Moody's

• Apple Avoids $9.2 Bln in Taxes with Bond Deal

  By Peter Burrows, Bloomberg  |  May 3, 2013

  Company would have paid 35% tax to repatriate overseas cash.

• Apple Plans Six-Part Bond Sale

  By Charles Mead and Sarika Gangar, Bloomberg  |  April 30, 2013

  Company’s first offering since 1996 could total as much as $20 bln, trader says.

• Nasdaq Risks Credit Rating to Expand With ESpeed

  By Nandini Sukumar, Nina Mehta and Lisa Abramowicz, Bloomberg  |  April 2, 2013

  Acquisition of Treasuries trading platform moves exchange operator into new asset class.

• Berkshire Deal to Boost Heinz Leverage

  By Mary Childs, Bloomberg  |  February 22, 2013

  Acquisition may strip the food company of its investment-grade rating.

• BlackRock Faults Homogeneous Sovereign Debt Ratings

  By Sebastian Boyd and Ye Xie, Bloomberg  |  December 21, 2012

  Money manager uses its own analysis to assess country risk.

• High-Yield Covenant Quality Falls to Two-Year Low

  By Julia Leite, Bloomberg  |  December 12, 2012

  Thirty percent of bonds issued in November were covenant-lite, Moody’s says.

• Some Dividends Financed With Debt (MarketWatch)

  December 5, 2012

  Payments for stockholders can come at bondholders’ expense

• Court Rules in Favor of Credit Raters (Reuters)

  December 4, 2012

  Ohio pension funds had sued rating agencies over losses on mortgage debt.

• Second French Downgrade Gives Germany Upper Hand

  By James Hertling and Leon Mangasarian, Bloomberg  |  November 20, 2012

  Moody's downgrade of France's debt hurts clout at bargaining table.

• SEC Cites Problems at Rating Agencies (Reuters)

  November 16, 2012

  Annual review says some agencies failed to disclose method changes or lagged in downgrading securities.