WSJ: Indonesia recently got a credit-rating upgrade.    From Wordnik.com.  [For Indonesia, pitching 'positive realism'] Reference

A decade ago, the nation's largest credit-rating.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert Reich: Why Wall Street Reform is Stuck in Reverse] Reference

That means fixing the credit-rating agency problem now.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric C. Anderson: Reel in the Credit-Rating Agencies] Reference

That was magnified by credit-rating downgrades of Portugal and Greece.    From Wordnik.com.  [Greek Bailout Isn't a Bond Cure-All] Reference

Bondi also was heavily involved in the investigation into credit-rating agencies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two Top Investigators Leave Financial Crisis Commission] Reference

Immediately implement steps that put an end to reliance on the credit-rating agencies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric C. Anderson: Reel in the Credit-Rating Agencies] Reference

The legislation takes some steps to tighten legal standards on the credit-rating agencies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ratings Emails Show Concerns at Rating Firms Over Goldman's Abacus Deals] Reference

Good deal for the used car dealer, profitable for the credit-rating agency, bad news for you and me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric C. Anderson: Reel in the Credit-Rating Agencies] Reference

That effort is delayed indefinitely because officials had incorporated credit-rating use in the process.    From Wordnik.com.  [Implementation of Financial Overhaul Gets Off to Rocky Start] Reference

The Chicago Board Options Exchange's volatility index soared 31% after the credit-rating provider Standard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Volatility Jumps on Portugal, Greece Debt Downgrades] Reference

The panel also has been looking at the roles of credit-rating firms, mortgage originators and securitizers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tourre Expected Before Senate Panel] Reference

Quite simply, credit-rating agencies are the institutions that made this whole global economic crisis possible.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric C. Anderson: Reel in the Credit-Rating Agencies] Reference

Moody's Investor Service, Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings are examples of the larger credit-rating agencies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jerry Chautin: Abolish the Rating Agencies] Reference

Still, shares of BBVA and other banks in Southern Europe continued their slide after credit-rating agency Standard.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBVA's Net Profit Edges Higher] Reference

And we are currently preparing to pay the same credit-rating agencies billions of dollars to help save us from the mess?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric C. Anderson: Reel in the Credit-Rating Agencies] Reference

Require credit-rating agencies definitively separate their analysts from the revenue generators -- or be prepared to close.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric C. Anderson: Reel in the Credit-Rating Agencies] Reference

Strictly cap compensation a credit-rating agency may receive when evaluating assets tied to any government bailout program.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric C. Anderson: Reel in the Credit-Rating Agencies] Reference

Debt levels are so high that issuing bonds is out of the question, and credit-rating agencies have all telcos on a tight leash.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stuck In Time] Reference

Meanwhile, the three major credit-rating agencies -- Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch -- have all downgraded Greece's debt.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Happens In Greece Won't Stay In Greece] Reference

Moody's was also penalized because of the uncertainties facing the credit-rating industry in the aftermath of the credit crisis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rater Becomes the Rated] Reference

QUESTION: Has anybody in the administration had been in contact with (OFF-MIKE) or other credit-rating agencies concerning Enron?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2002] Reference

In essence, this requires the credit-rating agencies separate the wheat from the chaff, and declare each has a much different value.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric C. Anderson: Reel in the Credit-Rating Agencies] Reference

She said the agency has been building up its technology and added professionals from trading desks, hedge funds and credit-rating firms.    From Wordnik.com.  [SEC Is Looking at 'Quote Stuffing'] Reference

Less than a year ago two of the top three credit-rating agencies gave high marks to 11 of the largest distressed financial institutions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric C. Anderson: Reel in the Credit-Rating Agencies] Reference

This caused "a death spiral" in which the need for new capital led to credit-rating reductions which in turn meant the need for more capital.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harry Moroz: Mr. Forbes, Mark My House to Market!] Reference

Andersen blames Enron officials, Enron's board of directors, investment banks, credit-rating agencies and the Securities and Exchange Commission.    From Wordnik.com.  [PERISCOPE] Reference

The SEC also rejected proposals requiring strict separation of the credit-rating analysts and the firms 'employees charged with generating revenue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric C. Anderson: Reel in the Credit-Rating Agencies] Reference

Given that the risks of these funds go beyond credit risks, Mr. Serrao said, using a credit-rating system to grade the funds isn't the best approach.    From Wordnik.com.  [Moody's Gets Mixed Grades on Money-Fund Plan] Reference

As mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act, regulators on Tuesday started a process to remove the use of credit-rating firms as a way to gauge banks 'capital levels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Implementation of Financial Overhaul Gets Off to Rocky Start] Reference

Unless, or until, credit-rating agencies honestly assess all a potential client's assets in specific detail, investors will continue to be very unpleasantly surprised.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric C. Anderson: Reel in the Credit-Rating Agencies] Reference

Red Roof Inn Inc., taken private in 2007, recently offered to forfeit dozens of its bu dget hotels to frustrated lenders, according to credit-rating company Realpoint LLC.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hotel Chain Explores Bankruptcy] Reference

In recognition of Hungary's improved macroeconomic situation, all major credit-rating agencies listed the country's foreign currency debt issuances as investment grade in 1996.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference