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Credit agencies being investigated over practices
Australian News.Net Tuesday 27th May, 2008
America’s three main credit rating agencies are being looked in to by the US Securities & Exchange Commission.
The SEC is looking into the handling of the subprime crisis by all three and a report of computer errors at Moody's.
Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch have been contacted by the SEC and asked for information on aspects of their methodology.
Rating agencies have come in for criticism for not giving early warning of a number of big corporate debt scandals, and also for their ratings of complex products that were hit hard by widespread defaults on US subprime mortgages and the ensuing credit market crisis.
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~galljdaj+ 05-27-08, 04:46 PM |
Credit agencies being investigated over practices
It can be said, 'the credit Need to strip mine gold, is no different than Anderson’s Need to strip mine Accounting!'
Any way of 'scoring' is good for capitalists in Today’s World of Elites.
Even errors that make 'PROFIT' are good old fashioned business, and not to be corrected! Enhanced and expand!
One of the best will be displayed often in the coming Bankruptcies.
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