Moody&#39;s may cut HCA&#39;s rating deeper into junk
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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.
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Moody&#39;s Investors Service on Tuesday cut the debt ratings for SBC Communications Inc. (SBC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and BellSouth Corp.
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Bonds of Bombardier Inc., the world&#39;s biggest maker of train equipment, declined after Moody&#39;s Investors Service cut its credit rating two levels to junk.
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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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Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s on Monday said it may cut its ratings on Merck &amp; Co Inc.(MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , citing increasing concern about possible litigation relating to Merck&#39;s arthritis drug Vioxx.
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Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s on Monday said it may cut the credit rating of Exelon Corp. (EXC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) after the largest US nuclear power company said it was buying Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.
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LONDON : Standard and Poor&#39;s Ratings Services said it had its eye on Royal Dutch/Shell for a possible downgrade of the oil company&#39;s debt rating in case of a further restatement of its reserves.
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Moody's Investors Service cut its  ratings on Citigroup Inc  debt by a notch, the latest  embarrassment for the largest U.S. bank, and putting it under  renewed pressure to shore up its shrinking capital base.
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Moody&#39;s Investors Service said on Thursday it cut Bombardier Inc. (BBDb.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) and its unit&#39;s senior unsecured debt ratings, with a negative outlook.
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European auto manufacturers will  struggle to maintain credit ratings despite expected long-term  global growth in demand, due to a glut of capacity, Moody&#39;s  Investors Service warned on Monday.
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The last vestige of Merck&#39;s (MRK:NYSE - news - research) once-pristine credit was dispatched with Tuesday when Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s cut its long-term debt rating by three notches to double-A-minus from triple-A.
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A troubled company in the troubled housing sector.
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The Securities and Exchange  Commission may propose requiring credit rating agencies to  differentiate between corporate bonds and structured finance  products as well as make disclosures around past ratings, the  agency's chairman said on Friday.
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The Philippines may have its long-term debt ratings cut by Moody&#39;s Investors Service, which cited the government&#39;s budget deficit and debt.
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HCA Inc. HCA.N, the largest U.S.  hospital operator, said on Wednesday it expects its  third-quarter earnings to be hurt by the hurricanes that hit  the U.S. Southeast earlier this year.
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NEW YORK -- Standard &amp; Poor's Ratings Services said yesterday it cut its credit rating on medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp., saying weaker-than-expected sales have placed pressure on the sizable debt the company took on to buy Guidant Corp. this year.
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(Corrects to show Moodyâs cut ratings on some collateralized debt obligations, not AMBAC shares in final 2 paragraphs)