New York Times:
In the suit, the state’s attorney general asserted that Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch Ratings provided misleading ratings that led to hundreds of millions of losses for state funds. (Read More)
New York Times:
Moody’s warned Albany that significant steps must soon be taken toward closing a $3.2 billion budget gap, saying, “The next three months will be critical.”.
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Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's job approval rating has dropped below 50 percent in a second major poll in an indication he is suffering from the long healthcare debate and weakness in the economy, Gallup said (Read More)
New York Times:
In the suit, the state’s attorney general asserted that Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch Ratings provided misleading ratings that led to hundreds of millions of losses for state funds.
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ReadWriteWeb:
The problem with most analytics platforms is that we can't see the forest for the trees. Instead of looking for daily spikes in a traffic rating, it's more important for us to know what trends are spiking over time. From ther (Read More)
Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators had "ample information" to trigger an extensive exam of convicted fraudster Bernard Madoff's investment firm, but continually gave it only a "medium risk" rating, a government watchdog s (Read More)
New York Times:
New concerns are being raised about Greek banks as the country’s budget deficit swells and its sovereign credit rating has come under renewed threat. (Read More)
Reuters Video: Top News:
Nov 18 - Two new public opinion polls show the faltering U.S. economy seems to be taking its toll on President Barack Obama's approval rating.
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Reuters: Mergers News:
Nov 16 (Reuters) - Bond insurer Assured Guaranty Ltd
said it intends to implement a $300 million capital
relief plan in a response to a recent rating cut by Moody's
Investors Service.
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Reuters:
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Filmmakers trying to satisfy a U.S. movie rating aimed at mostly teenagers often complain that they're forced to cut violent scenes, and those edits compromise the director's vision.
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Reuters: Mergers News:
Reuters has stopped distributing the full text of Moody's
Investors Service press releases on ratings actions, effective
April 1, 2009. The text of this Moody's Investor Service rating
is available at www.moodys.com.
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CNN:
I've seen lots of disaster movies; I'm a disaster movie efficianado. I know the plots, characters and cliches like the back of my hand...and 2012 included them all. It also included scientific inprobabilities and inpossibil (Read More)
New York Times:
Rankings are based on cumulative performances, measured by something called a rating, but the new top-rated player is not yet the world champion.
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Reuters:
SAN FRANCISCO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc is helping "well over 1,000" of its apparel suppliers secure financing based on the strength of its own credit rating.
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New York Times:
MBIA's once pristine AAA-rating has now turned into junk and no one wants to buy insurance from the company, Floyd Norris writes in his latest column. (Read More)
Reuters: Mergers News:
Reuters has stopped distributing the full text of Moody's
Investors Service press releases on ratings actions, effective
April 1, 2009. The text of this Moody's Investor Service rating
is available at www.moodys.com.
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ReadWriteWeb:
In August we reviewed Demand Media, one of the largest producers of content on the Webtoday. Wired Magazine recently compared Demand Media's content business to Henry Ford's production line for cars. It currently produces 4,0 (Read More)
All Things Digital:
By Michael Thompson, Blogger, Ars TechnicaManhunt 2 wasn’t exactly a masterpiece when it was released in 2007; the backstory of its Adults Only rating and subsequent toning-down to earn the Mature designation was more interes (Read More)
CNN:
It's the first "Real 3 - D" version of the Dickens Classic, that has been made into countless Films and TV movies. (Excuse The Crying Baby On The Review!)Jim Carrey stars as Ebenezer Scrooge, and the CGI is so realistic, I t (Read More)