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Italian prosecutors confirm an investigation of Moody's and S&P, saying recent moves by the...

  • Thursday, August 4, 2011, 2:56 PM ET
    Italian prosecutors confirm an investigation of Moody's and S&P, saying recent moves by the agencies are a "failure" of judgement about Italy's finances. Investigators have seized documents from the offices of both firms, with 3 Moody's analysts and 1 S&P analyst being the focus of the probe.
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  • haha! The comedy value only increases...
    4 Aug 2011, 02:58 PM Reply Like
  • Kill the messenger !!
    4 Aug 2011, 03:04 PM Reply Like
  • Italy must REALLY be worried if it is resorting to these kinds of intimidation tactics. No wonder it wants a more compliant Europe-based rating agency.
    4 Aug 2011, 03:06 PM Reply Like
  • PS: *judgment
    4 Aug 2011, 03:08 PM Reply Like
  • Sounds like what a dictator would do
    4 Aug 2011, 03:10 PM Reply Like
  • Bernanke is kicking himself for not thinking of this first.
    4 Aug 2011, 03:18 PM Reply Like
  • Blame shifting. The international leadership WITH the CFR/Tri-Lats all in on the Bezzle. Banking became a method of wealth extraction rather than supporting fiscal revenue generation.

    All will pay a price and I do mean ALL, not just the little guy. Say hi to a repeat of the latter parts of the 1930's and WW2. This time it won't be a hundred million dead as entire nations became bagholders and went to war. Try 2 B this time at those ratios of casualties to population the remaining will be asking lots of questions. A shane for some of you they don't have a moon-base to flee to. It is a small world.

    The silver lining is man will yet evolve again. Best of luck this coming decade. Some of us have been working on loss mitigation. A noble and very interesting bitter-sweet adventure.
    4 Aug 2011, 03:22 PM Reply Like
  • Much of the Euro-zone periphery should be rated Junk status. The only crime of the ratings agencies is in waiting too long to downgrade...
    4 Aug 2011, 03:38 PM Reply Like
  • mmhhh... come on... tell the truth... don't you wish that the US govt had done the same for the analysts who rated all the mortgage junk up to 2008 ?
    4 Aug 2011, 04:12 PM Reply Like
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