Fitch Ratings

• Ford Issues $2 Billion of Bonds

  By Matt Robinson, Bloomberg  |  January 3, 2013

  Proceeds of automaker’s first 30-year sale since 1999 in part go to fund pension plan.

• 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.

• TXU Bond Plunge Reaps $450 Mln Windfall

  By Charles Mead and Mark Chediak, Bloomberg  |  December 11, 2012

  Company gets better deal on exchange offer after securities sell off on tax disclosure.

• Court Rules in Favor of Credit Raters (Reuters)

  December 4, 2012

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

• Republicans Signal Openness on Deficit Without Budging

  By Richard Rubin and Kathleen Hunter, Bloomberg  |  November 8, 2012

  Boehner sounds conciliatory, but cites ideas Democrats have already rejected.

• Business Interruption to Drive Storm Insurance Claims

  By Zachery Tracer  |  October 31, 2012

  Fitch Ratings argues such claims will be higher than estimated.

• Large Banks Win Higher Credit Ratings

  By Matt Robinson, Bloomberg  |  October 24, 2012

  ECB study says rating agencies are 'conflicted' because of the business they get from banks.

• Depositors Fleeing Euro Get Negative Rates

  By Bradley Keoun, Bloomberg News  |  October 9, 2012

  State Street, BNY Mellon charge to hold Danish kroner, Swiss francs.

• Dollar Falls Most Since 2011

  By John Detrixhe, Bloomberg  |  October 1, 2012

  ECB’s efforts to protect euro and Federal Reserve’s bond buying undermine U.S. currency.

• Spain's Rajoy Seeks $23 Bln in Cuts

  By Emma Ross-Thomas and Ben Sills, Bloomberg  |  September 27, 2012

  Prime minister faces protests in the capital and dissent from regional leaders.