Sears Credit Rating Downgraded by Fitch
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Sears, Roebuck and Co.'s credit rating was cut by Fitch Ratings on Monday to BBB-, one notch above junk status, a few days after the retailer trimmed its 2004 earnings outlook.
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Stocks fell on Tuesday after profit warnings from Home Depot Inc.  and Sears Holdings Corp. , while trouble in the subprime mortgage market fueled a sell-off among shares of financial companies.
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Sears Holdings is facing a class-action lawsuit after&#160;making the purchase history of its customers public&#160;on its Managemyhome.com Web site.
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Sears Holdings Corp.  on Tuesday forecast lower quarterly profit and admitted that it needed to become more relevant to consumers and control its costs, sending its shares down as much as 7 percent in premarket trading.
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The retailer misses its mark and lowers guidance.
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Sears, Roebuck and Co.  on Tuesday said it would restate its fourth-quarter 2004 earnings, cutting them by 5 cents to 10 cents a share, due to an error in accounting for construction allowances.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Shares of rival retailers fell in Wednesday trading following the news of Kmart buying Sears for $11 billion.
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Credit investors found it difficult to muster much joy over Kmart Holding Corp.&#39;s (KMRT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) plan to buy Sears, Roebuck &amp; Co.
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On September 28, 2004, Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s Ratings Services lowered its ratings on regional Bell operating companies (RBOCs) BellSouth (BLS ) and SBC Communications (SBC ) and their jointly-owned affiliate, Cingular Wireless.
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Fitch Ratings has affirmed its ratings for KB Home (NYSE:KBH) and  removed them from Rating Watch Negative, as follows:  --Issuer Default (IDR) at 'BB+';  --Senior unsecured debt (including revolving credit facility) at 'BB+';  --Senior subordinated debt at 'BB-' .
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Sears Roebuck & Co.  will change its listing to the Nasdaq Stock Market after its purchase by Kmart Holdings Corp. , ending the retailer's nearly 100-year association with the New York Stock Exchange.
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Two leading rating agencies on Tuesday started to slash ratings for more than $17.3 billion of mortgage-related debt, rattling global financial markets amid fears that growing problems in the risky subprime market could spread to the wider economy.
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Fitch Ratings on Monday said it may downgrade the foreign and local currency debt ratings for Mexico&#39;s Cemex (CEMEXCPO.MX: Quote, Profile, Research) , citing the cement maker&#39;s plans to buy Britain&#39;s RMC Group for 2.3 billion
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Two major rating agencies cut General  Motors Corp.&#039;s  debt rating deeper into junk territory on  Tuesday after the automaker said it was offering banks  collateral to renew a credit facility.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  shares  slumped to a nine-month low on Thursday after Merrill Lynch  lowered its rating on the stock, citing concerns over slowing  sales and a tough economic outlook.
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Fitch Ratings has upgraded Hewlett-Packard Company's (HP) ratings as  follows:  --Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'A+' from 'A';  --Senior unsecured debt to 'A+' from 'A';  --Senior credit facility to 'A+' from 'A'.
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Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s Ratings Services on Tuesday (Sept. 28) lowered its long-term ratings on Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) BellSouth Corp.