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QE2 overstays welcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... rating downgrade only formalised what many silently fear despite the top grade given by New York -based Standard & Poor's and Moody's. Yes, the same ones who gave excellent credit ratings to CDOs and other structured products that turned out to be worthless ...

Lazard Carnegie Wylie offloads local Dun & Bradstreet

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... and senior management of D&B ANZ will be retained. The deal is the largest acquisition undertaken by the company since the Moody's Rating Services deal in 2000. D&B ANZ has recorded a revenue growth of 130 per cent over the last ten years, mainly from ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
... $24.22. Ms Saly said the mining giants were weighing on the market. Investors were digesting news late on Wednesday that Moody's was reviewing BHP Billiton's credit rating in light of its takeover offer for Canada's PotashCorp. "Analysts are questioning ...

Half-filled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... buyers for their debt issuances. Greece yields rose but Spain and Ireland's fell. It seems nobody's paying attention to Moody's anymore. This is the same Ireland whose credit rating Moody's cut one notch to Aa2 only yesterday. Overall the macroeconomic ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... we were sleeping are stuff big drops are made of...yet Wall Street chose to ignore them. A case of been there, done that. Moody's at it again. The credit rating agency downgraded Ireland one notch to Aa2 because of "significant loss of financial strength" ...

Looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... selling? For sure, there were lingering nasty reports that were out last night. But they were ignored or spun positively. Moody's downgraded Portugal by two notches to A1 from Aa2 because the country's financial strength will "continue to weaken over ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... a strong opening to the day on Wall Street and after Asian markets lost ground. European stocks surged despite news that Moody's had downgraded Portugal's sovereign debt rating, sparking fresh concerns about the eurozone. Traders also took in their stride ...

Down on old news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
What really was Moody's intention in announcing that it may downgrade Spain's credit rating last night? Is it Moody's way of proving that it still matters? That it could still move markets? According to Bloomberg, "US stocks fell, extending the first ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... early losses on a new ratings downgrade for Greece as investors took their lead from new takeover activity. Dealers said the Moody's Greek downgrade to junk status was eye-catching but did no more than confirm what many believed to be the case anyway ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... problems was enough to help take down the market's advance. Traders at first shrugged off news that credit rating agency Moody's lowered its rating on Greece's debt to "junk" status. But in the final hour, many traders apparently decided the safest move ...