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Moody's Investors Service downgrades Liberty Media LLC ratings -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 3 days 14 hours 54 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Moody's Investors Service downgraded ratings for Liberty Media Corp. subsidiary Liberty Media LLC on Friday. The changes come shortly after shareholders approved the formation of a new company out of DirecTV Group Inc. and some of Liberty's entertainment businesses.
Moody's Investors Service downgrades Sprint Nextel rating to 'Ba2' -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 3 days 16 hours 37 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Moody's Investors Service said Friday that it downgraded ratings for Sprint Nextel Corp. because it is taking longer than expected to stanch a deterioration in its profit.
BRIEF-Moody's downgrades Takefuji's ratings to Caa1
Reuters | 4 days 8 hours 50 minutes ago
Nov 20 (Reuters) - Takefuji Corporation (8564.T) *Moody's downgrades Takefuji's ratings to Caa1; ratings outlook reversed to stable from negative
Blockbuster Closes Offering of $675 Million of Senior Secured Notes Due 2014 [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 53 days 4 hours 16 minutes ago
...of distribution through its DVD vending initiative with NCR Corporation; its by-mail and Total Access(TM) programs with over...liquidity and improve operating flexibility. Additionally, Moody's Investor's Service placed Blockbuster's credit rating...
Moody's: credit ratings for drugmakers could be hurt as industry copes with expiring patents -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 4 days 21 hours 2 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Moody's Investors Service issued a negative opinion on the pharmaceutical industry Thursday, saying drugmaker credit ratings will be under pressure until early 2012 because they won't be able to fully replace revenue from best-sellers that go off-patent.
Liberty National Life Insurance Plans to Hire 2,500 Sales Agents and Sales Managers in One Day, August 19 [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 108 days 18 hours 18 minutes ago
MCKINNEY, Texas, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Liberty National Life Insurance Company is in the most aggressive growth mode in the Company's 109-year history and plans to hire more than 2,500 sales agents and sales managers in more than 125 hiring events in 19 states across the U.S. in one day. The "We're Hiring" event will take place on August 19. Liberty National is a wholly owned subsidiary of Torchmark Corporation
Fitch lifts Bon-Ton Stores outlook, cites amended credit agreement, Moody's to review ratings -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 3 days 20 hours 58 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Fitch Ratings raised its outlook for Bon-Ton Stores Inc. on Friday from "Negative" to "Stable," citing the department store operator's reworked credit agreement.
Viacom Announces a Debt Offering of $750 Million of Senior Notes and a Cash Tender Offer for Any and All of Its Outstanding 5.75% Senior Notes Due 2011 [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 97 days 2 hours 17 minutes ago
...BBB by Standard & Poor's, Baa3 by Moody's Investors Service and BBB by Fitch...managers, and Global Bondholder Services Corporation to serve as the information agent and...directed to Global Bondholder Services Corporation at (866) 873-6300 (U.S. toll...
Kingsway Reports Second Quarter Loss and Provides Transformation Update [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 109 days 4 hours 48 minutes ago
TORONTO, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Kingsway Financial Services Inc.
Ohio AG sues 3 credit rating agencies over high ratings given to mortgage-backed securities -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 3 days 23 hours 4 minutes ago
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's attorney general has sued the three credit ratings agencies alleging that they gave unjustifiably high ratings to mortgage-backed securities that lost at least $457 million for five Ohio public pension funds.
AIG Able To Pay Back U.S., Moody's Finds
National Underwriter | 10 days 17 hours 58 minutes ago
Based on its recent results, AIG should be able to pay back most of the billions it owes the government, according to Moody's Investors Service.
Excluding companies from national aluminum corporation a mistake, Mibam says, Venezuela, Metals, news
BNamericas | 10 days 18 hours 2 minutes ago
Excluding state companies Bauxilum and Carbonorca from the decree creating the Venezuelan national aluminum corporation was probably a mistake, Iv n Hern ndez, the deputy ministry of basic industries and mining (Mibam), told BNamericas.
Moody's upgrades Jones Apparel's liquidity rating by 1 notch within speculative territory -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 5 days 21 hours 47 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Moody's Investors Service on Wednesday upgraded Jones Apparel Group Inc. by one notch on its liquidity rating, which remained in speculative grade territory.
Strong increase in first quarter net earnings for Alimentation Couche-Tard [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 90 days 23 hours 47 minutes ago
------------------------------------------------------------------------- - First quarter net earnings of $91.1 million, or $0.48 per share on a diluted basis compared to $47.2 million, or $0.24 per share on a diluted basis last fiscal year - Same-store merchandise sales increased 2.4% in the United States and 2.6% in Canada - Slight decrease of 0.2% in the consolidated merchandise and service gross margin but an increase of 0.4% in the United States ...
BRIEF-Moody's afms Mitsubishi Corp Finance EMTN programme rtgs
Reuters | 7 days 8 hours 54 minutes ago
Nov 17 (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Corporation (8058.T) *Moody's affirms Mitsubishi Corp Finance EMTN programme ratings
Company Overview
| Company: | Moody's Corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Credit Reporting |
| Website: | http://www.moodys.com |
Moody's cheerfully performs the dismal science. The holding company for Moody's Investors Service, Moody's publishes credit ratings and other financial information on more than 100,000 commercial and government entities in about 100 countries. The firm operates in two segments. Moody's Investor Services rates such credit risks as insurers, bonds, managed funds, and securities. The company's famous letter ratings (ranging from Aaa to C) were invented by John Moody in 1909 and are still used today. Moody's Analytics, the cornerstone of which is Moody's KMV, sells credit risk management software and services to financial institutions.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 1,755.4 (2008) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | -22.3 (2008) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 457.6 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | -34.8 (2008) |
| Number of Employees | 3,900 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 8.3 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | December |