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	<title>Comments on: Fraud and Greed of Trusted Rating Agencies Helped Spread  the Credit Crisis</title>
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		<title>By: The Credit Rating Firms Are Running Scared - It's About Time</title>
		<link>http://www.moneymorning.com/2008/12/18/debt-rating-agencies/comment-page-1/#comment-26382</link>
		<dc:creator>The Credit Rating Firms Are Running Scared - It's About Time</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] also knows that some of the key culprits behind this financial mess were the credit-rating firms like Standard &amp; Poor&#8217;s and Moody&#8217;s Investors Service, [...]</description>
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		<title>By: G8 Finance Chiefs Express Cautious Optimism About the State of the World Economy</title>
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		<dc:creator>G8 Finance Chiefs Express Cautious Optimism About the State of the World Economy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] the credit-rating agencies &#8211; especially those involved with creating securitized securities, whose U.S. breakdowns have been identified as a key contributor to the credit crisis. The United States will offer its own broad proposals for &quot;more [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] the credit-rating agencies &ndash; especially those involved with creating securitized securities, whose U.S. breakdowns have been identified as a key contributor to the credit crisis. The United States will offer its own broad proposals for &quot;more [...]</p>
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		<title>By: With Oversized Deficits Almost Certain to Persist, an Investment In America's Future is One Very Tough Sell</title>
		<link>http://www.moneymorning.com/2008/12/18/debt-rating-agencies/comment-page-1/#comment-23031</link>
		<dc:creator>With Oversized Deficits Almost Certain to Persist, an Investment In America's Future is One Very Tough Sell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] about it, we are issuing subprime paper and no amount of political spin can alter that reality. Bogus credit ratings aside, I think the world already knows this and it&#8217;s just a matter of time before someone [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] about it, we are issuing subprime paper and no amount of political spin can alter that reality. Bogus credit ratings aside, I think the world already knows this and it&#8217;s just a matter of time before someone [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Obama Administration Must Revive "Shadow Financial System" to Revive U.S. Banks</title>
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		<dc:creator>Obama Administration Must Revive "Shadow Financial System" to Revive U.S. Banks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Others see big risks, however, since the program essentially combines the very same elements that led to the financial crisis in the fist place - leverage, asset-based securities, and questionable credit ratings on debt. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Others see big risks, however, since the program essentially combines the very same elements that led to the financial crisis in the fist place &#8211; leverage, asset-based securities, and questionable credit ratings on debt. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Only Tighter Regulation Will Stem this Crisis of Confidence</title>
		<link>http://www.moneymorning.com/2008/12/18/debt-rating-agencies/comment-page-1/#comment-14447</link>
		<dc:creator>Only Tighter Regulation Will Stem this Crisis of Confidence</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] and deceptively, ratings agencies are paid handsomely by the issuers of the products they rate, who would like high ratings on their products so they can sell more of them, more easily, and for [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Ken Fischer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ken Fischer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mr &quot;tower&quot;

You&#039;ve played the misspelled-last-name card 3 times. What you need is something new such as misspelling my name AND going to a lower case f. That should get my goat.

I feel like I&#039;m jousting with someone who has no armor and has never ridden a horse.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr &#8220;tower&#8221;</p>
<p>You&#8217;ve played the misspelled-last-name card 3 times. What you need is something new such as misspelling my name AND going to a lower case f. That should get my goat.</p>
<p>I feel like I&#8217;m jousting with someone who has no armor and has never ridden a horse.</p>
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		<title>By: Ken Fischer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ken Fischer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mr Pain,

Final ONLY as to note #23.  Otherwise, the battle rages on.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr Pain,</p>
<p>Final ONLY as to note #23.  Otherwise, the battle rages on.</p>
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		<title>By: eiffel pane</title>
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		<dc:creator>eiffel pane</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Fisher:

Pretty pompous stuff!!!!!!!  I am keeping a copy of all that nonsensical rambling.  Hope you were serious about this being your final note!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Fisher:</p>
<p>Pretty pompous stuff!!!!!!!  I am keeping a copy of all that nonsensical rambling.  Hope you were serious about this being your final note!</p>
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		<title>By: Ken Fischer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ken Fischer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;eiffel&quot;

I have disdain for people of whatever rank who are corrupting written communication.  I&#039;ll give you a perfect example ... scroll up to comment #18 by JA.  He or she either does not know or simply does not care when one sentence ends and another begins, has no concept of when a comma is appropriate vs a period, does not enter a space after punctuation marks, sometimes does and sometimes does not use the upper case where appropriate (like you), does not understand the difference between &quot;then&quot; and &quot;than,&quot; enters a period at the end of a question rather than a question mark and has misspelled a couple of common words (e.g. remeber).  If someone wants to complain of misdeeds or, especially, laxity in the running of financial institutions the least they can do is to not be guilty of the same sin. Namely, by crafting their complaint clearly and accurately. And a final note: if your aim is to push my button by, again, misspelling my last name you should put it in quotes to signal it was your intention, not just stupidity.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;eiffel&#8221;</p>
<p>I have disdain for people of whatever rank who are corrupting written communication.  I&#8217;ll give you a perfect example &#8230; scroll up to comment #18 by JA.  He or she either does not know or simply does not care when one sentence ends and another begins, has no concept of when a comma is appropriate vs a period, does not enter a space after punctuation marks, sometimes does and sometimes does not use the upper case where appropriate (like you), does not understand the difference between &#8220;then&#8221; and &#8220;than,&#8221; enters a period at the end of a question rather than a question mark and has misspelled a couple of common words (e.g. remeber).  If someone wants to complain of misdeeds or, especially, laxity in the running of financial institutions the least they can do is to not be guilty of the same sin. Namely, by crafting their complaint clearly and accurately. And a final note: if your aim is to push my button by, again, misspelling my last name you should put it in quotes to signal it was your intention, not just stupidity.</p>
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		<title>By: eiffel pane</title>
		<link>http://www.moneymorning.com/2008/12/18/debt-rating-agencies/comment-page-1/#comment-13606</link>
		<dc:creator>eiffel pane</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mr Fisher

Seems to me you have quite a bit of disdain for the little people or peons as you like to refer to them.  You do not seem to like janitors either! Am I right?</description>
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<p>Seems to me you have quite a bit of disdain for the little people or peons as you like to refer to them.  You do not seem to like janitors either! Am I right?</p>
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