxpayer"Bribe" (verb): to induce or influence by or as if by bribery."Bribe" (noun): money or favor given or promised in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust.--Websters DictionaryOf course, the whole thing is that "no laws were broken." And theres ...
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• Avatar | Spill.com Movie Reviews

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 178
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• Sophie Madeleine – I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (Cover) Irving Berlin

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 178
  Another cover session from the shed. Inspired by the snow we have here at the moment. Hope you like it. Download this song and my other covers for FREE here: http://sophiemadeleine.bandcamp.com/album/sidetrack-sessions TWO NEW YORK SHOWS CONFIRMED. The first on the 10th Jan 2010 at Pianos ( for more info ...
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• Barney Frank: Why Credit Raters ‘Don’t Like’ My Bill

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 178
  After nearly a year of debate, the U.S. House passed an historic overhaul of the nations financial system last week. Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) cracked down on the credit rating industry, which gave top grades to toxic investments at the core of the financial crisis.
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• Sheer regulatory lunacy!

  
  Tea with FT — Authority: 119
  Sir Anousha Sakoui in “S&P in rating threat to covered bonds” December 16, writes that these bank issued will be rated among other based on “the likelihood of government support”. Given that governments appoint financial regulators who now use the credit risk ratings issued by the credit rating agencies to ...
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• The European AIG: How Moodys Downgrade Of Greece Can Start The Avalanche

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 736
  As one so vividly remembers, probably the key catalyst that set off the chain of events last fall following the collapse of Lehman were the closed loop (and much delayed) downgrades of AIG, which in a span of hours went from AAA to much lower, thus springing various collateral requirements which the company could not ...
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• Cuts and the City

  
  Gaian Economics — Authority: 112
  It must be because we are living right through the middle of one of capitalism’s periodic adaptations that it is so difficult for people to observe and interpret what is going on. The previous avatar of this oppressive economic beast was the greedy asset monster. The inflation of house prices and stock prices made ...
  2 weeks ago

• U.S. House: Wall Street Reform Act Summary

  
  Newsroom Magazine — Authority: 129
  Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActThe House Financial Services Committee released this summary of provisions in new legislation passed by the House aimed at updating regulatory standards, practices and agencies in the financial sector.The House Financial Services Committee has responded to the nation’s ...
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• Credit rating agencies: the untouchable kings of finance

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 969
  Their judgments can change the fortunes of nations, but why do the rating agencies still wield such power, asks Jeremy Warner.
  2 weeks ago

• Guest Post: Rating Agency Scandal - SEC Chooses Remedial Over Preventative

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 736
  Submitted by Damien Hoffman of Wall St. Cheat Sheet Extra, Extra! Read all about it :SEC Enforcement Director Robert Khuzami told the Senate JudiciaryCommittee the SEC is “looking very closely at credit rating agencies” —Moody’s Investors Service (MCO), Standard & Poor’s (MHP) and FitchRatings — ...
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• Do credit-rating agencies have ANY credibility anymore? Are global economies recovering?

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 157
  Didn’t they fail doing prudent due diligence when they rated all these sub-prime mortgage backed securities AAA? If anything Fitch’s, Moody’s and Standards and Poor are at least complicit in this disaster. They NEVER asked the tough questions, which was avoided, at all costs. How can investors seek a safe-haven ...
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• Moodys keeps the Aaa rating pressure on the U.S. and U.K.

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 764
  Filed under: Economy , Investing As debt mounts in both the U.S. and U.K., the drums are getting a bit louder at Moodys. The credit rating agency is warning both countries to get their debt under control. Yet only under the most pessimistic scenario does the agency think the U.S. could possibly lose its top ...
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• Back to Business: Debt Raters Avoid Overhaul After Crisis

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 165
  As Washington rewrites the rules of Wall Street, how is the overhaul of the Big Three credit rating agencies coming? Experts say it isn’t.
  3 weeks ago

• Words from the (Investment) Wise (November 29, 2009)

  
  GreenLightAdvisor Views — Authority: 142
  As shoppers were emptying their purses on Black Friday bargains, Dubai’s attempt to reschedule its debt roiled financial markets, plunging risky assets into the red. The government of Dubai requested a six-month payment freeze on the $59 billion debt issued by Dubai World - a state-owned conglomerate that has ...
  4 weeks ago

• EDGE & VICKIE GUERRERO ADRENALINE 33 WWE JAKKS ACTION FIGURE 2 PACK **IN STOCK**

  
  Most-Gifted-Toys.com — Authority: 156
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