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Meanwhile, speculation of a possible credit-rating downgrade on Italy from Moody's Investors Service sparked a selloff in shares of BNP Paribas and Crédit Agricole, which have the highest exposure among French banks to Italian sovereign debt.

Treasurys Stage Rebound Min Zeng 2011

The EU is set to make a fresh round of proposals on tightening rules for credit-rating firms on Nov. 9.

EU Wants Ratings Firms to Relent on Troubled Nations Laurence Norman 2011

It is a strain that is already having an impact on our core mission, separate and apart from the new responsibilities that Congress gave us to regulate derivatives, hedge fund advisers and credit-rating agencies, Schapiro said during a February news conference.

Doctors, lawyers, dentists tops in fed jobs that pay $180K-plus 2011

Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's Ratings Services each put the bank on review for a credit-rating downgrade, while Fitch Ratings placed what it called UBS's "viability rating" on review for a reduction.

European Stocks Extend Gains Ishaq Siddiqi 2011

In the U.S., the negativity extends to auto-parts suppliers as well as their customers, including General Motors Co., despite recent good sales news and a credit-rating upgrade.

Traders Are Drawn to Auto Stocks, But Interest Is of the Short Variety Brendan Conway 2011

The proposed change has also caught the attention of credit-rating companies, which still have top-notch triple-A ratings on France.

Sarkozy Urges Parliament to Agree on Budget Rule William Horobin 2011

Officials at Fitch Ratings, a credit-rating firm that measures the health of companies, said the 'defects' found in foreclosure documents at J.P. Morgan are industry-wide.

Wonkbook: House votes for China tariffs; net neutrality bill dead; Elizabeth Warren's first speech Ezra Klein 2010

A ratings review by the Moody's Corp. unit would hinge on how quickly the U.S. could make up the missed interest payment, whether a missed payment would have a permanent effect on the market's view of U.S. debt and whether Congress could put in place protocols to avoid future missed payments, Mr. Hess said in an interview Thursday, after the credit-rating firm published a report on the subject.

Spat Over U.S. Debt Is Setting Off Aaa-larms Stephen L. Bernard 2011

Worries about the budget impasse in Washington and growing expectations the U.S. will suffer a credit-rating downgrade spread further across financial markets Tuesday.

Pain From Debt Impasse Spreads in Markets Tom Lauricella 2011

As the housing market buckled in mid-2007, the credit-rating industry's three biggest firms gave top grades to mortgage-linked bonds that soon plummeted in value.

Rating Firms' Asset Game Jeannette Neumann 2011