Rating Agencies Walk Credibility Tightrope - Forbes (blog)
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:43:47 GMT+00:00
Walk Credibility Tightrope Forbes (blog) Professor Carew compared the conflict of interest among rating agencies and the debt they rate, to that of a company that hires a CPA firm to audit its ... Kroll Gets A License To Shoot (Bonds) Wall Street Journal AAA Ratings Are A Grim Fairy Tale Forbes (blog) Rating agencies risk losing credibility Baruch College The Ticker Huffington Post (blog)

Fitch downgrades outlook on Southern Co. - BusinessWeek
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:28:16 GMT+00:00
BusinessWeek Fitch also affirmed the ratings on the company's debt . The agency changed its rating on the Atlanta-based company's outlook to "negative" from "stable" on ... Fitch downgrades Burger King South Florida Business Journal Rating Action on CINF Zacks.com Burger King Downgraded Poder 360

IRA man and convicted garda set up debt agency - Irish Independent
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:02:17 GMT+00:00
Irish Independent a member of the IRA gang responsible for the death of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe has set up a debt collection agency with an ex-garda who ...

Serbia's 24-Month Debt Undersold, Debt Management Agency Says; Yield Rises - Bloomberg
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:33:50 GMT+00:00
Undersold, Debt Management Agency Says; Yield Rises Bloomberg The government sold 893.56 million dinars ($10.78 million) of 2 billion dinars worth of 24-month T-bills offered by the Serbian Debt Management Agency today ...

Fed buys $900 million in Treasury buyback - MarketWatch
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:09:08 GMT+00:00
MarketWatch ... pledge to reinvest cash from maturing mortgage-backed securities and housing agency debt back into the bond market to support the economic recovery. ... credit markets: Bonds In Favor As Economic Worries Resurface Wall Street Journal Fed Buys $900 Million of Treasuries Due in November 2012 to January 2013 Bloomberg

Banking Crisis Will Burden Future Generations - Forbes
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:35:27 GMT+00:00
Forbes The Standard and Poor's (S&P) downgrade of Irish sovereign debt to AA- on Aug. 25 was consistent with the other rating agencies , yet it had a greater effect ... Wave of negative press abroad leaves country exposed to bailout Irish Independent Lenihan seeks quick EU ruling on Anglo rescue Irish Times EU decision on support for banks due November: commissioner Sydney Morning Herald

Mortgages Lose Ground in Best Month for Bonds Since 2008: Credit Markets - Bloomberg
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:19:10 GMT+00:00
Bloomberg In the bond market, Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank, Germany's development agency for agribusiness, plans to offer seven-year global notes in US dollars in a ... Freddie Mac, FHLB, Fannie Mae 2010 note calendar Reuters Mortgage Bonds Lose Ground With Home Refi Boom: Credit Market San Francisco Chronicle

Federal Reserve Board's Statement on Agency Debt Reinvestment: Full Text - Bloomberg
Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:03:16 GMT+00:00
Reinvestment: Full Text Bloomberg The anticipated total amount of purchases will be calibrated to offset the amount of principal payments from agency debt and agency MBS expected to be ... Text:FAQs Regarding Reinvestment of Agncy,Agncy MBS Princ Pays IMarketnews.com How Much New Quantitative Easing? Perhaps Less Than Jeffrey Rosenberg Estimates Wall St. Cheat Sheet (blog) NY Fed Details Reinvestment Program Wall Street Journal (blog)

Debt-collection agency to pay $85000 fine - Baltimore Sun
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:34:06 GMT+00:00
-collection agency to pay $85000 fine Baltimore Sun Collections agency Worldwide Asset Management has agreed to pay an $85000 penalty and change its business ... Md. fines debt collectors $85000 over alleged violations Baltimore Business Journal

BACON: Dagong sounds the gong on US debt - Washington Times
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:52:26 GMT+00:00
Washington Times Beijing-headquartered Dagong, the dominant credit agency in China, is pushing into international markets. This summer, it rated the sovereign debt of 50 ...

IMF seeks to ease fears of debt default - MarketWatch
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:11:33 GMT+00:00
default MarketWatch In many G-7 countries, public debt has risen to levels only seen during war-time. Public debt has risen from 60% of GDP on the eve of the financial crisis ... Developed countries need long-term efforts to trim public debt : IMF istockAnalyst.com (press release)

Titan Plans Debt as High-Yield Bond Sales Poised to Rise: New Issue Alert - Bloomberg
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:05:34 GMT+00:00
as High-Yield Bond Sales Poised to Rise: New Issue Alert Bloomberg landwirtschaftliche rentenbank, Germany's development agency for agribusiness, plans to sell seven-year global notes in US dollars in a benchmark offering, ... Europe flush with high yield bonds Financial News

McGraw settles with two debt collection firms - West Virginia Record
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:20:17 GMT+00:00
collection firms West Virginia Record ... Carpenter Capital Investments, a debt purchaser located in Buffalo Gap, Texas, and National Recovery Services, a debt collection agency in Ottawa, Kan. ...

Fed Buys $3.609 Billion of Treasuries in Second Round of Purchase Program - Bloomberg
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:34:42 GMT+00:00
Bloomberg The Fed will report its purchase schedule in one-month increments, with amounts based on the principal payments from the Fed's agency debt and agency ... Fed balance sheet shrinks on less mortgage debt Reuters Fed assets decline as housing debt rolls off Deseret News The Aftermath Redux: What Fed's Decision on Buying Treasuries Means for Economy Minyanville.com BusinessWeek

Pharming Clears 2010 Private Bond Debt - MarketWatch (press release)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:42:21 GMT+00:00
MarketWatch (press release) On June 24, the European Medicines Agency adopted a positive opinion for Ruconest(TM) (Rhucin(R)) for the treatment of angioedema attacks. ...

Pakistan Bond Risk Jumps to Three-Month High as Worst Floods Hurt Economy - Bloomberg
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:35:41 GMT+00:00
Bloomberg The cost of insuring Pakistan government debt jumped to a three-month high on concern last month's floods ...

Treasury stay lower after ADP shows jobs cuts - MarketWatch
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:47:02 GMT+00:00
MarketWatch ... pledge to reinvest cash from maturing mortgage-backed securities and housing agency debt back into the bond market to support the economic recovery. ...

Jumbo Borrowers See Better Rates, Too - TheStreet.com
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:13:59 GMT+00:00
TheStreet.com based mortgage-finance firm sold $238 million worth of jumbo debt to the private market. The deal included 255 prime loans originated by Citigroup (C) with ...

Mortgage Bonds Slumping Amid Concern of `Mega-Refi' Wave: Credit Markets - Bloomberg
Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:25:35 GMT+00:00
Bloomberg The $5.2 trillion market for agency mortgage securities, guaranteed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or US agency Ginnie Mae, fuels almost all new home lending ... The Fannie-Freddie turkey shoot CNNMoney (blog) Wonkbook: Treasury talks housing; lending loosens; death and joblessness Washington Post (blog) Here's The Result That Should Come Out Of This Week's Conference On Fannie And ... One News Page

Agency approves financing deal on 2 WTC towers - The Associated Press
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:43:45 GMT+00:00
approves financing deal on 2 WTC towers The Associated Press The agency's $1 billion would only be used if the building doesn't repay its debt . The agency also will provide $600 million in backup financing for a ... Port Authority Board approves agreement that will fully restore WTC site EmpireStateNews.net Vote coming on funds for 2 NY trade center towers The Associated Press