...nearly 14 percent Monday after reports surfaced about the expected lawsuit.Moody's Corp., the parent of Moody's Investors Service, another rating agency, closed down nearly 11 percent.S&P, Moody's and Fitch Ratings, the third major...

NEW YORK - Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday lowered to "negative" the outlook for its debt rating on the euro zone's temporary rescue fund, a day after it...

...into a bold new pricing strategy. Penney even withdrew its full-year profit guidance.After the report, Moody's Investors Services downgraded Penney's rating deeper into junk-bond terrain.The bleak performance marked the second-consecutive...

...gains even though many of them had their credit ratings cut the day before.Analysts said the downgrades from Moody's Investor Service late Thursday had been expected for months and removed some of the uncertainty that had been weighing on bank...

...reflected in the BIS report were highlighted last week by the downgrade of the credit ratings of 15 large banks by Moody's Investors Service. The credit rating agency cited the banks' "significant exposure to the volatility and risk of outsized losses...

Moody's Investor Service is cutting its credit ratings on 28 Spanish banks, saying the weakening financial condition of Spain's government is making...

Moody's is reviewing three banks' ratingsNEW YORK --- Moody's Investors Service said Thursday that it was reviewing the ratings of Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc. and Wells Fargo & Co. for possible...

COLUMBIA -- South Carolina is among five states that could see its rating fall, according to Moody's Investors Service, which identified the AAA states that are most sensitive to changes in the federal government's fortunes...

...agency rating is more about image and politics than the practical problems of paying more to borrow.On Tuesday, Moody's Investor Service warned that if the federal government didn't deal with raising the nation's $14.7 trillion debt limit...

Financial leaders will meet with Moody'sCOLUMBIA --- South Carolina's financial leaders will meet with Moody's Investor Service as the rating agency considers whether the national debt crisis should cause the state to lose its top credit...