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...not a huge number in the scheme of health care spending, but hardly chump change.Also telling, credit agency Fitch Ratings recently warned that an end to pay-for-delay would squeeze the sales and profit margins of pharmaceutical companies...
...to other states, as it is one of the few that pre-funds medical costs along with pension costs. A new study by Fitch Ratings, he said, shows almost everyone else is in worse shape than Alaska, and the state's funded ratio to be 83 percent...
...change that outlook back to stable," Boutin said. Standard & Poor's gave the state project a strong AA- rating and Fitch Ratings gave it an A+ rating. Alaska's general obligation bonds are rated AA by Fitch. Standard & Poor's, which rates...
...said the administration has opened a dialogue with the three bond agencies - Moody's, Standard & Poor's, and Fitch Ratings - in an effort to remove the negative outlook. Municipalities and quasi-governmental organizations, such as the...
...high environmental regulation costs are keeping refineries on the market, said Bryan Caviness, a Chicago analyst for Fitch Ratings. Companies are looking for assets that fit with their other properties, Caviness said. The Memphis refinery is a...
...400 million in fees to the Big Three credit rating agencies - Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investor Service and Fitch Ratings - whose over-rating of risky securities fueled the economic meltdown. Hopes for a new regulatory era - more robust...
...the Gulf - triple what scientists thought just a week ago. Worried that BP is more likely now to stiff its lenders, Fitch Ratings recently knocked BP's credit score down six notches to triple B. BP's stock price has plunged 46 percent since...
...affixed reassuring AAA labels on subprime-backed securities. Standard and Poor's, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings stood accused of negligently or even deliberately misleading investors; calls rang out for tougher regulation of the...