'American Idol' finale draws record low ratings May 17th, 2013 - 18:50h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (AP) - Ratings for the "American Idol" finale plunged to a record low for the 12-year-old show. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : 'american, idol', finale, draws, record, ratings, Top Keywords

Moody's, S&P settle lawsuits over debt vehicle ratings Apr 27th, 2013 - 02:50h (CET +01.00) By Nate Raymond and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's on Friday said they have settled two long-running lawsuits seeking to hold them responsible for misleading investors about the saf... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : moody's, s&p, settle, lawsuits, debt, vehicle, ratings, Top Keywords

Support for India ratings has weakened somewhat: S&P Mar 15th, 2013 - 08:00h (CET +01.00) MUMBAI (Reuters) - The economic support for India's sovereign ratings has weakened "somewhat" given the sluggish growth in Asia's third largest economy, Kim Eng Tan, senior director of Asia-Pacific Sovereign Ratings at Standard &a... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : support, india, ratings, weakened, somewhat, s&p, ratings, Top Keywords

S&P seeks to move 16 lawsuits over ratings to federal court Mar 6th, 2013 - 20:50h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's on Wednesday began trying to move lawsuits by 15 states and Washington, D.C. over its credit ratings to federal court from state court, hoping to limit its liability in one of the biggest fraud cases tied to the... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : s&p, seeks, move, lawsuits, ratings, federal, court, Top Keywords

S&P parent expects to beat gov't ratings lawsuit Feb 12th, 2013 - 19:20h (CET +01.00) WASHINGTON (AP) - Standard & Poor's is prepared to spend years beating back a federal lawsuit that accuses the company of giving falsely high ratings to mortgage investments that helped trigger the financial crisis, executives said Tuesday. ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : s&p, parent, expects, beat, gov't, ratings, lawsuit, Top Keywords

Morgan Stanley, CLSA cut Cipla ratings on earnings Feb 7th, 2013 - 05:30h (CET +01.00) MUMBAI (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley and CLSA downgraded their ratings on Cipla Ltd a day after the Indian drugmaker reported a slower-than-expected rise in its October-December net profit. Morgan Stanley cut its ratings to "equal-weight" from... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : morgan, stanley, clsa, cipla, ratings, earnings, lawsuit, Top Keywords

In the U.S. government's eyes, S&P's ratings stopped making sense Feb 6th, 2013 - 02:20h (CET +01.00) REUTERS - Barely two weeks after the big subprime lender New Century Financial Corp went bankrupt, a top Standard & Poor's executive assured Congress that her employer could be counted on to sound the alarm for the next credit disaster. S&am... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : government's, eyes, s&p's, ratings, stopped, making, sense, Top Keywords

S&P lawsuit: Emails suggest concern about ratings Feb 6th, 2013 - 01:40h (CET +01.00) The government's case against Standard & Poor's points to documents that authorities say support their accusations - namely, that S&P intentionally gave high marks to risky mortgage investments that eventually collapsed and helped t... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : s&p, lawsuit, emails, suggest, concern, ratings, sense, Top Keywords

US sues S&P over pre-crisis mortgage ratings Feb 5th, 2013 - 14:00h (CET +01.00) WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government is accusing the debt rating agency Standard & Poor's of fraud for giving high ratings to risky mortgage bonds that helped bring about the financial crisis. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : sues, s&p, precrisis, mortgage, ratings, ratings, sense, Top Keywords

U.S. launches civil action against S&P over pre-crisis ratings Feb 5th, 2013 - 06:20h (CET +01.00) REUTERS - The U.S government has launched a civil lawsuit against Standard & Poor's and parent The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc over mortgage bond ratings, the first federal enforcement action against a credit rating agency over alleged illegal... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : launches, civil, action, against, s&p, precrisis, ratings, Top Keywords