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It may seem like a rare day when you get two different ratings agencies issuing opinions, and different opinions at that, on a company like Amazon.com.
Whether or not it is by economists' measures, Japan has slipped into a recession.
ThinkstockAmerican Tower Corp. (NYSE: AMT) is an independent owner and operator of wireless broadcast and communications real estate, and its asset portfolio includes over 65,000 towers worldwide....
ThinkstockSeagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ: STX) received good news on Monday, that its unsecured debt rating had been upgraded by Moody’s. What this means is that Seagate is now considered...
Dying growth, crippled by high manufacturing costs and a financial system broken at the start of the recession, where supposed to slow the U.S. economy.
After years of bitter court battles with creditors, Argentina has defaulted on its debt, according to rating agency Standard & Poor’s. After failing to come to an agreement with creditors from...
If you have followed the RadioShack saga for very long, you may be less surprised than those who think a turnaround is possible to hear that RadioShack looks to be running out of cash.
ThinkstockAtlantic City, which at one point was supposed to rival Las Vegas as a gambling destination, has nearly fallen to pieces. One of the last bricks taken out of its wall is a new rating by...
ThinkstockNokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) and its creditors may have just been given one more confirmation that exiting the highly competitive handset business was the right thing to do. Moody’s Investors...
ThinkstockIt has been six years since the global recession began to ravage Europe which has been the last major region to start to escape the downturn. Other than Ireland, the hardest hit nations...
Jon OggWe have already seen that Standard & Poor’s had downgraded Puerto Rico to junk bond status from investment grade. Now we have the same call coming from one of the other top ratings...
Wikimedia Commons/creative commonsIf you have been tracking credit ratings of states and nations since before the recession, something today almost seems impossible to imagine. California’s credit...
courtesy of Sprint Corp.Sprint Corporation (NYSE: S) seems to be in a far better position financially after its merger versus when it was on its own. After seeing two different credit rating agency...
thinkstockIt seems hard to believe after years of decline, but bad news out of Greece has changed to “less-bad” and then to almost good news. We previously saw that the Greek budget may have a...
ThinkstockFour of the largest U.S. banks saw their ratings from Moody’s Investors Service cut on Thursday. The agency cited the reduced likelihood that the government would help Bank of New York...