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S&P and Experian Announce Strategic Alliance to Provide... 9:16 AM

NEW YORK, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's Fixed Income Risk Management Services (FIRMS), an analytics and research unit separate from S&P's ratings business, and Experian(®), the... PR Newswire

The Weekly Layoff Report: AOL Not A-OK 11/20/2009

Another week of painful job cuts in several industries. At Forbes

Quote, Unquote: Biased Credit Rating Agencies? 11/20/2009

“We believe that the credit rating agencies in exchange for fees departed from their objective neutral role as arbiters. At minimum they were aiding and abetting misconduct by issuers.”-- Richard Cordray Ohio attorney general on filing suit against Moody’s Standard & Poor’s and Fitch (MHP)“Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.”-- Sophocles***“F.H.A. financing was a lost language in San Francisco the real-estate equivalent of Aramaic. Once the limits were raised smart buyers started calling.”-- Michael Ackerman a Bay Area real-estate... At Minyanville

Ohio AG sues credit agencies for public pensions 11/20/2009

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The three major credit ratings agencies gave mortgage-backed securities unjustifiably high ratings in return for lucrative fees, losing at least $457 million for five Ohio public employee pension and retirement funds, the state's attorney general alleged in a lawsuit filed Friday. Associated Press

UPDATE 4-Ohio sues Moody's, S&P, Fitch for inflated ratings 11/20/2009

... At Thomson Reuters

Platts Iron Ore Price Assessment Will be Used to Clear ICE... 11/19/2009

SINGAPORE, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Platts, the leading global energy and metals information provider, today announced that its benchmark iron ore assessment IODEX 62% Fe (iron content) will be used... PR Newswire

UPDATE 1-BusinessWeek lays off up to 130 workers, AP cuts 90 11/19/2009

... At Thomson Reuters

Natural gas stocks grow to new record high 11/19/2009

NEW YORK (AP) - Natural gas stockpiles rose last week to a new record high, the government said Thursday. Associated Press

UPDATE 2-EU says S&P unfairly pricing security tag fees 11/19/2009

... At Thomson Reuters

J.D. Power and Associates Reports: November New-Vehicle Retail... 11/19/2009

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- While November new-vehicle retail sales are expected to decline slightly compared with one year ago, total vehicle sales are projected to increase... PR Newswire

EU charges S&P with monopoly abuse 11/19/2009

BRUSSELS (AP) - European Union regulators on Thursday said they have charged U.S. credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's with monopoly abuse, alleging that the company unfairly demands payment for securities information numbers in databases. Associated Press

China's Oil Demand Remains Strong With 10% On-Year Jump in October 11/19/2009

HONG KONG, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Platts -- China's apparent petroleum demand in October jumped 10.2% from a year ago as the world's second largest oil consumer ramped up crude processing... PR Newswire

Standard & Poor's Announces Change to U.S. Index 11/18/2009

NEW YORK, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- City Holding Co. (Nasdaq: CHCO) will replace Tween Brands Inc. (NYSE: TWB) in the S&P SmallCap 600 after the close of trading on a date to be announced. S&P... PR Newswire

McGraw-Hill Higher Education Lets Students Be 'Professor for a... 11/18/2009

Students can step into professors' shoes by posting their own lectures for a chance to win Spring Break trip to CancunNEW YORK, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Lecturing to a classroom full of students may... PR Newswire

Crude oil stockpiles fall by 900,000 barrels 11/18/2009

NEW YORK (AP) - Crude inventories and gasoline inventories fell last week, missing analysts' expectations, the government said Wednesday. Associated Press

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