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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...
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courtesy of Cisco SystemsWhen you think of Cisco Systems. Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) and ratings upgrades or downgrades, 99.9% of the time it would pertain to the Wall Street stock analyst ratings. This is...
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Brian Solis, via Wikimedia CommonsFacebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is getting the wish that many index investors have been hoping would happen. In fact, many index traders were expecting that Facebook...
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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...
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courtesy of XeroxThis is a rare event we are seeing today. When was the last time anyone heard about anything great happening at Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX)? This document management provider has...
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ThinkstockSpain, one of the most badly damaged economies in Europe got a break as S&P raised its outlook on the nation’s sovereign paper to “stable” from “negative. The debt will keep...
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ThinkstockStandard & Poor’s Ratings Services has downgraded its sovereign credit ratings of France. The move was pushed out in the middle of the night in America, which is the morning hours in...
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ThinkstockDespite Wednesday night’s deal to raise the debt ceiling and reopen the government, a downgrade in the credit rating of the United States may still be on the table, says a report in the...
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Wikimedia CommonsChances are high that you already have heard that the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is making a serious change among its 30 constituents. What you might not have heard outside...
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U.S. National Park ServiceThe recession was followed by a call from Meredith Whitney that there could be waves of municipal defaults in the years ahead. The bankruptcy of Detroit only brought that...
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ThinkstockAfter markets closed last night, Standard & Poor’s downgraded the already junk-rated debt of RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) from ‘CCC+’ to ‘CCC’. That’s eight notches below...
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ThinkstockThe Institute for Supply Management (ISM) has reported that manufacturing is suddenly booming in America. Its July Manufacturing Index rose handily to 55.4 from only 50.9 in June. Dow Jones...
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thinkstockStandard & Poor’s has decided that the corporate credit ratings for the National Bank of Greece S.A. (NYSE: NBG) are affirmed at “CCC/C.” What remains a caution is that the...
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ThinkstockPerhaps you are tired of hearing about the credit ratings of the PIIGS in Europe or maybe not. It turns out that Standard & Poor’s has downgraded the sovereign credit rating of Italy...
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ThinkstockThe price that Softbank has agreed to pay for Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) has killed its credit rating, which will make it more difficult to raise money. S&P cut its Softbank rating...
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