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Credit downgrade: State, city and counties wait and see on local effects
As the United States coped with the fallout of its first-ever credit downgrade, officials in Maryland were taking a wait-and-see approach Monday on the possible trickle-down effects on local governments' finances. Standard & Poor's has not cut the credit...Tags: Credit and Debt, National Government, Moody's Corporation, Credit Ratings, Minor League Baseball
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Md. treasurer: S&P sees 'no action' on state credit rating
Maryland's treasurer expressed confidence Tuesday the state's AAA credit rating would not change as a result of Standard & Poor's historic downgrade of the federal government's rating. Maryland has maintained the top rating from the three major ratings...Tags: Standards, Credit and Debt, Science and Technology, Maryland, Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC
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Mitch McConnell: US credit rating downgrade an incentive to improve
The Winchester SunAt the Winchester-Clark County Chamber of Commerce’s first inaugural public policy luncheon, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell spoke to business leaders about the past two weeks in Washington leading up to the debt agreement, and said the key...Tags: Mitch McConnell, Credit and Debt, Washington (U.S. state), Credit Ratings, Human Interest
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Consumer and business confidence seen as key to weathering economic storm
Bettie Dunkin was surprisingly unfazed by the financial turmoil of the last few days.
The 53-year-old accountant, who had been out of work for months and only recently landed a temporary job, spoke for many Americans when she said: "We're getting numb."...Tags: Career and Workplace, Credit and Debt, Public Employees, Consumers, Politics
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Who Do They Think They Are?
I am still irate over Standard and Poors downgrading America's credit rating. Who do they think they are? We need to show the two anaylysts from the credit agency responsible. S & P, Stupid and Pinhead, aka David Beers and john Chambers. Beers lives in...Tags: FBI, John Chambers, Celebrities and Health Issues, Dining and Drinking, Credit and Debt
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Make 'flush tax' dollars go further
A panel on growth and wastewater treatment recently recommended tripling the Bay Restoration Fee — known as the "flush tax" — between now and 2015. Good idea. It would raise more than $145 million a year for the Chesapeake Bay. And with a...Tags: Credit and Debt, Credit Ratings, Water Supply, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues
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Supercommittee inaction could hurt state
Marylanders from nearly every walk of life could be affected by across-the-board budget cuts starting in 2013 as a result of the congressional supercommittee's failure to reach an agreement to trim the nation's spiraling budget deficits. After months...Tags: Social Security, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Credit and Debt, Electronics, National Government
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Credit rating agency uneasy about Bob Hope Airport transit center
The credit rating agency Fitch this week warned that a planned $90-million transit center could significantly increase Bob Hope Airport's debt burden.
In maintaining its AA- rating for the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority, the agency warned...Tags: Credit and Debt, Bob Hope, Credit Ratings, Los Angeles International Airport
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Fitch reaffirms U.S. AAA credit rating, but outlook now negative
Money & CompanyU.S. credit rating: Fitch Ratings reaffirmed its AAA credit rating for the United States, but revised its long-term outlook to neagative.... -
Italy's debt rating slashed by Moody's
Money & CompanyItaly on Tuesday had its credit rating slashed three notches by Moody’s Investors Service, another reminder of how debt woes have spread from Europe’s smallest countries to some of the largest. Separately, France and Belgium moved to rescue... -
Spain's credit rating cut; deal said near on European rescue fund
Money & CompanyWhile European leaders continue to hash out how to solve their government-debt crisis once and (hopefully) for all, the credit-rating firms keep hacking away. Spain’s rating was slashed Tuesday to A1 from Aa2 by Moody’s Investors Service,... -
Ford Motor Co. gets credit rating upgrade
Money & CompanyStandard & Poor's gives Ford Motor Co. a credit upgrade....
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