Moody&#39;s may downgrade Philippines
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TOKYO (CBS.MW) -- Moody&#39;s Investors Service said Tuesday it has placed on review for possible downgrade the Philippines&#39; long-term foreign- and local currency ceilings and ratings due to concerns over the sustainability of the government&#39;s fiscal and debt
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Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has warned heads of government corporations will be fired if they do not reduce their pay and implement her strict austerity program.
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Moody&#39;s Investors Service on Thursday  downgraded its debt ratings on Canadian publisher Thomson Corp.  and Reuters Group Plc, citing a significant increase in  leverage that will result from Thomson&#39;s pending acquisition of  Reuters.
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U.S. Treasury debt prices moved lower on Wednesday, with traders chalking up the move to year-end position-squaring and some concern about potential inflationary pressures on interest rate policy.
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President Gloria Arroyo acknowledged for the first time Monday that the Philippines was now in a &quot;fiscal crisis&quot;, as economists warned of an Argentinian-type debt default within the next three years.
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Credit analysts warned on Monday that if  Moody's Investors Service downgraded some specialist bond  insurers it could have far-reaching impact on financial  markets.
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Moody's Investors Service may downgrade  A$83 billion ($75.5 billion) worth of Australian  mortgage-backed debt, in the latest spillover from the U.S.  subprime crisis.
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TORONTO -- The debt of Bombardier Inc., which makes aircraft and trains, was downgraded Thursday by Moody&#39;s Investors Service to below investment grade.
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Moody's Investors Service lowered the credit ratings on $5.2 billion of bonds backed by subprime mortgages and Standard &amp; Poor's said it may cut ratings on $12 billion as the companies seek to deflect criticism they were too slow to act as home-loan defaults rose.
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Fitch Ratings said it might downgrade bonds valued at $7.1 billion due to rising delinquencies and defaults on subprime mortgages.
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MANILA (Dow Jones)--Philippine shares ended lower Tuesday, with the main index slipping below its 1780 support, as investors turned cautious ahead of the funeral of opposition standard bearer Fernando Poe Jr.
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MANILA President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said on Monday that the Philippines&#39; finances were in &quot;crisis&quot; and that taxes would have to be raised soon to remedy the situation.
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SANTIAGO, Chile (Dow Jones) - The Philippine government is poised to tap debt markets to raise money for loss-making National Power Corp.
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Slow sales in Asia are expected to cut into sales and profits.
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More bad news out of Asia weighed on investors Monday.
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Standard & Poorâs and the Moodyâs Corporationâs proposals to restore the credibility of their ratings have met with skepticism from some of their toughest critics.
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Moody&#39;s Investors Service on Wednesday said it may cut its bond ratings on HCA Inc. (HCA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) deeper into junk, citing the hospital operator&#39;s plan to buy back about $2.