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minyanville.com - 3/10/2009
Moody's List of Riskiest Companies Forgets to Include Moody's
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Make-up calls belong in basketball not finance. In an attempt to render itself useful Moody’s Investors Services (MCO) is issuing a list dubbed “The Bottom Rung ” cataloguing the riskiest 15% of all companies it tracks. The effort which the company claims is an attempt to get ...
online.wsj.com - 3/10/2009
Moody's Aims to Be Ahead on Defaults
— online.wsj.com — Pilloried for missing credit problems in the nation's mortgage markets, credit-ratings firm Moody's Investors Service is trying... to get ahead of corporate bankruptcies. The firm on Tuesday is publishing a list called the Bottom Rung, detailing the ... (more) Moody's Aims to Be Ahead on Defaults

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zerohedge.blogspot.com - 3/10/2009
Moody's Releases The Leper List
— zerohedge.blogspot.com — Moody's, which has long been criticized for sleeping through the credit bubble and, by many accounts, causing... it in the first place, just came out with an attempt at absolution. In a quarterly publication called the "Bottom Rung", the rating agency ... (more) Moody's Releases The Leper List

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zerohedge.blogspot.com - 3/4/2009
GE's $8 Billion Downgrade Time Bomb
— zerohedge.blogspot.com — As the market is running on fumes based on some doctored Chinese data, GE keeps probing new... depths, hitting another record low of $6.36 at last check. The major concern plaguing the AAA-rated conglomerate today (whose CDS trades at distressed debt ... (more) GE's $8 Billion Downgrade Time Bomb

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abnormalreturns.com 3/11/2009 — What companies are showing up on Moody’s “The Bottom Rung” list of troubled credits? ( WSJ.com also FT Alphaville , Zero Hedge ) The prospects for profits in the quarter from Citigroup ( C ) is widely cited for today’s ...
Moody’s Lists 283 Companies Risking Default: GM, Chrysler, Kodak, Unisys — Daily Markets
Heavily criticized for its ineffectiveness in missing the subprime debacle and the commercial mortgage-backed securities mess, the world’s most utilized firm for credit ratings, research and risk analysis - Moody’s Investors Service, published on Tuesday a list called the ‘Bottom ...
New Moody’s Company “Dead Pool” May Wreck A Lot Of Companies — 24/7 Wall St.
Moody’s has come out with a list of 283 companies that are at great risk of defaulting on their debt. The Wall Street Journal got a copy of the list so each of the firms can face customers, suppliers, and creditors who will have fresh questions about whether these corporations will ...
Two Ways: Ratings Cut Puts JPMorgan in Bad Moody's — Minyanville
Moody’s Melancholy and Infinite Sadness Moody’s Investor Services may cut the credit ratings of the nation’s 3 largest banks. According to Bloomberg the ratings agency outlook for JPMorgan Chase (JPM) the largest of the 3 went from from stable to negative. The agency also said ...