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California will tap bond market for $2.7 billion
California will sell $2.7 billion worth of bonds in March, tapping the bond market for the first time since its credit rating was boosted earlier this year. The Golden State will sell $2.2 billion worth of general obligation bonds, which are tax-exempt,...
Tags: Bill Lockyer, Credit Ratings, Bonds, Financial Markets, Credit and Debt
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Execs off the hook at S&P
You may have heard last week about a couple of big lawsuits brought by federal and state governments, alleging that the credit rating agency Standard & Poor's concocted a fraudulent scheme that contributed to trillions of dollars in investment losses...
Tags: Mortgages, Finance, Kamala D. Harris, Phil Angelides , Business Enterprises
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California finances praised but not upgraded by Moody's
PolitiCalA major Wall Street rating agency said Monday morning that Gov. Jerry Brown's latest budget proposal shows California's finances are on the mend. But the agency, Moody's Investors Service, cautioned that California's progress could easily stall given... -
Is S&P to blame?
Federal and state prosecutors sued the credit rating agency Standard & Poor's this week for allegedly defrauding investors by giving inflated ratings to complex mortgage-backed securities that proved all but worthless after the housing bubble burst. The...
Tags: Financial and Business Services, Mortgages, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Finance
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Justice Department, state officials to announce Standard & Poor's suit
WASHINGTON -- Justice Department officials and attorneys general from California and several other states were set Tuesday morning to announce a landmark civil suit against Standard & Poor's Corp. concerning the company's credit ratings of troubled...
Tags: Eric Holder, Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC, BP Plc, Mortgages, Justice System
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S&P helped cause financial crisis with faulty ratings, Feds allege
WASHINGTON -- Standard & Poor's Corp. helped cause the financial crisis by misleading investors with falsely high credit ratings on bonds backed by toxic subprime mortgages, federal officials alleged Tuesday in announcing a civil suit against the company....
Tags: Eric Holder, Mortgages, Crime, Law and Justice, Finance, Justice System
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S&P says it faces Justice Department suit for mortgage ratings
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department plans to file a civil lawsuit against Standard & Poor's for its ratings of mortgage-related investments leading up to the financial crisis, the company said Monday. The suit focuses on S&P's ratings in 2007 of some...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Mortgages, Credit Ratings, Finance, Justice System
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Fitch warns that debt-limit delay could hurt U.S. credit rating
WASHINGTON — A failure by Congress to raise the debt limit "in a timely manner" could lead to a downgrade of the nation's AAA credit rating, Fitch Ratings said Tuesday. Republicans want major government spending cuts in exchange for a debt-limit...
Tags: Federal Reserve, Debt Market, Finance, Public Finance, Timothy Geithner
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Moody's says 'fiscal cliff' deal doesn't end credit downgrade risk
This post has been updated. See notes below.WASHINGTON -- Moody's Investors Service warned Wednesday that the "fiscal cliff" tax deal was not enough to remove the risk of a downgrade of the U.S. credit rating. The company, one of three major credit rating firms, said the deal approved Tuesday...Tags: George W. Bush, Taxation, Public Finance, Barack Obama, Tax Credits
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City of Santa Clarita gets AAA credit rating
L.A. NOWSanta Clarita gets credit rating upgrade: At a time when many California cities are facing major fiscal shortfalls, and even bankruptcy, Santa Clarita’s credit rating has been upgraded to AAA status--the highest score a municipality can receive&#... -
L.A. County gets its highest credit rating ever from S&P
L.A. NOWL.A. County received its highest ever credit rating earlier this week, meaning the municipality will pay less interest when borrowing money for some projects.... -
Congressional slackers slink to D.C. to do as little as possible
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A wild windstorm swept through here on Saturday, tossing broken tree limbs, downing power lines and forcing thousands of suburbanites to eat dinner by candlelight. On Sunday, with the skies sunny and mostly clear, the oppressive...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, John Boehner, Internal Revenue Service, Parties and Movements
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