... rating agencies that had affixed reassuring AAA labels on subprime-backed securities. Standard and Poor's, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings stood accused of negligently or even deliberately misleading investors; calls rang out for ...

... individuals with better credit than subprime borrowers but who still aren't considered prime. Fitch Ratings and Moody's Investor Service have both announced reviews of the Alt-A segment of residential mortgage-backed securities market in recent ...

... individuals with better credit than subprime borrowers but who still aren't considered prime. Fitch Ratings and Moody's Investor Service have both announced reviews of the Alt-A segment of residential mortgage-backed securities market in recent ...

... Investors again contended Friday with a seemingly relentless stream of troubling news about the financial sector. Moody's Investors Service said it is reviewing investment bank Morgan Stanley for a possible downgrade. There were also more reports ...

... help the troubled mortgage giant. The likelihood Freddie will find willing investors took another hit after Moody's Investors Service lowered the company's preferred stock ratings and those of its sister company Fannie Mae to near junk status ...

... billion in preferred, was announced Sept. 29. Some analysts declared Morgan Stanley's finances stable. But Moody's Investor Service, the rating agency, warned that Morgan Stanley's credit rating could be downgraded because of "the depressed ...

... balances written off as unpaid, rose to 6.8 percent in August, up 48 percent from a year earlier, according to Moody's Investors Service. Americans are lumbering under about $900 billion in credit card debt, according to the latest available ...

... prepared to sell its first round of bonds under an interstate highway repair program. The improved rating from Moody's Investors Service could prompt lower interest rates when the state Highway and Transportation Department opens bids Tuesday on ...

... secured lines of credit, Gap Inc. failed to stave off a double dose of bad news as Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investor Services both downgraded the company's credit rating to junk status. The downgrades threaten to make Gap's struggle ...

... state where you live. If you get highly rated bonds, those carrying an A rating or better from firms such as Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's Corp., the risk that the issuer will default is small. Gipson favors issues rated ...