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Amy Borrus, Mike McNamee, and Heather Timmons, "The Credit-Raters: How They Work and How They Might Work Better," BusinessWeek , April 8, 2002, p. 38. -
Leslie Wayne, "Credit Raters Get Scrutiny and Possibly a Competitor," New York Times , April 23, 2002, p. C1. -
Ratings categories are from Moodys.com and standardandpoors.com. -
These estimates are provided by Standard & Poor's using data from 1987 to 2001. -
Akiko Kashiwagi, "Japan's Credit Rating Cut by Two Notches," Washington Post , June 1, 2002, p. E1; Valerie Reitman, "Asia: Moody's Downgrade Infuriates the Government, Which Had Protested the Action," Los Angeles Times , June 1, 2002, p. C1. -
John Nofsinger, Investment Blunders of the Rich and Famous (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2002). -
"WorldCom Smashes Records with $11.9bn Blowout Bond," Euroweek , May 11, 2001, p. 4. -
Gregory Zuckerman and Shawn Young, "Leading the News: WorldCom Debt Is Slashed to 'Junk,'" Wall Street Journal , May 10, 2002, p. A3. -
Peter Behr and April Witt, "Hidden Debts, Deals Scuttle Last Chance," Washington Post , August 1, 2002, p. A1. -
"Finance and Economics: Badly Overrated; Rating Agencies," The Economist , May 18, 2002, pp. 69 “70. -
Riva Atlas, "A Law Firm's 2 Roles Risk Suit by Enron, Experts Say," New York Times , January 29, 2002, p. C1. -
Richard Oppel, "Lawmakers Contend Lawyers for Enron Should Have Raised Concerns," New York Times , March 15, 2002, p. C7. |